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Pain

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins · United States · Est. 1934

ISSN1872-6623

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

158

days submission → published

measured · last 16 articles · accept 68d

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

2.127

H-Indexi

399

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.871

Total Worksi

19,027

Total Citationsi

1,220,557

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.88

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1934

FrequencyTwenty One No. A Year <2004->

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications19,027

Publisher OrgLippincott Williams & Wilkins

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1872-6623

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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

Citations received

594

14k

2019

389

20k

2020

388

13k

2021

336

5.6k

2022

288

3.9k

2023

366

3.1k

2024

412

906

2025

161

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

NeurologyQ1

Neurology (clinical)Q1

PharmacologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

AnesthesiologyClinical NeurologyNeurosciences

Scopus Categories

PharmacologyNeurology (clinical)Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineNeurology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Pain Mechanisms and TreatmentsMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationPain Management and Placebo EffectPain Management and Opioid UsePediatric Pain Management TechniquesAnesthesia and Pain ManagementNeuropeptides and Animal PhysiologyFibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ResearchBotulinum Toxin and Related Neurological DisordersPain Management and Treatment

Frequently asked questions about Pain

Is Pain a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Pain: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Pain?

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 3.88.

Is Pain indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Pain is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Pain?