“…In this special issue on epilepsy and seizures, we cover several disparate areas of clinical care, concentrating on recent advances and practical applications for clinicians. There are several areas within epilepsy and seizures without a dedicated manuscript, not because they are less important, but because they were already reviewed recently in this journal; some examples include seizure clusters and acute rescue therapy in the outpatient setting [1], women's issues such as contraception and pregnancy [2], socioeconomic disparities [3], neuroimaging [4] and developmental and epileptic encephalopathies [5], although several of these topics are indeed discussed briefly in this issue. We do have eight superb manuscripts from renowned experts around the world.…”