Journal profile · CLINICAL NEUROLOGY
Pain Management
ISSN 1758-1869 · eISSN 1758-1877 · Future Medicine Ltd.
Pain Management: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; median 147 days to acceptance (109 articles, last 24 months); 157 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Pain Management is published by Future Medicine Ltd. and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Pain Management and Opioid Use, Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation and Pain Management and Treatment, together about 45% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): CLINICAL NEUROLOGY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Pain Management and Opioid UseMedicine18.2%
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationMedicine13.4%
- Pain Management and TreatmentMedicine13.3%
- Anesthesia and Pain ManagementMedicine13.1%
- Pain Mechanisms and TreatmentsMedicine12%
- Opioid Use Disorder TreatmentMedicine5%
- Pediatric Pain Management TechniquesMedicine4.7%
- Migraine and Headache StudiesMedicine2.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Clinical Neurology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Clinical Neurology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
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 | 62/147 | — |
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
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- 2.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.57LetPub ·
- h-index
- 52OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 379OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.65OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 9.64%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 123LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,313 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 139 | 107 | 1,396 |
| 2025 | 157 | 148 | 1,740 |
| 2024 | 82 | 76 | 1,723 |
| 2023 | 77 | 35 | 1,744 |
| 2022 | 90 | 20 | 1,591 |
| 2021 | 79 | 30 | 1,604 |
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
147 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 94 days – 176 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 7 days (109 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 153 days
- Sample
- 109 articles with submission and acceptance dates (288 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
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
- Future Medicine Ltd.
- ISSN
- 1758-1869
- Electronic ISSN
- 1758-1877
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Pain Management
What CAS zone is Pain Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Pain Management is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Clinical Neurology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Pain Management?
Based on the dates recorded on 109 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 147 days (interquartile range 94–176 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 Pain Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Pain Management is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Pain Management open access, and what is the APC?
Pain Management 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; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .