The Open Pain Journal
Last updated ISSN 1876-3863
The Open Pain Journal is published by Bentham Science Publishers in medicine. It is open access. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The Open Pain Journal concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Ion Channels and Receptors
- Anesthesia and Pain Management
- Pain Management and Placebo Effect
- Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
- Pain Management and Opioid Use
- Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
- Nausea and vomiting management
- Ion channel regulation and function
Key facts
| Publisher | Bentham Science Publishers |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1876-3863 |
| Subject area | Medicine |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 133 |
| Publishing since | 2008 |
| Journal website | benthamopen.com/TOPAINJ/home/ |
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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