Journal profile · Medicine-Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Open Pain Journal
ISSN 1876-3863 · Bentham
Open Pain Journal: fully open access; 0 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Open Pain Journal is published by Bentham. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Pain Mechanisms and Treatments, Pain Management and Treatment and Ion Channels and Receptors, together about 46.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Open Pain Journal is an open access journal that publishes original full length, reviews/mini-reviews, short research articles (letters) and guest-edited single-topic issues in all important areas of pain research including pain medicine, genetics, neurology, internal medicine, clinical pharmacology, child neuropediatrics, anesthesiology, rheumatology, otology, dentistry, neurotraumatology, neurosurgery, meta analyses of drugs for pain management and clinical studies. The Open Pain Journal, a peer reviewed journal, is an important and reliable source of current information on recent developments in the field. Emphasis is placed on publishing quality papers, making them freely available to researchers worldwide. The Open Pain Journal is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal covering all aspects of pain published continuously by Bentham Open.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Pain Mechanisms and TreatmentsMedicine24%
- Pain Management and TreatmentMedicine12.3%
- Ion Channels and ReceptorsNeuroscience10.3%
- Anesthesia and Pain ManagementMedicine8.7%
- Pain Management and Opioid UseMedicine8.7%
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationMedicine6.3%
- Pediatric Pain Management TechniquesMedicine3.7%
- Migraine and Headache StudiesMedicine3%
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
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine | Q2 | 68/147 | — |
| Neuroscience (miscellaneous) | Q3 | 51/74 | — |
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
- 0.21LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.56LetPub ·
- h-index
- 20OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 42OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 9OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 133 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 65 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 118 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 | 138 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 | 121 |
| 2022 | 10 | 10 | 113 |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | 123 |
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.
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
- Bentham
- ISSN
- 1876-3863
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Open Pain Journal
Which databases index Open Pain Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Open Pain Journal is indexed in Scopus.
Is Open Pain Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Open Pain Journal 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, 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: .