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Epilepsy Currents

American Epilepsy Society · United States · Est. 2001

ISSN1535-7511

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.295

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.185

Total Worksi

2,483

Total Citationsi

20,419

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.66

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Clinical Neurology; Neurology (clinical).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2001

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,483

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Epilepsy Society

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1535-7511

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

125

965

2019

121

1.1k

2020

126

587

2021

111

360

2022

100

218

2023

135

190

2024

133

135

2025

119

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Neurology (clinical)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Clinical Neurology

Scopus Categories

Neurology (clinical)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Epilepsy research and treatmentNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchPharmacological Effects and Toxicity StudiesEEG and Brain-Computer InterfacesNeurological disorders and treatmentsGenetics and Neurodevelopmental DisordersIon channel regulation and functionDiet and metabolism studiesNeural dynamics and brain functionFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies

Frequently asked questions about Epilepsy Currents

Is Epilepsy Currents a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Epilepsy Currents: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Epilepsy Currents?

Epilepsy Currents is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.66.

Is Epilepsy Currents indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Epilepsy Currents is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Epilepsy Currents?