About this journal
Aims and scope
Journal of Pain Research is an international, open access journal that focuses on concise rapid reporting of high-quality laboratory and clinical findings in all fields of pain research and the prevention and management of pain.
All meta-analyses require a pre-submission check prior to submitting to the Journal of Pain Research. Please complete the pre-submission check form here.
Specific topics covered by the journal include:
- Basic and applied pain research
- Multidisciplinary pain research
- Neuromodulation
- Palliative care and pain management
- Behavioral management of pain
- Drug studies
- Opioids
- Genetics in pain
- Pain mechanisms
- Ethical decision making
Case reports submitted to the Journal of Pain Research will be diverted to the International Medical Case Reports Journal (Journal metric data for this journal can be accessed here).
Journal metrics
Usage
- 442K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 2.5 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 2.8 (2023) 5 year IF
- 4.5 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.985 (2023) SNIP
- 0.699 (2023) SJR
Understanding and using journal metrics
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We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
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Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
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*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editor-in-Chief:
Dr Michael E Schatman, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care, & Pain Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, United States
Deputy Editor-in-Chief:
Professor E Alfonso Romero-Sandoval,Pain Mechanisms Laboratory, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA
Associate Editors-in-Chief:
Dr Robert B. Raffa, Professor Emeritus, Temple University, United States
Dr Dawood Sayed, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, The University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC), Kansas City, KS, United States
Dr Michael A Ueberall, IFNAP, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Nuernberg, Germany, Germany
Dr Erica Wegrzyn, Clinical Pharmacy, Stratton VA Medical Center, United States
Section Editors:
Dr Alaa Abd-Elsayed, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Wisconsin, United States
Dr Rushna Ali, Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, United States
Dr Timothy Atkinson, Pharmacy, Veteran's Administration Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, United States
Dr Krishnan Chakravarthy, Department of Anesthesiology, UC San Diego Health Sciences, United States
Dr Gillian Chumbley, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
Dr Ryan D'Souza, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Division of Pain Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Dr Houman Danesh, Department of Anesthesiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United States
Dr Alexandre DaSilva, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, United States
Dr S Diwan, Advanced Spine on Park Avenue, New York, NY, USA
Dr Jonathan Greenberg, Center for Health Outcomes and Interdisciplinary Research, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, United States
Dr Karina Gritsenko, Department of Anesthesiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
Dr Amitabh Gulati, Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, United States
Dr Wendy Imlach, Pain Mechanisms Lab, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Australia
Dr David Keith, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, United States
Dr Jinlei Li, Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, United States
Dr Giuliano Lo Bianco, Anesthesiology and Pain Department, Fondazione Istituto G. Giglio, Cefalù, Italy
Dr Vwaire Orhurhu, Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, United States
Dr Kushang V Patel, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, United States
Dr Erika Petersen, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, United States
Dr Christopher Robinson, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Harvard Medical School-BIDMC, Boston, MA, USA
Dr Andrea Tinnirello, Head of Anesthesiology and Pain Management Service, Iseo and Chiari Hospital, Italy
Dr Robert Twillman, University of Kansas School of Medicine, United States
Dr Giorgio Veneziano, Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Editorial Board:
Dr Rohit Aiyer, Westside Pain Management, CA, USA
Dr Phillip Albrecht, Neuroscience and Pain Research, Integrated Tissue Dynamics, United States
Dr Yoichi Aota, Orthopaedics, Fureai Yokohama Hospital, Japan
Professor Amina Barkat, National centre of Neonatology and Nutrition, Mohammed V University, Morocco
Professor Robert Barkin, Anesthesiology, Family Medicine, Pharmacology Rush University Medical College, Clinical Pharmacologist. Pain Centers of NorthShore University Health System Orthopedic and Neuosurgery Spine Institute, formerly of NorthShore University Health System Orthopedic and Spinal Center, Skokie Illinois USA
