From January 2023, Cephalalgia is an online, Gold Open Access journal – for more information visit, the FAQs page.

Cephalalgia contains original peer reviewed papers on all aspects of headache. The journal provides an international forum for original research papers, review articles and short communications.

Published monthly on behalf of the International Headache Society. Readers receive timely cutting edge original articles, editorials, reviews, letters and clinical correspondence on both clinical and basic research. Subscribers also receive themed Supplements and news on events within the headache community. Recently published topics include:

diagnosis and management of primary and secondary headaches and related syndromes
pathophysiology
mechanisms
pharmacology
epidemiology and burden
imaging
genetics
biomarkers
e-health and artificial intelligence
medico-legal aspects
pharmacoeconomics.
 
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Editor-in-Chief
Arne May
Department of Systems Neuroscience, University Clinic Hamburg Eppendorf (UKE) Hamburg, Germany
Associate Editors
Frank Andrasik
University of Memphis, USA
Massoud Ashina
Glostrup Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Rafael Benoliel
Rutgers University, USA
Rami Burstein
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, USA
Andrew Charles
University of California Los Angeles, USA
Hans-Christoph Diener
University Essen, Germany
Anne Ducros
Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France
Lars Edvinsson
University Hospital of Lund, Sweden
Stefan Evers
University of Münster, Germany
Michel D. Ferrari
Leiden University Medical Centre, The Netherlands
Edith Hamel
Montreal Neurological Institute, Canada
Andrea Harriott
Mayo Clinic Florida, United States, USA
Andrew Hershey
University of Cincinnati, USA
Jan Hoffmann
Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, UK
Philip R. Holland
King's College London, UK
Timothy T. Houle
Harvard Medical School, USA
Richard Lipton
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA
Delphine Magis
University of Liège, Belgium
Karl Messlinger
University of Erlangen Nurenberg, Germany
Frank Porreca
University of Arizona College of Medicine, USA
Michael B. Russell
Akershus University, Norway
Ann Scher
Uniformed Services University, USA
Todd Schwedt
Mayo Clinic - Neurology, USA
Gisela Terwindt
Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands
Shuu-Jiun Wang
Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
Alessandro Zagami
Prince of Wales Hospital, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Sydney, Australia
Managing Editor
Wendy Krank
Managing Editor, USA
Biostatics Editor
James S. McGinley
Vector Psychometric Group
R.J. Wirth
Vector Psychometric Group
Book Review Editor
Richard Peatfield
Princess Margaret Migraine Clinic, UK
Historical Section Editor
Peter J. Koehler
Atrium Medical Center, Netherlands
Junior Editor
Shih-Pin Chen
Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
Larus S. Gudmundsson
University of Iceland, Iceland
Publishing & Scientific Integrity Advisor
Peter J. Goadsby
King's College London, UK
Ombudsman
David W. Dodick
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, USA