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Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain
Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Taylor and Francis Ltd..
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 1058-2452Verify ISSN ↗1540-7012Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (1993–2014 (also 2016)).
What is the impact factor of Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain?
Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain and what is its ISSN?
Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1058-2452 and its online ISSN is 1540-7012.
Is Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain for 23 years, between 1993 and 2016, with 1 year in that span missing. Coverage ended in 2016, 10 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 1,158 works and 13,038 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 2014, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 2016, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain has an h-index of 53 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain published 64 papers in 2014; its busiest recent year was 2010 with 73. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2016. 1 retracted paper is recorded (0.9 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2016
- Retracted papers 1 · 0.9 per 1,000 papers
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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