Journal profile · CLINICAL NEUROLOGY-CLINICAL NEUROLOGY
Pain Physician
ISSN 1533-3159 · eISSN 2150-1149 · Association of Pain Management Anesthesiologists · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 1999
Pain Physician: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.7; fully open access; community-reported acceptance: easy; 41 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Pain Physician is published by Association of Pain Management Anesthesiologists and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation and Anesthesia and Pain Management, together about 40% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Pain Physician Journal is the official publication of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP). The open access journal is published 6 times a year. Pain Physician Journal is a peer-reviewed, multi-disciplinary, open access journal written by and directed to an audience of interventional pain physicians, clinicians and basic scientists with an interest in interventional pain management and pain medicine. Pain Physician Journal presents the latest studies, research, and information vital to those in the emerging specialty of interventional pain management – and critical to the people they serve.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): CLINICAL NEUROLOGY-CLINICAL NEUROLOGY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyMedicine18.8%
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationMedicine10.6%
- Anesthesia and Pain ManagementMedicine10.6%
- Pain Management and TreatmentMedicine7.4%
- Pain Management and Opioid UseMedicine7.1%
- Pain Mechanisms and TreatmentsMedicine6.5%
- Cervical and Thoracic MyelopathyMedicine3.9%
- Spinal Fractures and Fixation TechniquesMedicine3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Anesthesiology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Clinical Neurology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Anesthesiology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Clinical Neurology | Zone 3 |
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 3 |
| Minor | Clinical Neurology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
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
- 2.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.17LetPub ·
- h-index
- 87LetPub ·
- h-index
- 128OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,672OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.55OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 2.06%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 111LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,857 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30 | 16 | 4 |
| 2025 | 41 | 41 | 40 |
| 2024 | 158 | 157 | 768 |
| 2023 | 130 | 129 | 1,061 |
| 2021 | 169 | 113 | 1,980 |
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 acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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 accessLetPub
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
- Association of Pain Management Anesthesiologists
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1999
- ISSN
- 1533-3159
- Electronic ISSN
- 2150-1149
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Pain Physician
What CAS zone is Pain Physician in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Pain Physician is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Anesthesiology / Clinical Neurology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Pain Physician?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.7; CiteScore 5.4, h-index 128.
Which databases index Pain Physician?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Pain Physician is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Pain Physician open access, and what is the APC?
Pain Physician 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .