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Journal of Pain Research is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 4.2), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Dove Medical Press Ltd.
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ISSN 1178-7090Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Dove Medical Press Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine | 45 / 147 | 69th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2009–present (also 2002), best quartile Q2, CiteScore 4.2.
Journal of Pain Research is Q2 in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (rank 45 of 147), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Pain Research is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 4.2, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 69th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.814, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 84.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,836 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Journal of Pain Research is published by Dove Medical Press Ltd. Its ISSN is 1178-7090.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Pain Research has an h-index of 98 and a 2-year mean of 2.55 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.2, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #29 of 145 Scopus journals in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine.
Journal of Pain Research published 625 papers in 2025. 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. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 94 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (72.9%), South Korea (6.4%) and United States (5.9%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 4 retracted papers are 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.
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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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