About the Journal

Field Editor-In-Chief: Jorge Asconape, Loyola University, USA
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Frontiers in Epilepsy is a specialty section of Frontiers in Neurology dedicated to the publication of scientific papers concerning all aspects of epilepsy and seizure disorders. The scope of the specialty section ranges from the basic mechanisms underlying epilepsy, to its diagnosis and management, as well as its psychological and social impact. We welcome submissions in the areas of neuroepidemiology, clinical epileptology, neuropsychology, neurophysiology, genetics, molecular biology, functional and structural neuroimaging, neurochemistry, neurosurgery, neuropharmacology, neuromodulation and other non-pharmacological therapies. Frontiers in Epilepsy will also provide a forum for the publication of papers from nurses, neurophysiology technicians, social workers, and other professionals involved in the management of epilepsy.

The journal publishes equal amounts of clinical and basic science work, and encourages submissions from all over the world, specifically from countries that are not as well represented in the current scientific and medical literature.

Frontiers in Epilepsy welcomes the following tier 1 article types: original research articles, clinical case studies, review articles, hypothesis and theory articles, methods articles, commentaries, perspective articles, opinion articles, book reviews and conference proceedings.

All articles must be submitted directly to Frontiers in Epilepsy where they are processed by the associate and review editors of the specialty section.

All articles published in Frontiers in Epilepsy will be subjected to the Frontiers evaluation system after online publication. Authors of the original research articles with the highest impact, as judged by many expert readers, will be invited by the editor-in-chief of Frontiers in Neurology to write a prestigious Frontiers focused review – a tier 2 article. This is referred to as "democratic tiering". The selection is based on the reader impact over a 3-month period from the date of publication. The selected high impact articles are re-written in a review style centered on the original discovery and aim to address the wider audience across all of neurology.

Frontiers’ philosophy is that all research is for the benefit of mankind. It is enabled by society and should be returned to all people without borders or discrimination. That is why Frontiers provides open and free access to all of its publications. For more information on the open access movement click here.

Under the Frontiers terms and conditions you retain the copyright of your work. This means that you may reproduce copies of your articles in any way you choose and freely disseminate these as reprints, as long as the original publication is fully cited. For instance, your published article can be posted on your personal or institutional homepage, e-mailed to friends and colleagues, printed, archived in a collection, distributed on CD-ROM, quoted in the press, translated and furthermore sent to as many people and as often as you wish.

Each Frontiers article is a landmark of the highest quality, due to true collaborative interactions between authors and the highest quality reviewers. Frontiers recognizes the immense importance of the potential impact of published research on future research and society and, hence, does not support superficial review, light review or no review publishing models. Research knowledge must be validated by peers before entering the stream of knowledge that will eventually reach the public and shape society. Therefore, Frontiers supports the highest quality reviews and operates according to the novel Frontiers academic model that applies a rigorous but unbiased Frontiers review system, a separated, online, automated and global Frontiers evaluation system and Frontiers distillation system, as well as the Frontiers recognition system to reward the most outstanding research selected by the entire community.