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lancet-writing

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Use to structure and hold the length of a Lancet Article main text — Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion (~3000–3500 words), the Research in context panel, a limited reference list (~30), and a cautious, globally minded Discussion that does not overstate.

When to use

• Drafting a Lancet original-research Article
• Trimming a Lancet Article main text
• Structuring IMRaD sections
• Calibrating Discussion claims
• Managing reference budget
• Auditing main-text word count

When not to use

• Writing a long literature-review Introduction
• Making causal claims from observational designs
• Claiming superiority from a non-inferiority trial
• Re-listing Results numbers in the Discussion

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