Journal of Pain Research
Last updated ISSN 1178-7090
Journal of Pain Research is published by Dove Medical Press in medicine. It is open access. The article processing charge is $2,836.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of Pain Research concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Anesthesia and Pain Management
- Pain Management and Opioid Use
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Pain Management and Treatment
- Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies
- Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment
Key facts
| Publisher | Dove Medical Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1178-7090 |
| Subject area | Medicine |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | $2,836 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 4,516 |
| Publishing since | 1976 |
| Journal website | www.dovepress.com/journal-of-pain-research-journal |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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