New England Journal of Medicine vs The Lancet — Velocity
How often tier-1 publications and AI engines cite each source per week — the most volatile sub-score.
New England Journal of Medicine outscores The Lancet on Citation Velocity by 1 points (B · 81 vs B · 80).
New England Journal of Medicine
Cited daily by clinicians + AI engines for medical queries; landmark-trial citations spike.
The Lancet
Cited by clinicians + medical journalism; narrower volume than wire news but high per-cite trust.
Global rank · Velocity
Why these Velocity scores
Cited daily by clinicians + AI engines for medical queries; landmark-trial citations spike.
Cited by clinicians + medical journalism; narrower volume than wire news but high per-cite trust.
Signals behind the Velocity score
- Citation impact factor~158 (highest among general medical journals).
- Citation impact factor~98 (top of medical-journal venues).
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Sources & references
Every score on this page is read from the two publications below and graded against the published rubric. No score is bought, estimated or supplied by the source being scored.
- Source evaluated — New England Journal of Medicine (nejm.org) · verified · full scoring record
- Source evaluated — The Lancet (thelancet.com) · verified · full scoring record
- Scoring rubric — SourceScore Index, Citation Discipline, Modern Reference, Citation Velocity (methodology v0.1)
- Machine-readable record — /api/compare/nejm-vs-the-lancet/velocity.json