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Pain Practice

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2001

ISSN1533-2500

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.878

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.056

Total Worksi

2,881

Total Citationsi

55,030

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.42

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Anesthesiology; Clinical Neurology; Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2001

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,881

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1533-2500

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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

119

2.4k

2019

130

1.8k

2020

112

1.3k

2021

113

1.2k

2022

145

2023

117

421

2024

135

188

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 MedicineQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

AnesthesiologyClinical Neurology

Scopus Categories

Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationPain Mechanisms and TreatmentsSpine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyPain Management and TreatmentAnesthesia and Pain ManagementPain Management and Opioid UseOpioid Use Disorder TreatmentPediatric Pain Management TechniquesMyofascial pain diagnosis and treatmentFibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research

Frequently asked questions about Pain Practice

Is Pain Practice a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Pain Practice: 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 Practice?

Pain Practice 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 1.42.

Is Pain Practice indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Pain Practice is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Pain Practice?