The ''Multiple Sclerosis Journal'' (formerly ''Multiple Sclerosis'') is a monthly

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covering the clinical neurology of

multiple sclerosis Multiple (cerebral) sclerosis (MS), also known as encephalomyelitis disseminata or disseminated sclerosis, is the most common demyelinating disease, in which the insulating covers of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord are damaged. This d ...

. The

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Alan J Thompson Alan J. Thompson, MD, FMedSci, FRCP, FRCPI, is Dean of the Faculty of Brain Sciences at UCL; Pro-Provost for London at UCL; Garfield Weston Professor of Clinical Neurology and Neurorehabilitation at the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology. H ...

(

University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...

). It was established in 1995 and is published by

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Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the ''

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'', its 2021

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is 5.855, ranking it 40 out of 212 journals in the category "Clinical Neurology".

History

The journal was first established in 1995 with Ingrid Allen (

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) as founding editor. Three issues appeared in 1995, five in 1996, and from 1997 six issues appeared each year until 2006. In 2007 there were nine issues and in 2009, the current monthly publication was established. Donald Silverberg took over the editorship of the journal. He retired in 2006 and was succeeded by

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