Journal profile · Behavioral Sciences
Epilepsy & Behavior
ISSN 1525-5050 · eISSN 1525-5069 · Academic Press Inc. · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 2000
Epilepsy & Behavior: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.4; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,060; median 80 days to acceptance (109 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 513 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Epilepsy & Behavior is published by Academic Press Inc. and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Epilepsy research and treatment, Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies and Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments, together about 62% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Epilepsy & Behavior is the fastest-growing international journal uniquely devoted to the rapid dissemination of the most current information available on the behavioral aspects of seizures and epilepsy.Epilepsy & Behavior presents original peer-reviewed articles based on laboratory and clinical research. Topics are drawn from a variety of fields, including clinical neurology, neurosurgery, neuropsychiatry, neuropsychology, neurophysiology, neuropharmacology, and neuroimaging.Epilepsy & Behavior publishes papers on the study of:• Localization of ictal and postictal behaviors • Neuroendocrine aspects of epilepsy • Psychiatric and psychosocial aspects of epilepsy • Behavioral aspects of epilepsy surgery • Cognitive and affective effects of seizure treatment • Functional imaging • Animal modelsLetters to the Editor will only be considered if they comment on articles that were previously published in Epilepsy & Behavior. The journal does not publish Case Reports. Authors who submit these to Epilepsy & Behavior will be offered a transfer or asked to resubmit their Case Reports to the journal's companion title, Epilepsy & Behavior Reports .Cited in MEDLINE/PubMed and Index Medicus, Current Contents/Clinical Medicine, Science Citation Index-Expanded, NeuroScience Citation Index, PsychINFO, and EMBASE.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Behavioral Sciences
Editor-in-chief Marco MulaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 1%); most named United States 58, United Kingdom 16, Canada 10, Germany 8, Australia 7 (122 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Epilepsy research and treatmentMedicine35.8%
- Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity StudiesMedicine17.1%
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their TreatmentsMedicine9.1%
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchNeuroscience7%
- EEG and Brain-Computer InterfacesNeuroscience5%
- Diet and metabolism studiesMedicine2.7%
- Functional Brain Connectivity StudiesNeuroscience2.5%
- Neurological disorders and treatmentsMedicine2.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Behavioral Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Clinical Neurology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Behavioral Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Clinical Neurology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Behavioral Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Clinical Neurology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEEmbaseCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Index Medicus, PsychINFO
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 2.4LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.76LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.98LetPub ·
- h-index
- 91LetPub ·
- h-index
- 155OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 5,982OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.77OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 16.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 24.12%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 470LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 11,176 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 372 | 156 | 105 |
| 2025 | 513 | 220 | 1,138 |
| 2024 | 523 | 204 | 2,660 |
| 2023 | 427 | 160 | 3,331 |
| 2022 | 415 | 122 | 4,228 |
| 2021 | 677 | 211 | 9,267 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
80 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 59 days – 98 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 10 days (109 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 89 days
- Sample
- 109 articles with submission and acceptance dates (1,048 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- 3–6 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 4 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 38 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 82 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 10 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,060 / EUR 2,860 / GBP 2,450 / JPY 379,530 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 3,310 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
Article types accepted15
- book reviewEpilepsy & Behavior publishes the following types of articles:• Original research articles (both clinical and laboratory research)• Reviews• Editorials• Brief c…Length not stated
- book reviews• Book reviewsLength not stated
- brief communicationEpilepsy & Behavior publishes the following types of articles:• Original research articles (both clinical and laboratory research)• Reviews• Editorials• Brief c…Length not stated
- brief communications• Brief communicationsLength not stated
- calendar of events• Calendar of eventsLength not stated
- editorialEpilepsy & Behavior publishes the following types of articles:• Original research articles (both clinical and laboratory research)• Reviews• Editorials• Brief c…Length not stated
- editorials• EditorialsLength not stated
- letterEpilepsy & Behavior publishes the following types of articles:• Original research articles (both clinical and laboratory research)• Reviews• Editorials• Brief c…Length not stated
- letters• LettersLength not stated
- letters to the editorEpilepsy & Behavior publishes the following types of articles:• Original research articles (both clinical and laboratory research)• Reviews• Editorials• Brief c…Length not stated
- original research articleEpilepsy & Behavior publishes the following types of articles:• Original research articles (both clinical and laboratory research)• Reviews• Editorials• Brief c…Length not stated
- protocolEpilepsy & Behavior publishes the following types of articles:• Original research articles (both clinical and laboratory research)• Reviews• Editorials• Brief c…Length not stated
- reviewEpilepsy & Behavior publishes the following types of articles:• Original research articles (both clinical and laboratory research)• Reviews• Editorials• Brief c…Length not stated
- reviews• ReviewsLength not stated
- systematic reviewEpilepsy & Behavior publishes the following types of articles:• Original research articles (both clinical and laboratory research)• Reviews• Editorials• Brief c…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use Declaration of generative AI use
Authors must declare the use of generative AI tools in the manuscript preparation process upon submission of the paper.Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies (“AI tools”) have been rapidly adopted in research and scholarly publishing, offering significant benefits while requiring clear standards for responsible and transparent use.Authors preparing a manuscript for this journal may use AI tool…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Group authorship
Group authorship refers to the attribution of an article to a defined and named group of authors whose members have contributed to the work. Examples include research consortia, clinical trial groups, collaborative networks, task forces or working groups, expert panels or consensus groups, and participatory research groups. Group authorship must be declared on the title page at submission. When av…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of competing interests
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence or bias their work. Examples of potential competing interests include:EmploymentConsultanciesStock ownershipHonorariaPaid expert testimonyPatent applications or registrationsGrants or any other fundingAffiliation with the journal as an Editor or Advisory Board …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright License options
Authors will be offered open access user license options which will determine how you, and third parties, can reuse your open access article. We advise that you review these options and any funding body license requirements before selecting a license option.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
We refer you to our open access information page to learn about open access options for this journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Single anonymized review process Model summary
This journal follows a single anonymized review process. Your submission will initially be assessed by our editors. If your submission is deemed suitable, it will typically be sent to be reviewed by a minimum of one reviewer for an independent expert assessment of the scientific quality. The decision as to whether your article is accepted or rejected for publication will be made by our editors.Rea…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Preprint sharing allowed, does not count as prior publication Model summary
Preprint sharingAuthors may share preprints in line with Elsevier's article sharing policy. Sharing preprints, such as on a preprint server, will not count as prior publication.We advise you to read our policy on multiple, redundant or concurrent publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Academic Press Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 2000
- ISSN
- 1525-5050
- Electronic ISSN
- 1525-5069
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Epilepsy & Behavior
What CAS zone is Epilepsy & Behavior in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Epilepsy & Behavior is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Behavioral Sciences / Clinical Neurology / Psychiatry. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Epilepsy & Behavior?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.4; CiteScore 4, h-index 155.
How long does peer review take at Epilepsy & Behavior?
Based on the dates recorded on 109 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 80 days (interquartile range 59–98 days); authors report an average review time of 3–6 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Epilepsy & Behavior based?
Of the 122 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 1%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (58), United Kingdom (16) and Canada (10). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Epilepsy & Behavior?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Epilepsy & Behavior is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, Embase and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Epilepsy & Behavior open access, and what is the APC?
Epilepsy & Behavior is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,060.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .