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Open Pain Journal

Bentham Science Publishers · United Arab Emirates · Est. 2008

ISSN1876-3863

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ Scopus Q3+12

Total12

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.217

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.196

Total Works

133

Total Citations

1,545

2yr Mean Citedness

7.33

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Aims & Scope

The Open Pain Journal is an open access journal that publishes original full length, reviews/mini-reviews, short research articles (letters) and guest-edited single-topic issues in all important areas of pain research including pain medicine, genetics, neurology, internal medicine, clinical pharmacology, child neuropediatrics, anesthesiology, rheumatology, otology, dentistry, neurotraumatology, neurosurgery, meta analyses of drugs for pain management and clinical studies. The Open Pain Journal , a peer reviewed journal, is an important and reliable source of current information on recent developments in the field. Emphasis is placed on publishing quality papers, making them freely available to researchers worldwide. The Open Pain Journal is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal covering all aspects of pain published continuously by Bentham Open.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Arab Emirates

Primary Languageen

1st Year Published2008

Annual Volume~ 8 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2024)

Total Publications133

Publisher OrgBentham Science Publishers

OA Since2013

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer reviewed

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoPubMed Central (PMC)

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/12 · 67%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Bentham Science Publishers

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1876-3863

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer reviewed

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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?

Portico, PubMed Central (PMC)

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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?

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

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2024

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineQ3

Neuroscience (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Neuroscience (miscellaneous)Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Pain Mechanisms and TreatmentsMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationIon Channels and ReceptorsAnesthesia and Pain ManagementPain Management and Placebo EffectPediatric Pain Management TechniquesPain Management and Opioid UseNeuropeptides and Animal PhysiologyNausea and vomiting managementIon channel regulation and function