Journal profile · Medicine-Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
ISSN 2228-7523 · eISSN 2228-7531 · Kowsar Publishing Company
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine: fully open access; median 64 days to acceptance (74 articles, last 24 months); 53 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine is published by Kowsar Publishing Company. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Anesthesia and Pain Management, Anesthesia and Sedative Agents and Pain Management and Opioid Use, together about 52.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Anesthesia and Pain ManagementMedicine26.5%
- Anesthesia and Sedative AgentsMedicine15.9%
- Pain Management and Opioid UseMedicine9.9%
- Pain Management and TreatmentMedicine5.9%
- Airway Management and Intubation TechniquesMedicine5.3%
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationMedicine3.8%
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyMedicine3.4%
- Nausea and vomiting managementMedicine3.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine | Q2 | 70/147 | 52nd |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.42LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.76LetPub ·
- h-index
- 48OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 526OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.81OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,240 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 18 | 953 |
| 2025 | 53 | 53 | 1,563 |
| 2024 | 68 | 68 | 1,817 |
| 2023 | 94 | 94 | 1,778 |
| 2022 | 66 | 66 | 1,832 |
| 2021 | 126 | 126 | 2,119 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
64 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 46 days – 100 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 14 days (73 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 80 days
- Sample
- 74 articles with submission and acceptance dates (79 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Kowsar Publishing Company
- ISSN
- 2228-7523
- Electronic ISSN
- 2228-7531
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
How long does peer review take at Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine?
Based on the dates recorded on 74 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 64 days (interquartile range 46–100 days). 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.
Which databases index Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine is indexed in Scopus.
Is Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .