Journal profile · Clinical Neurology
European Journal of Pain
ISSN 1090-3801 · eISSN 1532-2149 · Wiley-Blackwell · ENGLAND · Monthly · Founded 1997
European Journal of Pain: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.73; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,310; median 149 days to acceptance (108 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly hard; 238 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
European Journal of Pain is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Pain Mechanisms and Treatments, Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation and Pain Management and Placebo Effect, together about 45.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The European Journal of Pain publishes clinical and basic science research papers from all over the world relevant to all aspects of pain and its management, including specialties such as anaesthesia, results from basic science, dentistry, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopaedics, palliative care, pharmacology, psychiatry, psychology and rehabilitation; socio-economic aspects of pain are also covered. Regular sections in the journal are as follows: Editorials and Commentaries; Position Papers and Guidelines; Reviews; Original Articles; Letters. The journal particularly welcomes clinical trials, which are published on an occasional basis. Journal content and further information – including author guidelines and submission details – can be found online here. Abstracting and Indexing Information Academic OneFile (GALE Cengage) ArticleFirst (OCLC) CINAHL: Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (EBSCO Publishing) Electronic Collections Online (OCLC) Embase (Elsevier) MEDLINE/PubMed (NLM) PsycINFO/Psychological Abstracts (APA) Science Citation Index Expanded (Clarivate Analytics) SCOPUS (Elsevier) TOC Premier (EBSCO Publishing) VINITI (All-Russian Institute of Science & Technological Information) Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Clinical Neurology
Editor-in-chief Didier BouhassiraPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Germany 20, United Kingdom 9, United States 8, France 8, Italy 7 (97 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Pain Mechanisms and TreatmentsMedicine22.1%
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationMedicine16.4%
- Pain Management and Placebo EffectNeuroscience7.3%
- Pain Management and Opioid UseMedicine7.1%
- Pediatric Pain Management TechniquesMedicine6.3%
- Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological DisordersMedicine5.3%
- Pain Management and TreatmentMedicine5.3%
- Anesthesia and Pain ManagementMedicine5%
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 | Clinical Neurology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Neurosciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Anesthesiology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Anesthesiology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Clinical Neurology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Neurosciences | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview 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 |
| Minor | Clinical Neurology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Neurosciences | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceMEDLINEPubMedEmbasePsycINFOCINAHLPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, OCLC
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 3.73LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.8Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 6.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 6.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.33LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.62LetPub ·
- h-index
- 96LetPub ·
- h-index
- 162OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,794OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.92OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 67.28%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 171LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 210Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 834,646Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 7,070 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 210 | 168 | 76 |
| 2025 | 238 | 176 | 611 |
| 2024 | 173 | 141 | 1,128 |
| 2023 | 164 | 136 | 1,498 |
| 2022 | 181 | 116 | 2,921 |
| 2021 | 197 | 121 | 3,774 |
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 Crossref · to
149 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 106 days – 198 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 16 days (109 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 170 days
- Sample
- 108 articles with submission and acceptance dates (461 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".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- 4–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly hardLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 20%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 20%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 4 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 4 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 144 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 15 daysPublisher website ·
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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,310 / EUR 3,590 / GBP 2,870 | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted7, with length limits
- commentariesCommentaries may provide opinion on published findings or on topics pertinent to the community of pain practitioners and researchers.Length not stated
- letters to the editorLetters to the Editor may be in response to issues arising from recently published articles, or as an exception, short, free-standing pieces expressing an opini…Length not stated
- original articlesOriginal Articles are the journal's primary mode of communication.Length not stated
- position papersPosition papers including clinical guidelines are welcomed by EJP.Length not stated
- review articlethods (or Literature Search Methods for Review Articles) o Results o Discussion and conclusions (should not exceed 1500 words) • Acknowledgements • Author contr…main text ≤ 1,500 words
- review articlesThe journal aims to publish concise, topical, high-quality Review Articles of recent advances in laboratory or clinical research.Length not stated
- short communicationsShort Communications typically describe completed laboratory or clinical work.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, License & copyright, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- AI use Artificial Intelligence Generated Content
Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) tools—such as ChatGPT and others based on large language models (LLMs)—cannot be considered capable of initiating an original piece of research without direction by human authors. They also cannot be accountable for a published work or for research design, which is a generally held requirement of authorship (as discussed in the previous section), no…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship
All persons designated as authors should qualify for authorship and all those who qualify should be listed. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content. One or more authors should take responsibility for the integrity of the work as a whole, from inception to published article. Authorship credit should be based…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
If your paper is accepted, the author identified as the formal corresponding author for the paper will receive an email prompting them to login into Author Services where, via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS), they will be able to complete the license agreement on behalf of all authors on the paper.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review
Peer review model: partial-blinded; authors blinded to reviewers, reviewers blinded to each other, not blinded to authors. Model summary
This journal operates under a partial-blinded peer review model: authors are blinded to reviewers and reviewers are blinded to each other, but not blinded to authors.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism screening via CrossCheck. Model summary
The journal to which you are submitting your manuscript employs the CrossCheck plagiarism screening system.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
No consideration of papers accepted or published elsewhere. Model summary
European Journal of Pain will not consider papers that have been accepted for publication or published elsewhere.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1997
- ISSN
- 1090-3801
- Electronic ISSN
- 1532-2149
- Society / sponsor
- European Pain Federation
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 30, Issue 8 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about European Journal of Pain
What CAS zone is European Journal of Pain in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, European Journal of Pain is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Clinical Neurology / Neurosciences / Anesthesiology. 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 European Journal of Pain?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.73; CiteScore 6.3, h-index 162.
How long does peer review take at European Journal of Pain?
Based on the dates recorded on 108 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 149 days (interquartile range 106–198 days); authors report an average review time of 4–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly hard”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 20% (2025). 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.
Where are the editorial board members of European Journal of Pain based?
Of the 97 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Germany (20), United Kingdom (9) and United States (8). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index European Journal of Pain?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, European Journal of Pain is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO and CINAHL; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is European Journal of Pain open access, and what is the APC?
European Journal of Pain is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,310.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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: .