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Journal overview

Journal of Pain Research is an international, open access journal that focuses on concise rapid reporting of high-quality laboratory and clinical findings in all fields of pain research and the prevention and management of pain.

All meta-analyses require a pre-submission check prior to submitting to the Journal of Pain Research. Please complete the pre-submission check form here.

Specific topics covered by the journal include:

  • Basic and applied pain research
  • Multidisciplinary pain research
  • Neuromodulation
  • Palliative care and pain management
  • Behavioral management of pain
  • Drug studies
  • Opioids
  • Genetics in pain
  • Pain mechanisms
  • Ethical decision making
Original research, reviews, symposium reports, hypothesis formation, study protocols and commentaries are all considered for publication.

Case reports submitted to the Journal of Pain Research will be diverted to the International Medical Case Reports Journal (The International Medical Case Reports Journal is not an Impact Factor journal).

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