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Open Pain Journal

Bentham Science Publishers · United Arab Emirates · Est. 2008

ISSN1876-3863

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Limited verification

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q354

⚠ Withdrawn from DOAJ-15

Total39

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Removed from DOAJ (2017-03-23). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

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 Scorei

0.213

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.196

Total Worksi

133

Total Citationsi

1,545

2yr Mean Citednessi

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.

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?

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

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

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

Frequently asked questions about Open Pain Journal

Is Open Pain Journal a predatory journal?

Open Pain Journal was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2017-03-23). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Open Pain Journal?

Open Pain Journal is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.213.

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

Open Pain Journal is indexed in Scopus.