Cephalalgia, first published in 1981, is the premier international journal in the field of headache and facial pain 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.

As of January 2023, Cephalalgia is an exclusively online, Gold Open Access journal. For more information, please visit our FAQs page.

The mission of Cephalalgia is to publish the most novel and impactful clinical, translational and pre-clinical research, advancing the global understanding and management of all forms of headache and facial pain in adults and in children and adolescents.

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. Cephalalgia also offers a fast-track submission option. For more information, please click here.

To submit your manuscript online, please click here.

This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Previous Editors of the Journal:

- Ottar Sjaastad (Founding Editor, 1981-1989)

- Marcia Wilkinson (1990-1992)

- K. Michael Welch (1993-1999)

- Peter J. Goadsby (2000-2008)

- David W. Dodick (2009-2015)

- Arne May (2016-2023).