Journal profile

Pain physician

Publisher: American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
ISSN1533-3159 | 2150-1149 FormatPrint StatusCurrently indexed

Journal Citation Impact

Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.

Impact Factor
3.45
Citation rate 3.11 847 total citations
h5-index 22 h5 depth signal
Cited share 78.2% 222 of 284
Total citations 847 Citation footprint
Metric signal 2.47 External metric anchor
Self-citation 0.0% 0 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

United States 240
China 174
South Korea 82
Egypt 35
Turkey 25

Citing Fields of Research

Anesthetic & Pain Medicine 780
Musculoskeletal Disorders 477
Migraines & Headaches 123
Nervous System Disorders 112
Abdominal Surgery 45

Publishing Activity & Reach

Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.

All-time article footprint 2,497 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 284 222 cited publications
Last 12 months 30 15.0 publications/month
Open access share 0.0% 0 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country United States 240 citing publications
Leading citing field Anesthetic & Pain Medicine 780 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 23 June 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v9n1, Jan. 2006-
PubMed
v9n1, Jan. 2006-

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Anesthetic & Pain Medicine Musculoskeletal Disorders Migraines & Headaches

Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies

Contributor
Association of Pain Management Anesthesiologists
Contributor
American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians

Broad Categories

Neurology Psychophysiology Anesthetic & Pain Medicine Musculoskeletal Disorders Migraines & Headaches

MeSH Descriptors

Pain

Latest Publications

Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.

01
Laxmaiah Manchikanti, Mahendra R. Sanapati, Sheri L. Albers et al.
Chronic axial spinal pain is a major contributor to disability and healthcare expenditures, with facet joints recognized as one of the established sources of pain. To provide evidence-based guidance in performing diagnostic and therapeut...
02
Laxmaiah Manchikanti, Mark V. Boswell, Mahendra R. Sanapati et al.
Chronic axial spinal pain is one of the leading causes of disability. The literature demonstrates that expenditures for low back and neck pain continue to rise, not only in parallel with increasing disability, but also with escalating he...

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

Description based on: Vol. 3, no. 1 (Jan. 2000); title from cover.

Also issued online.

"Official journal of the Association of Pain Management Anesthesiologists," -July 2000; "Official journal of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians," Oct. 2000- .

Complemented by (work): Interventional pain management reports 2575-9841 (DLC) 2017202606 (OCoLC)1011604484 (DNLM)101745072.