Journal of Headache and Pain

The Journal of Headache and Pain is a peer-reviewed open access journal published under the BMC brand of Springer Nature since 2001 under the ISSN 1129-2369 and eISSN 1129-2377, dedicated to all aspects of headache and related pain syndromes, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 8.7 and first quartile standing in clinical neurology and neurosciences《头痛与疼痛杂志》（The Journal of Headache and Pain）是施普林格自然（Springer Nature）旗下（BMC）品牌自 2001 年起出版的同行评审开放获取期刊，刊号 1129-2369、电子刊号 1129-2377，专注头痛及相关疼痛综合征各方面，2025 年影响因子为 8.7，在临床神经病学与神经科学两个类别均居第一四分位。

Scope

• The journal is specifically dedicated to researchers involved in all aspects of headache and related pain syndromes, including epidemiology, public health, basic science, translational medicine, clinical trials and real-world data该刊专门面向从事头痛及相关疼痛综合征各方面研究的学者，涵盖流行病学、公共卫生、基础科学、转化医学、临床试验与真实世界数据。
• With a multidisciplinary perspective it covers headache medicine and related pain syndromes across all medical disciplines and particularly encourages clinical, translational and basic science submissions in pain management, genetics, neurology and internal medicine该刊以多学科视角覆盖各医学学科的头痛医学与相关疼痛综合征，特别鼓励疼痛管理、遗传学、神经病学与内科领域的临床、转化与基础科学投稿。
• It is the official journal of the European Headache Federation, of Lifting The Burden The Global Campaign against Headache, and of the Asian Regional Consortium for Headache该刊是欧洲头痛联合会（European Headache Federation）、全球抗头痛运动（Lifting The Burden）与亚洲头痛区域联盟（Asian Regional Consortium for Headache）的官方期刊。
• Article types include research articles, reviews, correspondence, consensus articles and guidelines, which promote best practice in the management of patients with headaches and related pain文章类型包括研究论文、综述、通信、共识文章与指南，旨在促进头痛与相关疼痛患者的最佳临床实践。
• As an open access journal it applies a Creative Commons attribution licence to accepted articles and levies an article processing charge on the corresponding author, with waivers and funding support available for qualifying authors作为开放获取期刊，该刊对录用文章采用知识共享署名许可，向通讯作者收取文章处理费，并对符合条件的作者提供减免与资助支持。
• In the 2025 Journal Citation Reports it ranks 15 of 296 titles in clinical neurology with a 95.1 percentile and 19 of 330 titles in neurosciences with a 94.4 percentile, and its five year indicator remains in the first quartile in both categories在 2025 年版期刊引证报告中，该刊在临床神经病学类 296 种期刊中列第 15 位、百分位 95.1，在神经科学类 330 种期刊中列第 19 位、百分位 94.4，两类五年指标均居第一四分位。

History

• The journal was launched in 2001 and has operated as an open access title under the BMC brand following the integration of BioMed Central into Springer Nature该刊于 2001 年创刊，在（BioMed Central）并入施普林格自然后作为（BMC）品牌下的开放获取期刊出版。
• It has served as the official journal of the European Headache Federation and of the global campaign against headache, providing a venue for headache federation guidelines and consensus statements该刊一直作为欧洲头痛联合会与全球抗头痛运动的官方期刊，为头痛联合会指南与共识声明提供发表平台。
• The Journal Impact Factor moved from 7.277 in 2021 to 8.588 in 2022, to 7.9 in 2024 and to 8.7 in 2025, maintaining first quartile standing in clinical neurology and neurosciences throughout该刊影响因子由 2021 年的 7.277 升至 2022 年的 8.588，再降至 2024 年的 7.9 与 2025 年的 8.7，始终居临床神经病学与神经科学类第一四分位。
• The journal has progressively expanded its article types to include consensus articles and guidelines and has reinforced its multidisciplinary scope to cover pain management, genetics and real-world data该刊逐步扩展文章类型，纳入共识文章与指南，并强化多学科定位以覆盖疼痛管理、遗传学与真实世界数据。
• The publisher carries the journal on Springer Nature Link and the digital object identifier prefix of its articles is 10.1186, shared with other BMC series journals出版方将该刊载于施普林格自然链接平台，其文章的数字对象唯一标识符前缀为（10.1186），与（BMC）系列其他期刊一致。

Editors

• The journal is led by an editor-in-chief supported by an international editorial board whose members are drawn from headache centres, neurology departments and pain research institutes across Europe, Asia and the Americas该刊由一位主编带领，配以由欧洲、亚洲与美洲多家头痛中心、神经病学科室与疼痛研究机构学者组成的国际编委会。
• The editorial team includes associate editors responsible for subject areas such as migraine, tension-type headache, cluster headache, trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias and paediatric headache, reflecting the clinical scope of the journal编辑团队设有副编辑，分别负责偏头痛、紧张型头痛、丛集性头痛、三叉自主性头痛与儿童头痛等方向，对应刊物的临床定位。
• Editorial handling follows the Springer Nature editorial management system, with submissions assigned to handling editors based on subject expertise and competing interest declarations稿件处理依托施普林格自然的编辑管理系统，依据学科专长与利益冲突声明分配责任编辑。
• Peer review is conducted under the BMC standards on reviewer recruitment, conflict of interest management, data sharing and editorial independence, and the journal follows single-blind review by default同行评审遵循（BMC）在审稿人遴选、利益冲突管理、数据共享与编辑独立性方面的标准，该刊默认采用单盲评审。
• The masthead and board roster are published on the journal page at Springer Nature Link and updated as new members join or existing members step down编委名单在施普林格自然链接期刊页公布，并随成员增减而更新。