Epilepsy & Behavior 29 (2013) 433
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Editorial
Introducing Targeted Reviews
With this issue of Epilepsy & Behavior we are initiating a new section entitled Targeted Reviews. The goal of the Targeted Reviews section is to produce length-limited reviews that are tightly focused on specific questions of interest. We have incorporated several features into these pieces that we hope will make them an attractive feature for all concerned. Format—Reviews are an important component of the scientific enterprise, but they can be lengthy and dense, not always easily “digestible” for the reader, and not atypically time-consuming and difficult for the writer to assemble. The Targeted Reviews section is striving for readable “user-friendly” scholarly pieces that, as a group, will have a comparable format and structure. Each potential author will be asked to address between 3–5 specific questions pertinent to a topic at hand. These questions will anchor the piece and serve as the focus of review. The questions will be laid out explicitly at the beginning of the review in a standard text box, and the questions will be addressed in a sequential manner in the body of the text, with a summary text box at the end where the questions will be restated along with summary responses. The pieces will be between 3200 and 4000 words. The lengthlimited and very-targeted nature of the reviews will make it easier and less laborious for scientists to assemble and write. Content—Topics of Targeted Reviews will be broad in nature and include critical issues from both clinical and basic research. At times, the content will be translational, with similar questions addressed in independent pieces by basic and clinical scientists, and the companion Targeted Reviews will appear together in the same issue of Epilepsy & Behavior. The goal is to be inclusive, timely, useful, and scholarly.
Utility—Three or four of the figures/tables will be easily downloaded as Powerpoint slides that can be used by our readers for their own educational purposes, including lectures. We will strive to insure that the most valuable information from the reviews can be easily circulated in the clinical and research community. Visibility—These contributions will oftentimes serve as the cover subject for that month's issue of Epilepsy & Behavior, and an accompanying editorial will highlight the contribution, placing it within a broader scientific and clinical context. Process—Topics and authors are typically invited by Associate Editor Bruce Hermann, together with the Editor-in-Chief, other Associate Editors, and the Editorial Board, but we are happy to consider suggested topics and potential authors from the readership of Epilepsy & Behavior. We welcome and encourage your input. The very first Targeted Review appears in this issue of Epilepsy & Behavior with an accompanying editorial, beginning what we believe will be a well-received addition.
1525-5050/$ – see front matter © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.09.031
1 Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 1685 Highland Ave., Madison WI 53705-2281, USA.
Bruce P. Hermann1 Steven C. Schachter E-mail address: [email protected] (B.P. Hermann). 17 September 2013
Contents lists available at ScienceDirect
Epilepsy & Behavior journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/yebeh
Editorial
Introducing Targeted Reviews
With this issue of Epilepsy & Behavior we are initiating a new section entitled Targeted Reviews. The goal of the Targeted Reviews section is to produce length-limited reviews that are tightly focused on specific questions of interest. We have incorporated several features into these pieces that we hope will make them an attractive feature for all concerned. Format—Reviews are an important component of the scientific enterprise, but they can be lengthy and dense, not always easily “digestible” for the reader, and not atypically time-consuming and difficult for the writer to assemble. The Targeted Reviews section is striving for readable “user-friendly” scholarly pieces that, as a group, will have a comparable format and structure. Each potential author will be asked to address between 3–5 specific questions pertinent to a topic at hand. These questions will anchor the piece and serve as the focus of review. The questions will be laid out explicitly at the beginning of the review in a standard text box, and the questions will be addressed in a sequential manner in the body of the text, with a summary text box at the end where the questions will be restated along with summary responses. The pieces will be between 3200 and 4000 words. The lengthlimited and very-targeted nature of the reviews will make it easier and less laborious for scientists to assemble and write. Content—Topics of Targeted Reviews will be broad in nature and include critical issues from both clinical and basic research. At times, the content will be translational, with similar questions addressed in independent pieces by basic and clinical scientists, and the companion Targeted Reviews will appear together in the same issue of Epilepsy & Behavior. The goal is to be inclusive, timely, useful, and scholarly.
Utility—Three or four of the figures/tables will be easily downloaded as Powerpoint slides that can be used by our readers for their own educational purposes, including lectures. We will strive to insure that the most valuable information from the reviews can be easily circulated in the clinical and research community. Visibility—These contributions will oftentimes serve as the cover subject for that month's issue of Epilepsy & Behavior, and an accompanying editorial will highlight the contribution, placing it within a broader scientific and clinical context. Process—Topics and authors are typically invited by Associate Editor Bruce Hermann, together with the Editor-in-Chief, other Associate Editors, and the Editorial Board, but we are happy to consider suggested topics and potential authors from the readership of Epilepsy & Behavior. We welcome and encourage your input. The very first Targeted Review appears in this issue of Epilepsy & Behavior with an accompanying editorial, beginning what we believe will be a well-received addition.
1525-5050/$ – see front matter © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.09.031
1 Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 1685 Highland Ave., Madison WI 53705-2281, USA.
Bruce P. Hermann1 Steven C. Schachter E-mail address: [email protected] (B.P. Hermann). 17 September 2013
