Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Aims & Scope

​​​​​​​​Published bimonthly and offering a unique and wide ranging perspective on the key developments in the field, each issue of Current Opinion in Anesthesiology features hand-picked review articles from our team of expert editors.

With fifteen disciplines published across the year – including cardiovascular anesthesiology, neuroanesthesia and pain medicine – every issue also contains annotated references detailing the merits of the most important papers.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.1
2024	2.30

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	8087

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	882

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.701

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	89

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline
• Embase

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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.

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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.

• Conditioned pain modulation (the diffuse noxious inhibitory control-like effect): its relevance for acute and chronic pain states

  Citation: 613

  Authors: David

• Multimodal analgesia for controlling acute postoperative pain

  Citation: 384

  Authors: Asokumar, Jeffrey S

• Dexmedetomidine: a review of clinical applications

  Citation: 304

  Authors: Dominic S, Bobby D, Usha

• Nocebo hyperalgesia: how anxiety is turned into pain

  Citation: 245

  Authors: Luana, Fabrizio

• The risk and safety of anesthesia at remote locations: the US closed claims analysis

  Citation: 241

  Authors: Julia, Karen L, Karen B

• The coagulopathy of acute sepsis

  Citation: 225

  Authors: Jeff, Jean-Francois

• Neuron–glia crosstalk gets serious: role in pain hypersensitivity

  Citation: 222

  Authors: Ke, Ronald

• Changes in skin conductance as a tool to monitor nociceptive stimulation and pain

  Citation: 202

  Authors: Hanne

• Alarm fatigue

  Citation: 191

  Authors: Keith J., Dirk

• Gabapentin and pregabalin for chronic neuropathic and early postsurgical pain: current evidence and future directions

  Citation: 184

  Authors: Ian

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