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European Journal of Pain

John Wiley and Sons Inc · United States · Est. 1990

ISSN1090-3801eISSN1532-2149

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.327

H-Indexi

160

SNIPi

1.754

Total Worksi

6,923

Total Citationsi

173,159

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.31

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Anesthesiology; Clinical Neurology; Neurosciences; Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine; Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1990

FrequencyTen No. Per Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications6,923

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1090-3801 / 1532-2149

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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)?

N/A

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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

182

4.7k

2019

201

4.8k

2020

197

3.7k

2021

181

2.8k

2022

164

1.4k

2023

173

1.1k

2024

238

551

2025

172

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 MedicineQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

AnesthesiologyClinical NeurologyNeurosciences

Scopus Categories

Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Pain Mechanisms and TreatmentsMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationPain Management and Placebo EffectPain Management and Opioid UsePediatric Pain Management TechniquesBotulinum Toxin and Related Neurological DisordersPain Management and TreatmentAnesthesia and Pain ManagementFibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ResearchSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology

Frequently asked questions about European Journal of Pain

Is European Journal of Pain a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for European Journal of Pain: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 European Journal of Pain?

European Journal of Pain is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 2.31.

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

European Journal of Pain is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

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