JOURNAL OF PAIN Impact factor 2025

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The latest impact factor of JOURNAL OF PAIN and all the other Web of Science journals was released on 20th June 2025 by Clarivate. Through this web page, researchers can check the impact factor, total citation, journal quartile, and journal aim & scope.

JOURNAL OF PAIN : Aim & Scope

JOURNAL OF PAIN is a Web of Science indexed journal tha publishes research in the area: Clinical Neurology | Neurosciences.
The ISSN of this journal is 15288447.

Impact factor of JOURNAL OF PAIN

Journal Title	Journal of Pain
Impact Factor	4
SJR	1.363
ISSN	15288447
Quartile	Q1

Impact Factor from year 2018-2024

Year	Impact Factor
2018	4.859
2019	5.424
2020	4.621
2021	5.820
2022
2023	4
2025	4

The Journal Impact Factor is defined as citations to the journal in the JCR year to items published in the previous two years, divided by the total number of scholarly items, also known as citable items, (these comprise articles and reviews) published in the journal in the previous two years.

Impact factor data has a strong influence on the scientific community, affecting decisions on where to publish, whom to promote or hire, the success of grant applications, and even salary bonuses.

Only journals listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) receive an Impact Factor.

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