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Local and Regional Anesthesia

Dove Medical Press Ltd · New Zealand · Est. 1975

ISSN1178-7112eISSN1178-7112

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.591

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.924

Total Worksi

268

Total Citationsi

5,788

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.12

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & 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.

General Information

Country / RegionNew Zealand

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1975

Annual Volume~ 17 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications268

Publisher OrgDove Medical Press

OA Since2007

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Dove Medical Press Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1178-7112 / 1178-7112

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Yes

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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

295

2019

1.4k

2020

241

2021

114

2022

144

2023

2024

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 MedicineQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Anesthesiology

Scopus Categories

Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Anesthesia and Pain ManagementPain Management and Opioid UseNausea and vomiting managementCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesAnesthesia and Sedative AgentsSpine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyDental Anxiety and Anesthesia TechniquesPediatric Pain Management TechniquesIntraoperative Neuromonitoring and Anesthetic EffectsPain Management and Treatment

Frequently asked questions about Local and Regional Anesthesia

Is Local and Regional Anesthesia a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Local and Regional Anesthesia: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Local and Regional Anesthesia?

Local and Regional Anesthesia 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 1.12.

Is Local and Regional Anesthesia indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Local and Regional Anesthesia is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.