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Clinical Journal of Pain

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · United States · Est. 1985

ISSN1536-5409

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.882

H-Indexi

178

SNIPi

1.081

Total Worksi

4,215

Total Citationsi

192,342

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.56

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Anesthesiology; Clinical Neurology; Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine; Neurology (clinical).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1985

FrequencyNine No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,215

Publisher OrgLippincott Williams & Wilkins

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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?

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1536-5409

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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

120

3.5k

2019

110

2.3k

2020

107

1.8k

2021

825

2022

958

2023

308

2024

135

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

Neurology (clinical)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

AnesthesiologyClinical Neurology

Scopus Categories

Neurology (clinical)Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationPain Mechanisms and TreatmentsPain Management and Opioid UsePediatric Pain Management TechniquesAnesthesia and Pain ManagementPain Management and TreatmentSpine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyOpioid Use Disorder TreatmentFibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ResearchPain Management and Placebo Effect

Frequently asked questions about Clinical Journal of Pain

Is Clinical Journal of Pain a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Clinical Journal of Pain: 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 Clinical Journal of Pain?

Clinical Journal of Pain 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 1.56.

Is Clinical Journal of Pain indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Clinical Journal of Pain is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Clinical Journal of Pain?