About this journal

Aims and scope

Local and Regional Anesthesia is an international, peer reviewed, open access journal focusing on all aspects of local and regional anesthetics and analgesics from development through to clinical use.

Local and Regional Anesthesia will no longer consider meta-analyses for publication

Specific topics covered by the journal include:

  • Formulation studies, development, pharmacology, and clinical use of local anaesthetics
  • Administration techniques and kits including the use of ultrasound to guide aesthetic delivery
  • Local analgesics
  • Novel methods of pain control and regional blocks
  • Ambulatory anaesthesia
  • Patient satisfaction and preference
  • Safety, organisation, and health economic evaluations

The journal accepts papers in the form of original research, reviews, expert opinions, commentaries, clinical trial reports and case reports

Journal metrics

Usage

  • 45K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 1.5 (2023) Impact Factor
  • 3.8 (2023) 5 year IF
  • 6.3 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
  • 2.028 (2023) SNIP
  • 0.913 (2023) SJR

Editorial board

Editor-in-Chief:

Dr Stefan Wirz, Department for Anesthesiology, Intensive Medicine, Pain Medicine, Palliative Medicine; Centre for Pa, GFO-Clinics Bonn/CURA-Hospital Bad Honnef, Germany

Editorial Board:

Professor Kenneth Candido, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States

Professor Gabriele Finco, Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Italy

Dr Dario Galante, Anesthesia and Intensive Care and Surgical Department, Hospital Giuseppe Tatarella, Cerignola, Foggia, Italy

Prof. Dr. Chiu-Ming Ho, Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National, Taiwan

Prof. Dr. Debasish Hota, Pharmacology & Clinical Pharmacology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India

Prof. Dr. Nurten Inan, Anesthesiology and Algology Departments, Gazi University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey

Dr Nico Jonas, Otolaryngology, Cambridge University Hospital, United Kingdom

Dr James Miner, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Minnesota, United States

Dr Nitin K Sethi, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell, United States

Dr Prabhat Sinha, Anesthesiology, Regional Campbellton Hospital, Canada

Dr Cheng Wang, National Center for Toxicological Research/FDA, United States

Dr James Wooten, Department of Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, MO, United States

Prof. Dr. Guo-Gang Xing, Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, China Mainland (PRC)

Dr Jeff Xu, Division of Regional Anesthesia & Acute Pain Management, and Program Director of Regional Anesthesiology & Acute Pain Medicine Fellowship at Westchester Medical Center/New York Medical College (WMC/NYMC), Valhalla, New York, United States

Prof. Dr. Miroslav Zupcic, Clinic of Anesthesiology and Intensive care Medicine, Rijeka, Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka, Croatia

Abstracting and indexing

Local and Regional Anesthesia is indexed/tracked/covered by the following services:

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

EMBASE (Elsevier)

Pubmed (NLM)

PubMed Central Selective Deposit Medicine & Health (NLM)

Scopus (Elsevier)

Open access

Local and Regional Anesthesia is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.

Why choose open access?

  1. Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
  2. Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
  3. Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

Article Publishing Charges (APC)

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