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Behavioral Science and Epilepsy
Epilepsy is a neurological disorder that extends beyond the occurrence of seizures and is frequently associated with cognitive, emotional,...
- Status
- Open for submissions
- Submission deadline
- 23 July 2027
Overview
Beginning from January 1, 2026, authors of articles accepted for publication in Acta Epileptologica need to pay an article-processing charge (APC). The APC in 2026 is £1990 GBP / $2690 USD / €2290 EUR. Kindly note that BMC offers various APC waivers and discounts to authors based in the world’s lowest income locations or in financial need. Please see our open access policies for journals for more information.
Acta Epileptologica is an open access, peer review journal publishing high‑quality articles across all aspects of epilepsy research and practice.
- Focus on clinical studies, alongside basic science, neuroimaging, comorbidities and psychosocial impacts
- Affiliated with the China Association Against Epilepsy and supported by West China Hospital
- Offers high visibility with open access publishing
- Indexed in leading databases including DOAJ, PubMed Central, Scopus and ESCI
- Acting Editor-in-Chief (serving as Acting Editor-in-Chief until the appointment of a new EiC)
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- Dong Zhou MD
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Journal introduction
Acta Epileptologica is now indexed by DOAJ, ESCI, PubMed Central (PMC) and Scopus.
Journal information
- Electronic ISSN
- 2524-4434
- Print ISSN
- 2096-9384
- Abstracted and indexed in
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- Baidu
- CLOCKSS
- CNKI
- CNPIEC
- Chinese Academy of Medical Science (CAMS)
- Chinese Science Citation Database
- DOAJ
- Dimensions
- EMBASE
- Emerging Sources Citation Index
- Google Scholar
- Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
- Naver
- OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
- Ovid Discovery
- Portico
- ProQuest
- PubMed Central
- SCImago
- SCOPUS
- Semantic Scholar
- TD Net Discovery Service
- Wanfang
- eLibrary.ru
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