The Journal of Pain


The Journal of Pain is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal published by Elsevier on behalf of the American Pain Society and covers research and reviews on pain, including anesthesiology and palliative care and related educational and policy issues. The editor-in-chief is Mark Jensen. The journal was established in 1992 as the APS Journal and was renamed Pain Forum in 1995 before obtaining its current name in 2000, with volume numbering restarting at 1. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2013 impact factor of 4.216. The Journal is included in the Index Medicus and in MEDLINE.