''Current Opinion in Neurology'' is a bimonthly
peer-reviewed
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medical journal
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History
The first ...
covering
neurology
Neurology (from el, νεῦρον (neûron), "string, nerve" and the suffix -logia, "study of") is the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of conditions and disease involving the brain, the spinal ...
. The journal publishes
editorials and
review
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s, but not
original research
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articles. It is published by
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) is an American imprint of the American Dutch publishing conglomerate Wolters Kluwer. It was established by the acquisition of Williams & Wilkins and its merger with J.B. Lippincott Company in 1998. Under the ...
and the
editor-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
is Richard S.J. Frackowiak (
University College London
, mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward
, established =
, type = Public research university
, endowment = £143 million (2020)
, budget = � ...
). The journal was established in 1988 as ''Current Opinion in Neurology and Neurosurgery'' and obtained its current name in 1993.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in
Index medicus
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/
MEDLINE
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/
PubMed
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,
Science Citation Index
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,
Current Contents
''Current Contents'' is a rapid alerting service database from Clarivate Analytics, formerly the Institute for Scientific Information and Thomson Reuters. It is published online and in several different printed subject sections.
History
''Cu ...
/Clinical Medicine, and
BIOSIS Previews
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BIOSIS Previews ...
.
According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'' and Resurchify, the journal has a 2020
impact factor
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of 4.88.
See also
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Current Opinion (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)
''Current Opinion'' is a series of medical journals published by Wolters Kluwer imprint Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) is an American imprint of the American Dutch publishing conglomerate Wolters Kluwer. It ...
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://journals.lww.com/co-neurology/pages/default.aspx
Neurology journals
Publications established in 1988
Bimonthly journals
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins academic journals
English-language journals