Pain

Aims & Scope

This journal is the official publication of the International Association for the Study of Pain and publishes original research on the nature,mechanisms and treatment of pain.

The journal provides a forum for the dissemination of research in the basic and clinical sciences of multidisciplinary interest.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	5.5
2024	5.90

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	2.017

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	306

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	1410

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	5327

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

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• Web of Science
• Medline
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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, Neuroscience and Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 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.

• Ethical guidelines for investigations of experimental pain in conscious animals

  Citation: 6468

  Authors: Manfred

• The McGill Pain Questionnaire: Major properties and scoring methods

  Citation: 5251

  Authors: Ronald

• A peripheral mononeuropathy in rat that produces disorders of pain sensation like those seen in man

  Citation: 4476

  Authors: Gary J., Y.-K.

• Clinical importance of changes in chronic pain intensity measured on an 11-point numerical pain rating scale

  Citation: 4377

  Authors: John T., James P., Linda, John L., Michael R.

• A new and sensitive method for measuring thermal nociception in cutaneous hyperalgesia

  Citation: 4354

  Authors: K., R., F., C., J.

• Fear-avoidance and its consequences in chronic musculoskeletal pain: a state of the art

  Citation: 3637

  Authors: Johan W.S., Steven J.

• Central sensitization: Implications for the diagnosis and treatment of pain

  Citation: 3520

  Authors: Clifford J.

• The short-form McGill pain questionnaire

  Citation: 3425

  Authors: Ronald

• The revised International Association for the Study of Pain definition of pain: concepts, challenges, and compromises

  Citation: 3395

  Authors: Srinivasa N., Daniel B., Milton, Nanna B., Herta, Stephen, Francis J., Jeffrey S., Matthias, Kathleen A., Xue-Jun, Bonnie, Mark D., Perri R., Takahiro, Kyle

• Core outcome measures for chronic pain clinical trials: IMMPACT recommendations

  Citation: 3119

  Authors: Robert H., Dennis C., John T., Jennifer A., Mark P., Nathaniel P., Robert D., Gerold, Robert R., Nicholas, Daniel B., Julie, Penney, Raymond, Bradley S., Sharon, Alejandro R., Lynn D., Donald C., Susan, Cynthia G., Michael P., Patrick, Steve, Bob A., Wendye, James P., Margaret, Mike A., Lee, Joseph W., Wendy, Jane, Joachim, James

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