Frequently Asked Questions about PAIN^®

General Information

There are 12 issues of PAIN per year, at the rate of one issue per month. This does not include supplements or other special issues which may be published.  < Close Answer

Allan I. Basbaum is the current Editor-in-Chief of PAIN. Click here to view the other members of the PAIN Editorial Board.  < Close Answer

A subscription to PAIN is one benefit of membership in IASP, which means more than 7,000 individuals have electronic access to the journal. Approximately 3500 paper issues of PAIN are mailed monthly.  < Close Answer

Our official journal's Impact Factor now stands at 5.371 (supplied by Thomson's 2009 Journal citation reports). Our five-year Impact Factor is 6.125. The Impact Factor measures, among other criteria, how often our journal articles are cited during a given time period. PAIN is the premier pain journal and first of all journals read in the field of anesthesiology.  < Close Answer

Before You Submit a Manuscript

• Clinical/Basic Science Research Reports
• Clinical Notes (brief reports on clinical cases)
• e-Pain (clinical topics with photos, video, or audio content)
• Letters to the Editor
• Topical Reviews (invited articles that summarize recent findings and highlight issues in clinical and basic research related to pain)

For further information, see the PAIN Guide for Authors.  < Close Answer

PAIN no longer accepts hard-copy submissions. All manuscripts must be submitted to PAIN via the Elsevier Editorial System (EES) at www.ees.elsevier.com/PAIN.  < Close Answer

No. However, membership in IASP offers many great benefits and opportunities.  < Close Answer

PAIN uses Vancouver Numbered reference style in the following format: with citation of literature references in the text using numbers that correspond to the alphabetized and numbered reference list as follows: "Pain is made worse if you hit the already injured site [15]." Please see the "Reference list" section under "Organization of Manuscripts" in the Guide for Authors.  < Close Answer

We are always looking for potential cover images for the journal. If you have an image that you would like us to consider, please email it to painjournal@iasp-pain.org.  < Close Answer

Troubleshooting

EES may be temporarily down; please try again in 30 minutes. If you continue to experience trouble uploading your manuscript onto EES for PAIN, check the following:
 

• Are the document files in a format compatible with EES? MS Word works best for document files. EES will also accept Rich Text Format and WordPerfect files. Do not upload PDF format files.
• Are the figures and image files in a format compatible with EES? TIFF and JPEG format files work best. Please convert CMYK color images to RGB. Please use grayscale for black and white images. Ensure the image measurement units is in pixels/inch rather than pixels/cm. Do not use BMP, native Photoshop format, PDF, or PowerPoint files.
• Are the files too large? Remove all figures from your text - figures need to be uploaded separately. Flatten all layers in your figure files prior to saving and use file compression for TIFF (such as LZW) and JPEG formats (no lower than "good" quality compression).

If you have tried these methods and you are still unable to upload your manuscript onto EES for PAIN, please contact the Support Editors at painjournal@iasp-pain.org.  < Close Answer

After You Submit a Manuscript

The corresponding author of the submission will receive a confirmation. If you are not the corresponding author, please check with that author to see whether he or she received a confirmation email. If you are the corresponding author and did not receive a confirmation email, log into EES as an Author. From the Author Main Menu, click the link for Submissions Being Processed. If your paper is listed, then the journal has received your submission. If this link is not available or if your paper is listed under Incomplete Submissions, then we have not received your submission. Please click the Edit Submission option for your manuscript to complete the submission process. If your manuscript still does not upload correctly, please contact the PAIN Support Editors at painjournal@iasp-pain.org.  < Close Answer

You should expect to wait 45-60 days for a first decision on your manuscript. Please keep in mind that your wait time may vary depending on the availability and number of reviewers that need to be invited, whether all those invited to review respond immediately, how long it takes to review, and the length of time the editors take to make a decision. The paper passes through at least five steps before being returned for revision or rejected.  < Close Answer

You can log on to the EES system as an author and check the status of the paper or contact the PAIN Support Editors at painjournal@iasp-pain.org.  < Close Answer

Please contact the PAIN Support Editors at painjournal@iasp-pain.org.  < Close Answer

Media Inquiries

Please contact IASP directly by email at IASPdesk@iasp-pain.org or by telephone at +1-206-283-0311.  < Close Answer

Visit the Elsevier Media page for PAIN for pricing and contact information.  < Close Answer

Elsevier distributes periodic press releases about PAIN, but PAIN is a peer-reviewed journal and does not publish press releases as part of its contents.  < Close Answer

Reprints

Visit the Elsevier Reprints page to request a quote for reprints.  < Close Answer

IASP holds the rights to the content of all PAIN manuscripts. Please complete the online copyright permission request form.  < Close Answer

Subscription Issues

Please contact IASP Membership at members@iasp-pain.org.  < Close Answer

If you are a member of IASP and no longer wish to receive a paper copy of PAIN, contact IASP Membership at members@iasp-pain.org.  < Close Answer