Journal profile

Epilepsia

Publisher: Blackwell Science
ISSN0013-9580 | 1528-1167 | 1528-1157 FormatPrint StatusCurrently indexed

Journal Citation Impact

Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.

Impact Factor
4.30
Citation rate 5.63 4,281 total citations
h5-index 69 h5 depth signal
Cited share 81.6% 639 of 783
Total citations 4,281 Citation footprint
Metric signal 5.76 External metric anchor
Self-citation 10.4% 447 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

United States 1,773
United Kingdom 527
Germany 494
Italy 482
Australia 467

Citing Fields of Research

Brain Neurological Disorders 3,506
Neurosciences 518
Neurodegenerative Disorders 115
Cytogenetics 86
Brain Imaging 83

Publishing Activity & Reach

Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.

All-time article footprint 16,967 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 783 639 cited publications
Last 12 months 574 47.8 publications/month
Open access share 60.5% 347 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country United States 1,773 citing publications
Leading citing field Brain Neurological Disorders 3,506 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 17 October 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v6n3,Sept. 1965-
PubMed
v6n3,Sept. 1965-
OLDMEDLINE
Active Coverage
Index medicus
Active Coverage

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Brain Neurological Disorders

Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies

Contributor
International League against Epilepsy

Broad Categories

Brain Neurology Brain Neurological Disorders

MeSH Descriptors

Epilepsy

Latest Publications

Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.

01
Daniel Mansilla, Jesper Tveit, Harald Aurlien et al.
Objective: Artificial intelligence (AI) classifies routine electroencephalograms (EEGs) with expert‐level accuracy, but interpretation of long‐term EEG monitoring (LTM) remains reliant on time‐intensive visual review. We evaluated whethe...
02
Lelio Guida, Emma Losito, Sebastian Rodrigo et al.
Objective: This study was undertaken to evaluate seizure outcomes after magnetic resonance‐guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (MRgLITT) in children with insular epilepsy and to assess how the extent of ablation overlaps with multi...
06
Simona Lattanzi, Giuseppe D'ORsi, Maria Teresa Di Claudio et al.
Objective: Cenobamate is approved for treatment of focal seizures in adults, but evidence on non‐seizure outcomes remains limited. This interim statistical analysis of the cenoBamate in aduLts with focal‐onsEt SeizureS (BLESS) study eval...
08
Melissa R. Osborn, Kevin F. Haas, Bassel W. Abou‐Khalil
Cenobamate is a new antiseizure medication with an unusually high seizure‐free rate, resulting in frequent use in patients with drug‐resistant epilepsy. Many of these patients are taking clobazam (CLB) at baseline. Cenobamate has importa...
10
Stéphane Auvin, Ingrid E. Scheffer, Antonio Gil‐Nagel et al.
The most common primary endpoint for assessing treatment efficacy in patients with Lennox–Gastaut syndrome (LGS) is change in frequency of seizures associated with a fall. Increased number of seizure‐free days (SFDs) is more strongly ass...

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

Publication suspended Nov. 1915-Feb. 1937.

Vol. 32, Suppl. 4 not published.

Supplements accompany some vols., 1982?- .

Also issued online.

Microfilm. v. 1 (1909)-5 (1915), ser. 2: v. 1 (1937)-4 (1950). 4 microfilm reels : negative ; 35 mm.

Text in English; some summaries in English and French.

Issued by the International League against Epilepsy.

Sister publication to: Epilepsia open.

Vol. 26, no. 1 (JAN-FEB 1985)19900914 Notice not published Printed on acid-free paper