Sites like The Lancet

01 · Entity

About The Lancet

The Lancet thelancet.com

Wikidata: peer-reviewed general medical journal

Top 10K · #1,940 English 3 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026

Visit The Lancet

Summary by Claude

Website of The Lancet, a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal founded in 1823, and its family of specialty journals, publishing research articles, reviews, commentary and medical news.

Who it’s for

Physicians, medical researchers, academics

Business model

Subscriptions and publication fees

• medical journal
• peer-reviewed medical research
• clinical trials publication
• global health
• Lancet specialty journals
• medical commentary
• open access articles
• journal subscription

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to The Lancet’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

We can’t read thelancet.com’s homepage (bot protection page), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.

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   The BMJ bmj.com Top 10K English

   peer-reviewed medical journal

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   0 say The BMJ is a good alternative to The Lancet 0 say The BMJ isn’t a real alternative to The Lancet

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2. 02
   The New England Journal of Medicine nejm.org Top 10K English

   peer-reviewed medical journal

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   0 say The New England Journal of Medicine is a good alternative to The Lancet 0 say The New England Journal of Medicine isn’t a real alternative to The Lancet

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   Very close cos 0.911
3. 03
   jamanetwork.com Top 10K English

   peer-reviewed medical journal

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   Very close cos 0.908
4. 04
   Nature nature.com Top 1K English

   Nature

   First published in 1869, Nature is the world’s leading multidisciplinary science journal. Nature publishes the finest peer-reviewed research that drives ground-breaking discovery, and is read by thought-leaders and decision-makers around the world.

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   Close cos 0.894
5. 05
   Science science.org Top 10K English

   academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

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   Close cos 0.890
6. 06
   The Atlantic theatlantic.com Top 10K English

   Your access has been blocked – The Atlantic

   magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C.

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   Close cos 0.887
7. 07
   MedicalNewsToday medicalnewstoday.com Top 10K English

   Medical and health information | MedicalNewsToday

   Medical news and health news headlines posted throughout the day, every day

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   Close cos 0.883
8. 08
   lww.com Top 10K English

   Browse

   book publishing imprint descended in part from J. B. Lippincott & Co. and Lea Brothers

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9. 09
   CDC cdc.gov Top 1K English

   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC

   United States government public health agency

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   0 say CDC is a good alternative to The Lancet 0 say CDC isn’t a real alternative to The Lancet

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   Close cos 0.881
10. 10
    Everyday Health everydayhealth.com Top 10K English

    Everyday Health: Trusted Medical Information, Expert Health Advice, News, Tools, and Resources

    Everyday Health inspires and empowers people to live their healthiest lives, every day, through trusted, medically reviewed information and expert health advice from the nation's leading healthcare providers and patient advocates. Learn more about health

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    0 say Everyday Health is a good alternative to The Lancet 0 say Everyday Health isn’t a real alternative to The Lancet

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    Close cos 0.882
11. 11
    medRxiv medrxiv.org Top 10K English

    medRxiv.org - the preprint server for Health Sciences

    medRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by openRxiv, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing scientific communication

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12. 12
    Medscape medscape.com Top 10K English

    Today on Medscape

    educational website (1995-)

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13. 13
    pnas.org Top 10K English

    academic journal of the National Academy of Sciences

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14. 14
    Vox vox.com Top 10K English

    Vox

    Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. In text, video and audio, our reporters explain politics, policy, world affairs, technology, culture, science, the climate crisis, money, health and everything else that matters. Our goal is to ensure that everyone, regardless of income or status, can access accurate information that empowers them.

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15. 15
    TIME time.com Top 1K English

    TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates

    Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news.

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16. 16
    Popular Science popsci.com Top 10K English

    Popular Science | Science and Technology Stories Since 1872

    Awe-inspiring science reporting, technology news, and DIY projects. Skunks to space robots, primates to climates. That's Popular Science, for over 150 years strong.

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17. 17
    MedlinePlus medlineplus.gov Top 10K English

    MedlinePlus - Health Information from the National Library of Medicine

    Find information on health conditions, wellness issues, and more in easy-to-read language on MedlinePlus, the up-to-date, trusted health information site from the NIH and the National Library of Medicine.

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    News Medical news-medical.net Top 10K English

    Medical News | Medical Articles

    Medical News and articles you can trust from around the world. All content is written and reviewed by qualified health, medical and scientific experts.

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    ClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrials.gov Top 10K English

    ClinicalTrials.gov

    United States government registry of clinical trials

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    ScienceAlert sciencealert.com Top 10K English

    ScienceAlert : The Best in Science News And Amazing Breakthroughs

    The latest science news. Publishing independent, fact-checked reporting on health, space, nature, technology, and the environment.

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Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to thelancet.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones The Lancet uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What The Lancet is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.