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About The Journal of Pain

The Journal of Pain
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 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 4.216© 2013 Journal Citation Reports. ®

How do I gain access to The Journal of Pain online?

You can access the journal online at www.jpain.org.

APS members will need to login and claim membership access on The Journal of Pain website to access full journal articles.

As a member benefit, APS members receive necessary color figures appearing in member-authored articles printed at no cost. In the of Fall 2013, APS announced that current APS members may also download The Journal of Pain iPad® App. 

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The Journal of Pain - Mandatory Submission Form