2020 has been a year like no other

In January 2020, a novel virus with pandemic potential was identified. Scientists mobilized like never before. With the help of our authors, peer reviewers, and readers, we have published the best available evidence to inform policy and clinical care, with the shared aim of protecting and improving lives around the world

The Lancet is an expanding family of journals covering all specialties. Our collective most read content in 2020 has mostly been on COVID-19. It has dominated all aspects of everyone’s lives, and rightly so. The pandemic is still ongoing. With over 1•5 million lives already tragically lost, health care disrupted, the education of over one billion children put on pause, and economic hardship faced by millions of people, the shadow of the pandemic will be long-lasting. COVID-19 will be one of many challenges we face in 2021, but we hope that by continuing to publish the best science, advocating for science to make a difference alongside our authors and partners, and proclaiming the right to health, to make a lasting contribution not just to science, but global society. 

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