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thelancet.com

Category: Health

Scanned: May 30, 2026, 01:45 AM UTC · First seen: May 30, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 91 · Times Scanned: 1
99 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
No Threats Found
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Screenshot of thelancet.com Captured May 30, 2026
https://thelancet.com
Screenshot of thelancet.com
30 years
Very Popular - #1,853 Tranco rank (>10M monthly visitors)
Not listed (91 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
Cloudflare, Inc.
Toronto, Canada
cloudflare
Unknown
162.159.140.114
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar SafeNames Ltd.
Registered March 1, 1996
Expires March 2, 2027
Name Servers NS1.REEDELSEVIER.COM
DNSSEC Unsigned
Hosting Cloudflare, Inc.
Reputation & Threat Check 91 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
2 files scanned
No threats
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thelancet.com/# 5.3 KB No threats
thelancet.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/g/orchestrate/chl_page/v1?ray=a03a0d1ccbf1d800 184.3 KB No threats
External Links & Domains
1
External Links
All Clean
0
Iframes
Clean
1
Referenced Domains
All Clean
0
Flagged Resources
None Detected
http://thelancet.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/g/orchestrate/chl_page/v1?ray%3Da03a0d1ccbf1d800Not flagged
thelancet.comNot flagged
thelancet.com Overview

Description of thelancet.com

thelancet.com appears to be the official website for The Lancet, a long-established medical journal and health publishing platform. Based on the domain name, page content, and third-party categorization, the site focuses on medical research, health news, commentary, and journal publishing rather than general consumer services.

The screenshot shows article listings, research content, commentary, and publishing-related navigation such as login, registration, and publishing options. The domain is associated with Reed Elsevier nameservers, which is consistent with operation by a major academic and professional publishing organization in the health and scientific publishing sector.

Safety Assessment for thelancet.com

Based on available scan data, no threats were detected at the time of this scan. The domain was not flagged by any of 91 security engines, the malware scan reported no flagged files, and the checked blacklist and threat-database sources indicated clean status. Multiple web-classification providers also categorized the site as health, medicine, or news-related content, which aligns with the visible page content.

Additional context also supports a lower-risk assessment: the domain has been registered for about 30 years, has a strong web presence, and the screenshot shows a professional medical publishing site rather than patterns commonly associated with phishing, malware delivery, or scam storefronts. The visible security-verification page element appears to be an anti-bot protection layer rather than a threat indicator by itself. Based on available scan data, no significant threats were detected at the time of this scan.

Technical Description

The site presented a valid SSL/TLS certificate issued by a mainstream certificate authority, with expiry listed as 2026-08-05. It is served through Cloudflare infrastructure on IP address 162.159.140.114, and the screenshot also shows a bot-protection or challenge mechanism consistent with traffic filtering and anti-abuse controls.

WHOIS data indicates an old, established domain created in 1996 and registered through SafeNames Ltd., with nameservers under reedelsevier.com. DNSSEC appears to be unsigned, which is not uncommon but means DNS responses may not benefit from DNSSEC validation. No major technical security concerns were evident from the provided scan results at the time of this scan.

HTTP Redirect Chain
307 https://thelancet.com/
403 https://thelancet.com/
Website Insights
#1,853
Tranco Rank
Very Popular
Visitors >10M/mo
Category: Health
Rank History (30 days)
Apr 20 May 29
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