Headache, publishing 10 issues a year, features some of the most important and innovative research from within the field. Our readership is drawn from physicians, psychologists and other health professionals interested in the study of head, neck and orofacial pain.
The journal continually seeks the very best articles reporting on on-going research and clinical investigation with the field. Though Headache is the primary publication of the American Headache Society, our readership and author base is truly international.
The journal has embraced a number of new publishing features including leading-edge online functionality.
Reader features include:
- Annually, several state-of-the-art reviews will be published. These comprehensive reviews will cover a variety of topics and will act as the most up-to-date assessment on a particular aspect of headache medicine
- Three non-product specific themed supplements annually on a wide variety of topics or symposium proceedings
- Occasional special series featuring a comprehensive overview on a particular topic
- An Expert Opinion column featuring the views on a particular case from a leading thinker in the field
- A review of recently published journal literature
- Each issue contains a themed Patient Education Page that can be torn out and copied for distribution to patients
- Starting in 2006 the journal will launch CME with two featured articles from each issue. Readers will be able to take the tests online and receive instant feedback and credit.
In addition online readers may now take advantage of:
- Complete online archive of all issues of Headache dating back to Volume 1 published in 1961
- HTML full text for on-screen reading and functionality such as linking through to referenced articles, forward linking to articles that have since cited the article being read and access to supplemental data such as video files or out-sized tabular matter
- Article PDF’s for printing and reading off-line
- Online Early – Fully proofed and typeset manuscripts appear online several weeks ahead of print, providing an early opportunity to read cutting-edge material.
Authors also find a number of benefits from publishing in Headache including:
- Rapid and comprehensive review process. Submissions typically take 4 weeks to receive an initial decision following submission. Authors may additionally request an expedited review in exceptional cases
- Online Early publication of submissions allows fully typeset manuscripts to be available within 6 weeks of acceptance for publication, often several weeks ahead of print. Online Early articles are eventually assigned to an issue but until that time they can be cited using a DOI number.
- Online submission and review removing the costly need to send three print copies and avoiding the associated slow review process.
- Headache employs a statistical consultant to advise authors on any statistical methodology questions associated with their submissions.
- Headache, thanks to online distribution arrangements generated by Blackwell Publishing, boasts one the highest circulation figures for any neurology journal. Our readership is truly globally dispersed.
