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Indian Journal of Pain

Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications · India

ISSN0970-5333eISSN2321-7820

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.151

H-Indexi

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry: Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system. Topics: neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, pain management

General Information

Country / RegionIndia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 58 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications—

Publisher OrgMedknow

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble anonymous peer review

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-SA

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0970-5333 / 2321-7820

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double anonymous peer review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

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2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineQ4

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Anesthesia and Pain ManagementMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationSpine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyPain Management and Opioid UsePain Mechanisms and TreatmentsNausea and vomiting managementPediatric Pain Management TechniquesShoulder Injury and TreatmentPain Management and TreatmentAnesthesia and Sedative Agents

Frequently asked questions about Indian Journal of Pain

Is Indian Journal of Pain a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Indian Journal of Pain: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Indian Journal of Pain?

Indian Journal of Pain is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.151.

Is Indian Journal of Pain indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Indian Journal of Pain is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Indian Journal of Pain?