Pain Medicine

Aims & Scope

Pain Medicine is a multi-disciplinary journal dedicated to pain clinicians, educators and researchers with an interest in pain from various medical specialties such as pain medicine, anaesthesiology, family practice, internal medicine, neurology, neurological surgery, orthopaedic spine surgery, psychiatry, and rehabilitation medicine as well as related health disciplines such as psychology, neuroscience, nursing, nurse practitioner, physical therapy, and integrative health.

This scholarly, indexed publication reflects the rapid growth in pain science and practice as well as the field's need for policy, ethical, and forensic commentary on pain and its management.

Readers benefit from both cutting-edge original clinical and translational research and scientific reviews.

This is the respected pain journal that gives you special sections on spine pain, pain & aging, primary care & health services, neuropathic pain, cancer pain & palliative care, opioids, substance abuse & addiction, psychology, psychiatry imaging and brain neuroscience, methodology, mechanisms & translational research, integrative medicine, headache & facial pain, neuromodulation & interventional pain, acute & perioperative pain, rehabilitation, musculoskeletal pain, ethics and forensic pain medicine, as well as case reports, reviews, clinical investigations, special articles on thematic topics, editorials, guest commentary and letters to the editor.

Thematic supplements are published yearly.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3
2024	2.90

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.982

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	128

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	4980

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	2283

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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.

• The Unequal Burden of Pain: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Pain

  Citation: 967

  Authors: Carmen R., Karen O., Tamara A., Lisa C., Sheila, Roger B., Donna A., Kathyrn E., Cynthia, Raymond C., Knox H., April H.

• Predicting Aberrant Behaviors in Opioid-Treated Patients: Preliminary Validation of the Opioid Risk Tool

  Citation: 828

  Authors: Lynn R., Rebecca M.

• Proposed New Diagnostic Criteria for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

  Citation: 746

  Authors: R. Norman, Stephen, Michael, Peter R.

• Societal Costs of Prescription Opioid Abuse, Dependence, and Misuse in the United States

  Citation: 490

  Authors: Howard G., Alan G., Matt, Tracy, Jody M., Carl L.

• Causes and Consequences of Inadequate Management of Acute Pain

  Citation: 435

  Authors: Raymond

• Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: Practical Diagnostic and Treatment Guidelines, 4th Edition

  Citation: 426

  Authors: R. Norman, Ann Louise, Allen W., Roberto S. G. M., Kathryn, Melanie, Jennifer, Brienne, Joseph R., Stephen

• A Double-Blind, Randomized Multicenter Trial Comparing Duloxetine with Placebo in the Management of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathic Pain

  Citation: 406

  Authors: Joel, Yili L., Fujun, Deborah N., Amy L., Smriti, Joachim F.

• The Prevalence, Severity, and Impact of Opioid-Induced Bowel Dysfunction: Results of a US and European Patient Survey (PROBE 1)

  Citation: 406

  Authors: Timothy J., Sunil J., Christine, Susan C., Tsveta, Russell

• What Percentage of Chronic Nonmalignant Pain Patients Exposed to Chronic Opioid Analgesic Therapy Develop Abuse/Addiction and/or Aberrant Drug-Related Behaviors? A Structured Evidence-Based Review

  Citation: 400

  Authors: David A., Brandly, John, Hubert L., R. Steele

• What Is the Source of Chronic Low Back Pain and Does Age Play a Role?

  Citation: 397

  Authors: Michael J., Jessica M., Thomas

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