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Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy

Informa Healthcare · United States · Est. 1938

ISSN1536-0539

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.353

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.446

Total Worksi

2,110

Total Citationsi

19,731

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.81

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Anesthesiology; Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine; Pharmacology (medical).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1938

Annual Volume~ 72 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,110

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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?

Informa Healthcare

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1536-0539

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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

230

2019

246

2020

223

2021

202

2022

185

2023

147

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 MedicineQ3

Pharmacology (medical)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Anesthesiology

Scopus Categories

Pharmacology (medical)Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Pain Management and Opioid UsePalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesOpioid Use Disorder TreatmentPain Mechanisms and TreatmentsPediatric Pain Management TechniquesAnesthesia and Pain ManagementMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationPain Management and Placebo EffectPharmacological Effects and Toxicity StudiesPharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy

Is Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy: 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 Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy?

Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy 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 0.81.

Is Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy?