About Tics

Aim: The F1000Research Tics collection will provide a single portal to all the best research and clinical information on tics and tic disorders.

Scope: The F1000Research Tics collection is open to all facets of tic disorders, from provisional tic disorder to Tourette syndrome and from molecular biology to social and cultural issues. Areas of interest include genetics, epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment, personality, and links to family, school and society—to the extent that they pertain to tics. The collection will present also clinical features other than tics, but the link to tics must be present in the content rather than in theory only; for instance, work on OCD in people without tics would likely be out of scope. Similarly, animal models are of interest primarily when their phenomenology has high face validity for tics rather than when they could as easily model other disorders.

Some authors will submit ground-breaking research to the Tics collection to avoid being scooped, because of its rapid publication and post-publication review model. However, as described in the introductory editorial, the goal of the Tics collection is not to inflate the prestige of the title by rejecting sound work that may not be newsworthy but rather to provide a more complete picture of the scientific and clinical literature. However, some high-quality work will be confirmatory rather than novel. All articles in the F1000Research Tics collection must meet accepted standards for publication including ethical approvals and relevant recommendations such as the CONSORT reporting guidelines for clinical trials. All articles will undergo invited and fully transparent peer-review after publication, following F1000Research's unique publication model.

The collection Advisors hope to continue to update the “Tourette Syndrome research highlights” each year, making the article an up-to-date, living, community-supported feature of the Tics collection and integrating it with posters and meeting reports.