Cephalalgia Reports
Cephalalgia Reports, is a peer reviewed publication and an official journal of the International Headache Society (IHS), the world’s leading membership organization for those with a professional commitment to helping people affected by headache. With members spanning diverse regions, the IHS aims to improve headache care worldwide. Cephalalgia Reports supports this mission by providing a platform for scientific publications that address the unique needs and challenges of improving headache management and education worldwide.
The journal is dedicated to advancing the understanding and management of headache and facial pain disorders, with a special focus on regional practices, educational initiatives, and diverse healthcare settings. As a complementary publication to Cephalalgia, Cephalalgia Reports offers also an additional platform to highlight findings from smaller scope studies, observational studies, case-reports and case series, protocols, studies with negative findings that may inform the diverse landscape of headache care worldwide.
By fostering regional insights, encouraging collaboration, and promoting education, Cephalalgia Reports serves as an essential resource for healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators worldwide.
Cephalalgia Reports is an exclusively online, Gold Open Access journal. For more information, please visit our FAQs page.
All articles will undergo a rapid and rigorous peer review process; once accepted, they will be promptly published online within days and made freely accessible under an Open Access model.
To submit your manuscript online, please click here.
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Cephalalgia Reports is an Open Access journal dedicated to expanding the understanding and clinical management of headache and facial pain disorders. Published on behalf of the International Headache Society (IHS), Cephalalgia Reports serves as a companion to Cephalalgia to address the unique needs and challenges of headache management across diverse countries and regions worldwide, fostering a deeper understanding of global variations and local peculiarities in headache disorders. Cephalalgia Reports has also a distinctive emphasis on clinical practice, on emerging preliminary information, new and rare forms of headache, and educational resources.
The scope of Cephalalgia Reports encompasses diverse topics in headache and facial pain, with a focus on the following areas:
- Regional Variations in Headache Burden, Knowledge, Diagnosis, and Management: Studies and reports addressing region-specific approaches, challenges, and insights in headache and facial pain disorders.
- Regional Adaptation of Official Guidance Documents: Customization of International Headache Society (IHS) guidelines, practice recommendations, and position statements to align with the specific needs, resources, and healthcare systems of different regions or countries, ensuring effective implementation of global standards.
- Educational and Teaching Content: Review articles, case reports, and case series aimed at providing clinicians and researchers with practical learning opportunities in headache diagnosis and management.
- Educational Updates: Summaries and reviews that distill the latest advancements, insights, and practical applications in headache medicine.
- Study Protocols and Methodological Innovation: Contributions focused on research protocols, methods, and innovative approaches that enhance rigor, transparency, and reproducibility in headache research, as well as methodological education in the field.
- Case Series and Descriptive Studies: Detailed presentations of unique or rare headache cases, including teaching cases that incorporate multidisciplinary perspectives, to enrich understanding and inform management strategies.
- Collaborative and Multicenter Studies: Research emphasizing global and regional collaboration to address diverse population needs and foster international partnerships.
- Trials with Negative Outcomes: Presentation of studies with non-promising results to stimulate scientific reflection, refinement of hypotheses, and innovation in future research.
- Smaller Scope Studies: Focused studies on narrow but significant topics that contribute to advancing global and local knowledge in headache and facial pain.
- Culture and Society: Exploration of transcultural aspects, historical perspectives, social determinants of health, and inequities in headache research and management.
- Headache and Humanities: Contributions that examine the history of headache medicine, intersections of headache with the arts, and sociological dimensions of headache.
All articles will undergo a rapid and rigorous peer review process; once accepted, they will be promptly published online within days and made freely accessible under an Open Access model. To submit your manuscript online, please click here.
All articles will undergo a rapid and rigorous peer review process; once accepted, they will be promptly published online within days and made freely accessible under an Open Access model.
For submission inquiries or questions about manuscript suitability, please contact our Managing Editor, Wendy Krank: editorial.cephalalgia@gmail.com.
As a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Cephalalgia Reports upholds the highest standards of integrity and transparency, supporting the advancement of ethical research in headache medicine.
| Simona Sacco, MD, PhD | University of L’Aquila, Italy |
| Frank Andrasik, PhD | University of Memphis, USA |
| Sait Ashina, MD | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, USA |
| Rafael Benoliel, OM | Rutgers University, USA |
| Rami Burstein, PhD | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, USA |
| Gianluca Coppola, MD, PhD | Sapienza University of Rome Polo Pontino, Italy |
| Hans-Christoph Diener, MD, PhD | University Essen, Essen, Germany |
| Anne Ducros, MD, PhD | Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France |
| Stefan Evers, MD, PhD | University of Münster, Germany |
| Larus S. Gudmundsson, MSc, PhD | University of Iceland, Iceland |
| Andrew Hershey, MD, PhD, FAHS | University of Cincinnati, USA |
| Philip R. Holland, BSc, PhD | King's College London, UK |
| Mi Ji Lee, MD, PhD | Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, South Korea |
| Karl Messlinger, Dipl. Biol. Dr. med. Dr. med habil | University of Erlangen Nurenberg, Germany |
| Teshamae S. Monteith, MD | University of Miami Hospital, USA |
| Kuan-Po Peng, MD | Department of Systems Neuroscience, University Clinic Hamburg Eppendorf (UKE), Germany |
| Patricia Pozo-Rosich, MD, PhD | Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Spain |
| Todd Schwedt, MD | Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, USA |
| Henrik Winther Schytz, MD, DMSc, PhD | Danish Headache Center, Glostrup, Denmark |
| Cristina Tassorelli, MD, PhD, FEAN | Neurological Institute C Mondino Foundation, Italy |
| Erling A. Tronvik, MD | Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway |
| Marcelo Valença, MD, PhD | Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil |
| Shuu-Jiun Wang, MD | Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan |
| Alessandro S. Zagami, MD | Prince of Wales Hospital, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Sydney, Australia |
| Wendy Krank | Managing Editor, USA |
| Marcelo Valença, MD, PhD | Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil |
| James S. McGinley, PhD | Vector Psychometric Group, USA |
| Peter J. Koehler, MD, PhD, FAAN | Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Studies, Maastricht University, Netherlands |
| Faisal Mohammad Amin, MD, PhD | Glostrup Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Edoardo Caronna, MD, PhD | Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Spain |
| Catherine D. Chong, MD | Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, USA |
| Roberto De Icco, MD | University of Pavia, Italy |
| Daniel Noam Lax, MD | Montefiore Medical Center, USA |
| Francesca Puledda, MD, PhD | King's College London, UK |
| Marta Vila-Pueyo, PhD | Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Spain |
| Rogelio Dominguez-Moreno | Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador, Mexico |
| Esme Ekizoglu | Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Turkey |
| Faraidoon Haghdoost, MD, PhD | George Institute for Global Health (UNSW), Sydney, Australia |
| Nina Riggins, MD, PhD, FAAN | Neuron Clinic, USA |
| Peter J. Goadsby, MD, PhD, DSc, FRACP, FRCP | King's College London, UK |
| David W. Dodick, MD, FAAN | Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, USA |
Manuscript submission guidelines can be accessed on Sage Journals.