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Pain Management Nursing

W.B. Saunders · United States · Est. 2000

ISSN1524-9042eISSN1532-8635

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total60

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.639

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.821

Total Works

2,899

Total Citations

36,765

2yr Mean Citedness

1.04

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Retractions

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal publishes research on pain management, including the predictive value of metabolic biomarkers for chronic pain, the use of pain assessment tools by nurses in intensive care units, postoperative pain following minimally invasive surgery, and factors contributing to omissions in pain-related nursing care within multimodal analgesia protocols.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2000

FrequencyFour No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,899

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

W.B. Saunders

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1524-9042 / 1532-8635

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

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2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Advanced and Specialized NursingQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Nursing

Scopus Categories

Advanced and Specialized Nursing

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Pain Management and Opioid UsePediatric Pain Management TechniquesMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationOpioid Use Disorder TreatmentAnesthesia and Pain ManagementDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationEducational Robotics and EngineeringIntensive Care Unit Cognitive DisordersMusic Therapy and Health