Anesthesia and Analgesia

Aims & Scope

Anesthesia & Analgesia exists for the benefit of patients under the care of health care professionals engaged in the disciplines broadly related to anesthesiology, perioperative medicine, critical care medicine, and pain medicine.

The Journal furthers the care of these patients by reporting the fundamental advances in the science of these clinical disciplines and by documenting the clinical, laboratory, and administrative advances that guide therapy.

Anesthesia & Analgesia seeks a balance between definitive clinical and management investigations and outstanding basic scientific reports.

The Journal welcomes original manuscripts containing rigorous design and analysis, even if unusual in their approach.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

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• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Web of Science
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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Apc url
• License

Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Correlation Coefficients: Appropriate Use and Interpretation

  Citation: 7151

  Authors: Patrick, Christa, Lothar A.

• Postoperative Pain Experience: Results from a National Survey Suggest Postoperative Pain Continues to Be Undermanaged

  Citation: 1501

  Authors: Jeffrey L., Connie, Shilpa S., and Tong J.

• Consensus Guidelines for the Management of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting

  Citation: 1176

  Authors: Tong J., Pierre, Ashraf S., Anthony, Peter, Tricia A., Mehernoor, Frances, Shane, Christian C., Sergio D., Keith A., Matthew TV, Peter J., Vallire D., Sandhya, Paul, Greg, Beverly K., Martin R.

• Preemptive Analgesia—Treating Postoperative Pain by Preventing the Establishment of Central Sensitization

  Citation: 1172

  Authors: Clifford J., Mun-Seng

• A Proposal for a New Method of Evaluation of the Newborn Infant.

  Citation: 1047

  Authors: Virginia

• Electrical Inhibition of Pain by Stimulation of the Dorsal Columns

  Citation: 881

  Authors: C. NORMAN, J. THOMAS, JAMES B.

• Fourth Consensus Guidelines for the Management of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting

  Citation: 851

  Authors: Tong J., Kumar G., Sergio, Frances, Pierre, Ashraf S., Zhaosheng, Anthony L., Tricia A., Richard D., Christian C., Sabry, Linda, Keith, Marina, Traci L., Peter, Samuel, Daniel, Harold S., John, Beverly K.

• The Comparative Effects of Postoperative Analgesic Therapies on Pulmonary Outcome

  Citation: 770

  Authors: Jane C., Daniel B., Sarah, Thomas, Joseph, Thomas C., Italo F., Frederick

• Emergency Tracheal Intubation: Complications Associated with Repeated Laryngoscopic Attempts

  Citation: 756

  Authors: Thomas C.

• Sedative, Amnestic, and Analgesic Properties of Small-Dose Dexmedetomidine Infusions

  Citation: 743

  Authors: Judith E., Toni D., Jill A., Shahbaz R., Thomas J.