Epilepsy Research

Aims & Scope

Epilepsy Research provides for publication of high quality articles in both basic and clinical epilepsy research, with a special emphasis on translational research that ultimately relates to epilepsy as a human condition.

The journal is intended to provide a forum for reporting the best and most rigorous epilepsy research from all disciplines ranging from biophysics and molecular biology to epidemiological and psychosocial research.

As such the journal will publish original papers relevant to epilepsy from any scientific discipline and also studies of a multidisciplinary nature.

Clinical and experimental research papers adopting fresh conceptual approaches to the study of epilepsy and its treatment are encouraged.

The overriding criteria for publication are novelty, significant clinical or experimental relevance, and interest to a multidisciplinary audience in the broad arena of epilepsy.

Review articles focused on any topic of epilepsy research will also be considered, but only if they present an exceptionally clear synthesis of current knowledge and future directions of a research area, based on a critical assessment of the available data or on hypotheses that are likely to stimulate more critical thinking and further advances in an area of epilepsy research.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2
2024	2.00

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.694

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	130

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	8185

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1206

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline
• Embase

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine and Neuroscience, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• The descriptive epidemiology of epilepsy—A review

  Citation: 673

  Authors: Poonam Nina, David, W.

• Which animal models should be used in the search for new antiepileptic drugs? A proposal based on experimental and clinical considerations

  Citation: 634

  Authors: Wolfgang, Dieter

• Surgical outcomes in lesional and non-lesional epilepsy: A systematic review and meta-analysis

  Citation: 633

  Authors: José F., Lizbeth Hernández, Farzad, Samuel

• A summary of mechanistic hypotheses of gabapentin pharmacology

  Citation: 548

  Authors: Charles P, Nicolas S, Ti-Zhi, Jeffery D, Devin F, Jason P, David J, Philip, Lakhbir

• Pharmacological characterization of the 6 Hz psychomotor seizure model of partial epilepsy

  Citation: 522

  Authors: Matthew E., Brian D., Harold H., H.

• Pharmacology and mechanism of action of pregabalin: The calcium channel α2–δ (alpha2–delta) subunit as a target for antiepileptic drug discovery

  Citation: 448

  Authors: Charles P., Timothy, Eric

• Animal models of epilepsy for the development of antiepileptogenic and disease-modifying drugs. A comparison of the pharmacology of kindling and post-status epilepticus models of temporal lobe epilepsy

  Citation: 412

  Authors: Wolfgang

• Validation of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) among Chinese people with epilepsy

  Citation: 407

  Authors: Xin, Dongmei, Aileen, Sung-Pa, Dong

• Predictors of pharmacoresistant epilepsy

  Citation: 406

  Authors: Nikolas, Rajiv, John, Graeme J., Martin J.

• Epileptic seizures are preceded by a decrease in synchronization

  Citation: 373

  Authors: Florian, Thomas, Ralph G, Peter, Klaus, Christian E

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