Russian Journal of Pain

Aims & Scope

Each issue publishes articles by authors seeking the academic degree of Candidate of Medical Sciences.

The subject of the journal is devoted to the problem of pain and covers many scientific areas related to the physiology and pathophysiology of pain, methods of assessing and diagnosing pain, clinical features of nociceptive, neuropathic and dysfunctional pain syndromes and methods of therapy.

The articles reflect the most modern ideas about the etiopathogenesis of pain syndromes, the clinical picture, modern methods of drug and non-drug therapy, prevention and rehabilitation of patients with various forms of chronic pain.

Scientific literature reviews and lectures on the problem of pain are regularly published.

All articles are accompanied by a bibliography with full source citation.

The journal is included in the list of leading peer-reviewed journals and publications of the Higher Attestation Commission under the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, in which the scientific results of dissertations for the academic degrees of candidate and doctor of science should be published.

Included in the RSCI database.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.156

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q4

h-index

Year	Value
2024	8

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	24112

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	58

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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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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.

• New definition of pain by the international association for the study of pain

  Citation: 21

  Authors: N.N., M.L., M.V., O.S., M.A.

• Low back pain: which scales and questionnaires are preferable?

  Citation: 17

  Authors: M. A., I. V., S. P., S. N.

• Chronic pain in the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases

  Citation: 15

  Authors: N.S., R.R., O.S., T.G., U.V.

• Fibromyalgia

  Citation: 12

  Authors: O.S., M.V.

• Virtual reality technology as a promising direction in the treatment of postoperative and posttraumatic pain

  Citation: 10

  Authors: N.S., A.Yu., A.V., D.S., A.P.

• Psychological characteristics of patients with chronic postsurgical pain

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Y.B., M.V., L.A., O.I., V.I., N.A.

• Successful combinations of drug and non-drug therapy for low back pain

  Citation: 10

  Authors: V.A., A.A.

• Russian multicenter study of fixed combination of diclofenac and orphenadrine its efficacy and tolerance of in acute non-specific pain and radiculopathy relief

  Citation: 10

  Authors: A.V., V.A., O.S., S.K., D.V., O.V., L.A., N.M., V.A., M.L., N.N.

• Diagnosis of diabetic polyneuropathy in primary care

  Citation: 8

  Authors: V.N., I.A., O.S., M.V.

• Virtual reality as a modern trend in rehabilitation of patients with phantom limb pain

  Citation: 7

  Authors: N.S., A.A., A.S., E.V.

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