The Lancet Psychiatry Submission Guide
Evaluates venue fit, reporting standards, and manuscript framing for clinical psychiatry and mental health research targeting The Lancet Psychiatry.
The Lancet Psychiatry Submission Guide equips researchers with specialized editorial heuristics for preparing and assessing clinical trials, large prospective cohorts, and global mental health studies. It provides systematic checks for study design reporting (CONSORT, STROBE, PRISMA), prospective trial registration, patient-important primary outcomes, and Lancet house styles like the 'Research in context' panel. By identifying common desk-reject risks—such as underpowered single-site pilots, non-validated outcomes, or unaddressed confounding—this skill helps researchers refine their manuscript narrative, ensure rigorous reporting compliance, and re-route studies to alternative journals when appropriate.