About this journal

Aims and scope

Research and Reviews in Parkinsonism presents current information about Parkinsonism and Restless legs Syndrome related research, policy, phenomenology, literature, history, and treatment. This journal offers broad range of coverage in a wide-array of disciplines, from clinical and therapeutic aspects to understanding of molecular pathways involved in these disorders. This journal also covers the history of medicine in particular neurology, and social as well as psychological aspects of these disorders.

The journal provides a forum for international debate on various aspects of Parkinsonism and Restless legs Syndrome related issues. It reports on updates of various types of Parkinsonian syndromes (e.g. Parkinson's disease, atypical, drug induced, secondary Parkinsonism, heredo-degenerative diseases) as well as other movement disorders with overlapping features. This journal also discusses developments on medical conditions known to be associated with Parkinsonism and Restless Legs Syndrome (such as sleep disorders, neuropathies, renal dysfunction, iron deficiency, pregnancy, multiple sclerosis) amongst others. It also addresses psychological, social, therapeutic, pathophysiological, etiological and genetic aspects of these disorders.

Research and Reviews in Parkinsonism will no longer consider meta-analyses for publication.

Journal metrics

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Citation metrics

  • 0.5 (2023) Impact Factor
  • 1.3 (2023) 5 year IF

Editorial board

Editor-in-Chief:

Dr Peter Hedera, Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, United States

Editorial Board:

Professor Alberto Albanese, Department of Neurology, Humanitas Research Hospital, Milano, Italy

Professor Masharip Atadzhanov, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Zambia, Zambia

Dr Claudio L. A. Bassetti, Neurology Department, Bern University Hospital, Switzerland

Professor Thomas Davis, Neurology, Division of Movement Disorders, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States

Dr Yuqing Li, Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, United States

Dr Ali Rajput, Neurology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

Dr Abdul Qayyum Rana, Parkinson’s Clinic of Eastern Toronto and Movement Disorders Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Professor Daniel Truong, past-president of the International Association for Parkinsonism and Related Disorders; Clinical Professor, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA; The Truong Neuroscience Institute, Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center, Fountain Valley, CA, USA. Editor-in-chief Journal of Clinical Parkinsonism and Related Disorders. Associate Editor: Journal of Neurological Sciences.

Dr Peter Valkovic, Second Department of Neurology, Comenius University Faculty of Medicine, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Dr Arthur Walters, Sleep Division, Department of Neurology, United States

Dr John Woulfe, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Ottawa, Canada

Dr Theresa Zesiewicz, Director of USF Ataxia Research Center, The Frances J. Zesiewicz Foundation for Parkinson's Disease at USF, Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Clinic at the PADREC, Tampa, FL, United States

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