Epilepsy Currents
Encyclopedia
Epilepsy Currents is a bimonthly peer-reviewed
open-access medical journal that was established in 2001 by the American Epilepsy Society. It publishes commentary articles, written by a board of contributing editors, and brief topical reviews. While commentary articles are solicited from members of the board of contributing editors, the editors entertain suggestions regarding topics for review articles. Content is available on the society’s web site and on PubMed Central
. The journal began to be self-published by the society in collaboration with Allen Press
in 2011; prior to that time the journal was published on behalf of the society by Wiley-Blackwell.
, CSA Biological Sciences Database, Neurosciences Abstracts
, PubMed
, Science Citation Index Expanded
, and Current Contents
/Clinical Medicine.
) and Michael A. Rogawski (University of California Davis, School of Medicine
).
Peer review
Peer review is a process of self-regulation by a profession or a process of evaluation involving qualified individuals within the relevant field. Peer review methods are employed to maintain standards, improve performance and provide credibility...
open-access medical journal that was established in 2001 by the American Epilepsy Society. It publishes commentary articles, written by a board of contributing editors, and brief topical reviews. While commentary articles are solicited from members of the board of contributing editors, the editors entertain suggestions regarding topics for review articles. Content is available on the society’s web site and on PubMed Central
PubMed Central
PubMed Central is a free digital database of full-text scientific literature in biomedical and life sciences. It grew from the online Entrez PubMed biomedical literature search system. PubMed Central was developed by the U.S. National Library of Medicine as an online archive of biomedical journal...
. The journal began to be self-published by the society in collaboration with Allen Press
Allen Press
Allen Press is a printer and publisher of scientific, academic and scholarly journals as well as commercial trade publications. Founded by Harold Allen in 1935, the company is located in Lawrence, KS...
in 2011; prior to that time the journal was published on behalf of the society by Wiley-Blackwell.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in Academic SearchEBSCO Industries
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, CSA Biological Sciences Database, Neurosciences Abstracts
CSA (database company)
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, PubMed
PubMed
PubMed is a free database accessing primarily the MEDLINE database of references and abstracts on life sciences and biomedical topics. The United States National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health maintains the database as part of the Entrez information retrieval system...
, Science Citation Index Expanded
Science Citation Index
The Science Citation Index is a citation index originally produced by the Institute for Scientific Information and created by Eugene Garfield in 1960, which is now owned by Thomson Reuters. The larger version covers more than 6,500 notable and significant journals, across 150 disciplines, from ...
, and Current Contents
Current Contents
Current Contents is a rapid alerting service database from the Institute for Scientific Information, now part of Thomson Reuters, that is published online and in several different printed subject sections.-History:...
/Clinical Medicine.
Editors
Since December 2008, the editors-in-chief are Gregory K. Bergey (Johns Hopkins School of MedicineJohns Hopkins School of Medicine
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine , located in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., is the academic medical teaching and research arm of Johns Hopkins University. Hopkins has consistently been the nation's number one medical school in the amount of competitive research grants awarded by the National...
) and Michael A. Rogawski (University of California Davis, School of Medicine
UC Davis School of Medicine
The University of California Davis School of Medicine is one of five University of California medical schools in the state of California, associated with UC Davis.-History:...
).