The mission of The Journal of Pain is to improve the care of patients in pain by providing a forum for clinical researchers, basic scientists, clinicians, and other health professionals to publish original research. The Journal publishes original articles related to all aspects of pain, including clinical and basic research, patient care, education, and health policy. The Journal also publishes reports of original clinical research or reports of original basic research, invited critical reviews, including meta analyses of drugs for pain management, invited commentaries on reviews and exceptional case studies.
APS member Mark Jensen PhD serves as editor in chief along with support of the Journal of Pain editorial board. The Journal of Pain impact factor continues to rise every year making it the second ranked pain journal in the world. The impact factor currently stands at 4.926© 2011 Journal Citation Reports ®
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