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Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Korean Society of Anesthesiologists · South Korea · Est. 2001

ISSN2383-7977
SJR Q2WOS ESCIScopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
84
/ 100
High Trust
PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals
Score Breakdown
Scopus Q266
✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18
Total84
⚡ Speed vs Prestige
How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?
213
days submission → published
measured · last 20 articles · accept 94d
17
weeks to publish · journal-reported
Average · vs ~15 wk median
Q2
SJR Rank
Top 50% in field
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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2 · Scopus CiteScore 3.5. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei
0.532
H-Indexi
23
CiteScorei
3.5
SNIPi
1.118
Total Worksi
1,302
Total Citationsi
3,867
2yr Mean Citednessi
1.86
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

APM aims to improve the safety and care of patients receiving anesthesia and the quality of anesthesiologists’ clinical practice by publishing articles on anesthesiology, including perioperative management, critical care, and pain The scope of APM includes the following: Anesthesia-related issues from the affiliated field of neuroanesthesiology Experimental and laboratory work or studies of clinical relevance in anesthetic pharmacology Anesthesia care and perioperative management for obstetric patient, pain relief in labor, and perinatal physiology and pharmacology Anesthetic care, perioperative management, and alleviation of pain in children Physiology of neuromuscular transmission and blockage, the pharmacology of neuromuscular blocking agents and their reversal agents, the principles and applications of neuromuscular monitoring, and drug interactions between neuromuscular blocking agents and other substances Anesthesia for cardiothoracic and vascular surgery and the management of patients undergoing surgery for cardiac, pulmonary, and vascular diseases Perioperative anesthesia care of transplantation surgery, physiology or pharmacology related to transplantation anesthesiology Pathophysiology, pharmacology, and all respects of spine-related pain Clinical techniques of regional blocks, anatomy, patient safety issues, and basic sciences such as pharmacology of local anesthetics or sedative drugs All fields of airway management, including difficult airways

General Information

Country / RegionSouth Korea
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2001
FrequencyQuarterly
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications1,302
OA Since2015
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind
Review Time~17 weeks
Acceptance Rate
OA LicenseCC BY-NC
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes
📦 Long-term Preservation
National library of KoreaPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

10/12 · 83%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Korean Society of Anesthesiologists
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2383-7977
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed
Peer review process documented?
Double-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
APC fees clearly disclosed?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
National library of Korea, PMC
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
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
74
262
2019
76
681
2020
64
805
2021
56
581
2022
58
340
2023
61
252
2024
55
87
2025
39
5
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 MedicineQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Anesthesiology

Scopus Categories

Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Anesthesia and Pain ManagementAnesthesia and Sedative AgentsAirway Management and Intubation TechniquesCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesAnesthesia and Neurotoxicity ResearchSpine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyNausea and vomiting managementTracheal and airway disordersIntensive Care Unit Cognitive DisordersHemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy

Frequently asked questions about Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Is Anesthesia and Pain Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Anesthesia and Pain Medicine: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 84/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine?

Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 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. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 3.5.

Is Anesthesia and Pain Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Anesthesia and Pain Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine?

APM aims to improve the safety and care of patients receiving anesthesia and the quality of anesthesiologists’ clinical practice by publishing articles on anesthesiology, including perioperative management, critical care, and pain The scope of APM includes the following: Anesthesia-related issues from the affiliated field of neuroanesthesiology Experimental and laboratory work or studies of clinical relevance in anesthetic pharmacology Anesthesia care and perioperative management for obstetric patient, pain relief in labor, and perinatal physiology and pharmacology Anesthetic care, perioperati

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref