Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

The Journal of Pain and Symptom Management is a peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier, founded in 1986, and the official journal of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and the National Alliance for Care at Home, with a 2025 impact factor of 4.0（Journal of Pain and Symptom Management）是由 Elsevier 出版的同行评审期刊，创刊于 1986 年，为（American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine）与（National Alliance for Care at Home）的官方期刊，2025 年影响因子为 4.0。

Scope

• Clinical research and best practices for relieving illness burden in patients with serious or life-threatening illness减轻重症或危及生命疾病患者病痛的临床研究与最佳实践。
• Quantitative and qualitative research underpinning palliative care, including trials of pain and symptom-control therapies支撑姑息治疗的定量与定性研究，包括疼痛与症状控制疗法的临床试验。
• Epidemiology of life-threatening disease and end-of-life care, and instrument development for clinical assessment危及生命疾病的流行病学与临终关怀，以及临床评估工具的研制。
• Health services research evaluating the outcomes of different therapeutic models评估不同治疗模式结局的卫生服务研究。
• Systematic and narrative reviews, case series and reports, plus special articles on palliative medicine, health economics and bioethics系统综述与叙述性综述、病例系列与病例报告，以及关于姑息医学、卫生经济学与生命伦理的专题文章。

History

• The journal was founded in 1986 by its founding editor George Heidrich该刊 1986 年由其创刊主编 George Heidrich 创办。
• It became the official journal of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, now the National Alliance for Care at Home其后成为（American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine）与（National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization，现称 National Alliance for Care at Home）的官方期刊。
• It is published monthly by Elsevier and has documented both quantitative and qualitative palliative care research for decades该刊由 Elsevier 按月出版，数十年来记录姑息治疗的定量与定性研究。
• Its impact factor rose from 3.2 in 2023 to 3.5 in 2024 and 4.0 in 2025影响因子由 2023 年的 3.2 升至 2024 年的 3.5 与 2025 年的 4.0。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is David J. Casarett, with Russell K. Portenoy as editor-in-chief emeritus and George Heidrich as founding editor现任主编为 David J. Casarett，Russell K. Portenoy 为荣休主编，George Heidrich 为创刊主编。
• Senior associate editors are David Hui and Solomon Liao, supported by section associate editors covering clinical medicine, nursing, pediatrics, psychosocial care, social work and statistics高级副编辑为 David Hui 与 Solomon Liao，另设分管临床医学、护理、儿科、心理社会照护、社会工作与统计学的副编辑。
• The editorial advisory board includes members from the United States, Japan, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium, South Africa, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Norway, Korea and Israel编辑顾问委员会成员来自美国、日本、瑞士、意大利、比利时、南非、英国、澳大利亚、加拿大、挪威、韩国与以色列。
• Submissions are peer reviewed, and the journal publishes reviews, case reports and special series under an interdisciplinary editorial structure稿件经同行评审，该刊以跨学科编辑架构发表综述、病例报告与专题系列。