Journal profile
Epilepsia
Epilepsia is published by Wiley under ISSN 0013-9580. It holds an h-index of 287 across 18,313 indexed works, with a two-year mean citedness of 4.68, and is not fully open access. Its main subject areas are Epilepsy research and treatment, Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research.
Below: the full publication record, and one real article from the journal formatted in IEEE, APA, and BibTeX so you can match field order against a source you can check.
Publication record and impact metrics
| Publisher | Wiley |
|---|---|
| ISSN-L | 0013-9580 |
| All ISSNs | 0013-9580, 1528-1157, 1528-1167 |
| Indexed works | 18,313 |
| Total citations | 864,682 |
| h-index | 287 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 4.68 |
| Open access | Not fully open access |
| Main topics | Epilepsy research and treatment · Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies · Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research · EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces · Neurological disorders and treatments |
Publication figures come from this journal's OpenAlex record, released under CC0, and are a dated snapshot rather than a live count. Check the publisher for current scope and submission requirements.
A worked example from this journal
The source
ILAE Official Report: A practical clinical definition of epilepsy
- Authors
- Robert S. Fisher, Carlos Alberto Acevedo, Alexis Arzimanoglou, Alicia Bogacz, J. Helen Cross, Christian E. Elger, and 13 more
- Year
- 2014
- Volume
- 55
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 475-482
IEEE
R. S. Fisher, C. A. Acevedo, A. Arzimanoglou, A. Bogacz, J. H. Cross, C. E. Elger et al. "ILAE Official Report: A practical clinical definition of epilepsy," Epilepsia, vol. 55, no. 4, pp. 475-482, 2014, doi: 10.1111/epi.12550.
IEEE prints author initials before the surname and abbreviates the periodical title. Check the abbreviation for Epilepsia against your target publication's reference list before submitting.
APA
Fisher, R. S., Acevedo, C. A., Arzimanoglou, A., Bogacz, A., Cross, J. H., & Elger, C. E., et al. (2014). ILAE Official Report: A practical clinical definition of epilepsy. Epilepsia, 55(4), 475-482. https://doi.org/10.1111/epi.12550
APA puts the year directly after the authors, keeps the full journal title in italics, and renders the DOI as a URL.
BibTeX
@article{fisher2014,
author = {Robert S. Fisher and Carlos Alberto Acevedo and Alexis Arzimanoglou and Alicia Bogacz and J. Helen Cross and Christian E. Elger},
title = {ILAE Official Report: A practical clinical definition of epilepsy},
journal = {Epilepsia},
volume = {55},
number = {4},
pages = {475--482},
year = {2014},
issn = {0013-9580},
doi = {10.1111/epi.12550}
}The citation key is the first author's surname and the year. Keep it stable once it appears in a draft, because renaming it breaks every cite that used it.
What to verify before you submit
- The volume and page range. Epilepsia records 18,313 works, and articles published online first can carry a different volume from the final issue. Cite the version you read.
- The abbreviated title. IEEE style uses standard periodical abbreviations, and registry metadata almost always returns the full name instead.
- Author name order. Registry records store full given names; IEEE and APA both want initials, formatted differently from each other.
- Whether the article is open access. This journal is not fully open access, which affects whether a reader can reach the version you cited.
- That the source supports your claim. A correctly formatted reference says nothing about whether the passage backs the sentence citing it.
How this journal sits in the record
Epilepsia carries an h-index of 287, which is above 25% of the journals covered here, and its articles have accumulated 864,682 citations across 18,313 indexed works. Its two-year mean citedness is 4.68.
53 of the journals covered here are published by Wiley. Reference style is set per title rather than per publisher, so do not carry a format across from a sibling journal without checking.
These are indexing figures describing how often work in this venue is cited. They say nothing about whether a particular article is sound, and they are not a substitute for reading it.
Questions about Epilepsia
What is the ISSN of Epilepsia?
The linking ISSN is 0013-9580. The journal also carries 1528-1157 and 1528-1167, which usually separate the print and electronic editions. Use the linking ISSN in a BibTeX issn field.
Who publishes Epilepsia?
Wiley publishes it. 53 journals covered here come from the same publisher, and they do not all share one reference style, so check the requirements for this title rather than the publisher.
Is Epilepsia open access?
OpenAlex does not record it as fully open access. Some articles may still be open individually, so check the specific article rather than assuming from the journal.
How do I cite an article from Epilepsia in LaTeX?
Use the BibTeX entry above as the pattern. The entry type is article, the journal field holds the full title, and the citation key fisher2014 follows the first author's surname and the year. Brace any acronym in the title so your bibliography style does not lowercase it.
Does Epilepsia use page numbers or article numbers?
The example article runs from page 475 to 482, so this journal used page ranges at least for that volume. Newer issues in many journals switched to article numbers, so check the version you are citing.
How influential is Epilepsia?
Its h-index is 287, above 25% of the journals covered here, and its articles have been cited 864,682 times in total. Its two-year mean citedness is 4.68. These are indexing figures, not a judgement of whether a specific article is sound.
Does Epilepsia have a Journal Impact Factor?
Not one shown here. The Journal Impact Factor is Clarivate's metric, published in Journal Citation Reports and readable only with a JCR subscription, so this page does not restate it. The figures above come from OpenAlex: an h-index of 287 and a two-year mean citedness of 4.68 across 18,313 indexed works, captured on 2026-09-18. Mean citedness averages citations per work over a two-year window, which makes it closer in construction to CiteScore than to the Impact Factor. The three are not interchangeable, so quote whichever one your target venue actually asks for.