Prof. Dr. Abdulbari Bener, Advisor to WHO, Professor of Public Health, Dept. of Biostatistics & Medical Informatics, Schools of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy, Istanbul Medipol University, Turkey
Professor Robert Caudle, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Florida College of Dentistry, FL, United States
Prof. Dr. Rupert Conrad, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Germany
Professor Gabriele Finco, Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Italy
Professor Benoit Foligne, Department of Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences , Université Lille 2, France
Professor Michael Gold, Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh, United States
Dr Thomas Gregory, Advanced Pain Management Clinic, Cox Health, United States
Dr Mitch Haas, Integrative Health & Wellbeing Program, University of Minnesota, United States
Dr Tommaso Iannitti, Head of Preclinical Human Effects, British American Tobacco, Southampton, United Kingdom, visiting Professor of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
Dr Sameer Jain, Pain treatment centers of America, United States
Dr Mithilesh Jha, Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, United States
Dr Leonardo Kapural, Carolinas Pain Institute and The Center for Clinical Research, Lewisville, USA
Professor Jan M Keppel Hesselink, Department of Medicine, Institute of Neuropathic Pain, Netherlands
Dr Igor Kissin, Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, United States
Drs David J Kopsky, Pain Medical Center, Soest, Institute for Neuropathic Pain, Amsterdam, the Netherlands & Department of Anesthesiology, Amsterdam University Medical Center Location VU, Amsterdam, the Netherlands & Department of Neurology, Brain Centre University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Dr Valentina Lucia La Rosa, Department of Educational Sciences, University of Catania, Italy
Dr Mark N Malinowski, Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Athens, Ohio, Interventional and Surgical Pain Management Specialist, Central Ohio, United States
Dr Jillian A Maloney, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Program Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship, Mayo Clinic Arizona, USA
Professor Paul Martin, School of Applied Psychology and Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University; Department of Psychiatry, Southern Clinical School, Monash University, Australia
Dr Stephanie Mathieson, Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, University of Sydney, Australia
Professor Laurent Misery, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Brest, France
Professor Anne Murphy, Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, United States
Dr Srinivas Nalamachu, Physician Consultant for Clinical Development and Medical Affairs at Scilex Holding Company in Palo Alto, CA. USA
Dr Abraham Ochoa-Aguilar, Human Physiology, La Salle Faculty of Medicine, Mexico
Dr Lintao Qu, Director of Anesthesiology Pain Research Institute, The Secondary Hospital of University of South China, Hunan, China.
Professor Yolanda Rios, Centro de Investigaciones Químicas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Mexico
Dr Richard Robinson, Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United States
Professor Rainer Sabatowski, Comprehensive Pain Center, Technical University Dresden, Medical Faculty, Germany
Prof. Dr. Enrica Santarcangelo, Department of Translational Research, University of Pisa, Italy
Dr Shiqian Shen, Center for Translational Pain Research, Department of Anesthesia, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, United States
Professor Richard J. Traub, Department of Neural and Pain Sciences, School of Dentistry; Program in Neuroscience; UM Center to Advance Chronic Pain Research; University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
Dr Omar Viswanath, MD, Innovative Pain and Wellness, Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, Creighton University School of Medicine, Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, LSU Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, USA
Dr Jeffrey Weinberg, Associate Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, United States
Dr Ting Xia, Mechanical Engineering, Northern Illinois University, United States
Prof. Dr. Guo-Gang Xing, Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, China Mainland (PRC)
Dr Ya-Qun Zhou, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
Professor Xiaoshu Zhu, School of Science and Health, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Prof. Dr. Miroslav Zupcic, Clinic of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Rijeka, Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka, Croatia
Abstracting and indexing
Journal of Pain Research is indexed/tracked/covered by the following services:
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
EMBASE (Elsevier)
Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition
Pubmed (NLM)
PubMed Central Selective Deposit Medicine & Health (NLM)
Science Citation Index Expanded (Clarivate Analytics)
Scopus (Elsevier)
Open access
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