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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

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.608

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.821

Total Worksi

2,899

Total Citationsi

36,765

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.04

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Nursing; Advanced and Specialized Nursing.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2000

FrequencyFour No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,899

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Visit Journal Website

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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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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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

184

2.3k

2019

165

1.4k

2020

205

1.4k

2021

172

2022

158

910

2023

261

773

2024

285

283

2025

241

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.

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

Frequently asked questions about Pain Management Nursing

Is Pain Management Nursing a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Pain Management Nursing: 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 Pain Management Nursing?

Pain Management Nursing 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 1.04.

Is Pain Management Nursing indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Pain Management Nursing is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Pain Management Nursing?