Journal profile · ANESTHESIOLOGY-CLINICAL NEUROLOGY
Pain Practice
ISSN 1530-7085 · eISSN 1533-2500 · Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · UNITED STATES · Founded 2001
Pain Practice: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.71; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,330; median 152 days to acceptance (71 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 135 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Pain Practice is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd 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 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, Pain Mechanisms and Treatments and Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, together about 37.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Pain Practice, the official journal of the World Institute of Pain, publishes international multidisciplinary articles on pain and analgesia that provide its readership with up-to-date research, evaluation methods, and techniques for pain management. Special sections including the Consultant’s Corner, Images in Pain Practice, Case Studies from Mayo, Tutorials, and the Evidence-Based Medicine combine to give pain researchers, pain clinicians and pain fellows in training a systematic approach to continuing education in pain medicine. Prior to publication, all articles and reviews undergo peer review by at least two experts in the field. The World Institute of Pain provides pain medicine educational resources, specialized hands-on training and workshops, related conferences and seminars, exchange of clinicians, and is an international community of experts in the field. We promote personal and practice growth with the support of a global group that is passionate about patient care. For more information on membership, please visit www.worldinstituteofpain.org.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ANESTHESIOLOGY-CLINICAL NEUROLOGY
Editor-in-chief Chris GilliganPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 1%); most named United States 33, Netherlands 5, United Kingdom 4, Belgium 3, India 2 (67 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationMedicine14.1%
- Pain Mechanisms and TreatmentsMedicine11.9%
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyMedicine11.1%
- Pain Management and TreatmentMedicine9.9%
- Anesthesia and Pain ManagementMedicine9.2%
- Pain Management and Opioid UseMedicine8.9%
- Opioid Use Disorder TreatmentMedicine3.4%
- Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatmentBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.4%
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 | Clinical Neurology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Anesthesiology | Zone 4 |
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Anesthesiology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Clinical Neurology | Zone 4 |
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 ScienceMEDLINEPubMedEmbasePsycINFOCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO
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
- 2.71LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.88LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.38LetPub ·
- h-index
- 50LetPub ·
- h-index
- 99OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,229OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.95OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 39.68%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 65LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 106Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 342,488Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,934 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 91 | 38 | 19 |
| 2025 | 135 | 76 | 205 |
| 2024 | 117 | 66 | 445 |
| 2023 | 145 | 81 | 1,054 |
| 2022 | 113 | 45 | 1,189 |
| 2021 | 112 | 33 | 1,329 |
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
152 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 86 days – 234 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 11 days (71 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 162 days
- Sample
- 71 articles with submission and acceptance dates (242 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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 16%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 16%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 56 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 56 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 139 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 11 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 4,330 / EUR 3,620 / GBP 2,920 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted5, with length limits
- case reporttorials, not to exceed 20,000 words; 5. Case Reports including Technical Reports, Brief Clinical Reports: Typically 3,000 words or less; 6. Letter to the editor…main text ≤ 3,000 words
- editorialripts should be 5,000 words or less; 2. Editorials: 3,000 words or less; 3. Review articles: 15,000 words or less; 4. Tutormain text ≤ 3,000 words
- original research articleidelines, not absolute restrictions. 1. Original Research articles: Typically original manuscripts should be 5,000 words or less; 2. Editorials: 3,000 words or …main text ≤ 5,000 words
- review article2. Editorials: 3,000 words or less; 3. Review articles: 15,000 words or less; 4. Tutorials, not to exceed 20,000 words; 5. Casemain text ≤ 15,000 words
- tutorialview articles: 15,000 words or less; 4. Tutorials, not to exceed 20,000 words; 5. Case Reports including Technical Reports, Brief Clinicamain text ≤ 20,000 words
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 Publishing Ltd
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 2001
- ISSN
- 1530-7085
- Electronic ISSN
- 1533-2500
- Society / sponsor
- World Institute of Pain
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 26, Issue 8 (November 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Pain Practice
What CAS zone is Pain Practice in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Pain Practice is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Clinical Neurology / Anesthesiology. 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 Practice?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.71; CiteScore 5.2, h-index 99.
How long does peer review take at Pain Practice?
Based on the dates recorded on 71 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 152 days (interquartile range 86–234 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 16% (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 Pain Practice based?
Of the 67 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 1%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (33), Netherlands (5) and United Kingdom (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Pain Practice?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Pain Practice is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Pain Practice open access, and what is the APC?
Pain Practice is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,330.
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: .