Journal profile · Anesthesiology
ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA
ISSN 0003-2999 · eISSN 1526-7598 · Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1957
ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 4.33; JCR Q1 (journal website); hybrid open access; review about 2 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: about 25%; 585 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA is published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Anesthesia and Pain Management, Anesthesia and Sedative Agents and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, together about 41.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Anesthesia & Analgesia exists for the benefit of patients under the care of health care professionals engaged in the disciplines broadly related to anesthesiology, perioperative medicine, critical care medicine, and pain medicine. The Journal furthers the care of these patients by reporting the fundamental advances in the science of these clinical disciplines and by documenting the clinical, laboratory, and administrative advances that guide therapy. Anesthesia & Analgesia seeks a balance between definitive clinical and management investigations and outstanding basic scientific reports. The Journal welcomes original manuscripts containing rigorous design and analysis, even if unusual in their approach.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Anesthesiology
Editor-in-chief Jaideep J. PanditPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Anesthesia and Pain ManagementMedicine14.1%
- Anesthesia and Sedative AgentsMedicine14%
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesMedicine13%
- Airway Management and Intubation TechniquesMedicine8.2%
- Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity ResearchNeuroscience6.1%
- Nausea and vomiting managementMedicine4%
- Hemodynamic Monitoring and TherapyMedicine4%
- Respiratory Support and MechanismsMedicine3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Anesthesiology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Anesthesiology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Anesthesiology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q1 · ANESTHESIOLOGY · rank 9/72
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 4.33LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 4.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 6.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.51LetPub ·
- h-index
- 187LetPub ·
- h-index
- 301OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 19,420OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.95OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 10.98%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 245LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 45,866 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 410 | 73 | 99 |
| 2025 | 585 | 110 | 1,049 |
| 2024 | 577 | 111 | 3,489 |
| 2023 | 453 | 73 | 3,389 |
| 2022 | 467 | 90 | 5,038 |
| 2021 | 542 | 85 | 8,565 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 2 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 25%LetPub ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1957
- ISSN
- 0003-2999
- Electronic ISSN
- 1526-7598
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 20, Issue 6 (June 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA
What CAS zone is ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Anesthesiology; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.33; CiteScore 6.5, h-index 301.
How long does peer review take at ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA?
Authors report an average review time of about 2 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 25%”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What JCR quartile is ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1; by category, ANESTHESIOLOGY Q1 (9/72). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 2 of Medicine.
Which databases index ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA open access, and what is the APC?
ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .