About Neurology
Neurology is the official journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Vision: Neurology will be the premier peer-reviewed journal for clinical neurologists.
Mission: Neurology will provide clinical neurologists with outstanding peer-reviewed articles, editorials and reviews to enhance patient care, education, clinical research and professionalism.
As the leading clinical neurology journal worldwide, Neurology is directed to physicians concerned with diseases and conditions of the nervous system. The journal's purpose is to advance the field by presenting new basic and clinical research with emphasis on knowledge that will influence the way neurology is practiced. The journal is at the forefront in disseminating cutting-edge, peer-reviewed information to the neurology community worldwide. Editorial content includes full-length Articles, Clinical/Scientific Notes, Views & Reviews (including Medical Hypothesis papers), Issues of Neurological Practice, Historical Neurology, NeuroImages, Humanities, WriteClick® Editor’s Choice, and position papers from the American Academy of Neurology. Contents appearing solely online include the Resident and Fellow Section, selected NeuroImages, Patient Page, CME Quizzes, Podcasts, and supplementary data (including video) for specific articles. The online version is considered the canonical version of the journal because it includes all content available to the reader. The Neurology 2016 Impact Factor is 8.320 (2016 Journal Citation Reports® [Clarivate Analytics, 2017]). Neurology is indexed in MEDLINE/Pubmed, Embase, Scopus, Biological Abstracts®, PsycINFO®, Current Contents®, Web of Science®, CrossRef, and Google Scholar. Funded articles are indexed in PMC.