Pain
Last updated ISSN 0304-3959
Pain is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins in medicine. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Pain concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Pain Management and Placebo Effect
- Pain Management and Opioid Use
- Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
- Anesthesia and Pain Management
- Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
- Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
- Pain Management and Treatment
Key facts
| Publisher | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0304-3959, 1872-6623 |
| Subject area | Medicine |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 19,112 |
| Publishing since | 1934 |
| Journal website | www.painjournalonline.com/ |
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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