Journal of Pain
Impact Factor & Key Scientometrics

Journal of Pain
Overview

Impact Factor

5.82

H Index

136

Impact Factor

4.357

I. Basic Journal Info

Country

United States
Journal ISSN: 15265900, 15288447
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
History: 2000-ongoing
Journal Hompage: Link
How to Get Published:

Research Categories

Scope/Description:

The Journal of Pain publishes original articles related to all aspects of pain, including clinical and basic research, patient care, education, and health policy. Articles selected for publication in the Journal are most commonly reports of original clinical research or reports of original basic research. In addtion, invited critical reviews, including meta analyses of drugs for pain management, invited commentaries on reviews, and exceptional case studies are published in the Journal. The mission of the Journal is to improve the care of patients in pain by providing a forum for clinical researchers, basic scientists, clinicians, and other health professionals to publish original research.

II. Science Citation Report (SCR)



Journal of Pain
SCR Impact Factor

Journal of Pain
SCR Journal Ranking

Journal of Pain
SCImago SJR Rank

SCImago Journal Rank (SJR indicator) is a measure of scientific influence of scholarly journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from.

1.972

Journal of Pain
Scopus 2-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Journal of Pain
Scopus 3-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Scopus 4-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Journal of Pain
Impact Factor History

2-year 3-year 4-year
  • 2022 Impact Factor
    3.934 5.014 5.302
  • 2021 Impact Factor
    4.357 4.822 5.038
  • 2020 Impact Factor
    4.427 4.955 5.414
  • 2019 Impact Factor
    4.23 4.824 5.005
  • 2018 Impact Factor
    4.557 5.012 5.411
  • 2017 Impact Factor
    4.231 4.811 5.093
  • 2016 Impact Factor
    4.482 5.237 5.503
  • 2015 Impact Factor
    4.831 5.235 5.282
  • 2014 Impact Factor
    4.302 NA NA
  • 2013 Impact Factor
    4.83 NA NA
  • 2012 Impact Factor
    3.64 NA NA
  • 2011 Impact Factor
    5.477 NA NA
  • 2010 Impact Factor
    5.354 NA NA
  • 2009 Impact Factor
    4.34 NA NA
  • 2008 Impact Factor
    3.564 NA NA
  • 2007 Impact Factor
    3.909 NA NA
  • 2006 Impact Factor
    3.624 NA NA
  • 2005 Impact Factor
    2.917 NA NA
  • 2004 Impact Factor
    1.852 NA NA
  • 2003 Impact Factor
    1.562 NA NA
  • 2002 Impact Factor
    1.105 NA NA
  • 2001 Impact Factor
    1.438 NA NA
  • 2000 Impact Factor
    1.367 NA NA
Note: impact factor data for reference only

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Impact Factor

Impact factor (IF) is a scientometric factor based on the yearly average number of citations on articles published by a particular journal in the last two years. A journal impact factor is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field. Find out more: What is a good impact factor?


III. Other Science Influence Indicators

Any impact factor or scientometric indicator alone will not give you the full picture of a science journal. There are also other factors such as H-Index, Self-Citation Ratio, SJR, SNIP, etc. Researchers may also consider the practical aspect of a journal such as publication fees, acceptance rate, review speed. (Learn More)

Journal of Pain
H-Index

The h-index is an author-level metric that attempts to measure both the productivity and citation impact of the publications of a scientist or scholar. The index is based on the set of the scientist's most cited papers and the number of citations that they have received in other publications

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Journal of Pain
H-Index History