Pain

PAIN is the monthly journal of the International Association for the Study of Pain, founded in 1975 and published by Wolters Kluwer under the Lippincott Williams and Wilkins imprint, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.8.《疼痛》（PAIN）是国际疼痛研究学会的会刊，1975 年创刊，现由（Wolters Kluwer）以（Lippincott Williams and Wilkins）品牌出版，月刊，2025 年期刊影响因子为 5.8。

Scope

• The journal publishes work on the nature, mechanisms and treatment of pain, and treats basic and clinical science as a single conversation rather than two audiences.本刊发表关于疼痛本质、机制与治疗的研究，并把基础科学与临床科学视为同一场对话而非两个读者群。
• Neurobiological work covers nociceptor biology, spinal and supraspinal processing, descending modulation and the genetics of pain sensitivity.神经生物学方面覆盖伤害感受器生物学、脊髓与脊髓上处理、下行调制以及疼痛敏感性的遗传基础。
• Pain measurement and imaging form a section of their own, encompassing psychophysics, quantitative sensory testing, EEG and functional neuroimaging.疼痛测量与影像自成一栏，涵盖心理物理学、定量感觉测试、脑电与功能神经影像。
• Pharmacology submissions range from analgesic drug mechanisms and preclinical models to trial design and opioid stewardship.药理学稿件从镇痛药物机制与临床前模型，延伸到试验设计与阿片类药物的规范使用。
• The psychology section handles fear avoidance, catastrophising, placebo and nocebo effects, and psychological treatment trials.心理学专栏处理恐惧回避、灾难化思维、安慰剂与反安慰剂效应，以及心理治疗试验。
• Clinical science and epidemiology cover cohort studies, prognostic modelling and population-level estimates of pain prevalence and burden.临床科学与流行病学覆盖队列研究、预后建模以及人群层面的疼痛患病率与疾病负担估计。
• Clinical Notes, a short-report format, and invited Topical Reviews sit alongside comprehensive reviews and correspondence.短篇报告形式的临床札记、约稿性质的专题综述，与综合性综述及通讯并列。

History

• The journal was established in 1975 as the official publication of the International Association for the Study of Pain, which John J. Bonica had founded two years earlier.本刊于 1975 年创办，作为国际疼痛研究学会的官方刊物，该学会由 John J. Bonica 于两年前发起成立。
• The first volume appeared in March 1975 and the journal was quarterly for its first two years, bimonthly from 1977 and monthly from 1982.第 1 卷于 1975 年 3 月问世，最初两年为季刊，1977 年起改为双月刊，1982 年起改为月刊。
• Elsevier published the journal for its first four decades, from 1975 until the December 2014 issue.创刊后的前四十年由（Elsevier）出版，自 1975 年直至 2014 年 12 月号。
• IASP moved the title to Wolters Kluwer Health after a publisher review, and the first Lippincott Williams and Wilkins issue appeared in January 2015 with a redesigned print and digital format.国际疼痛研究学会在对出版方进行评估后，将本刊转交（Wolters Kluwer Health），首个（Lippincott Williams and Wilkins）版次于 2015 年 1 月出版，并改版了纸本与数字版式。^[1]
• The 2015 relaunch also introduced the PAIN Pictured format, short illustrated reports on mechanisms and theoretical concepts.2015 年的改版同时推出 PAIN Pictured 栏目，以图文短篇形式介绍机制与新理论构想。
• The 2025 impact factor is 5.8, against 5.5 in 2024 and 7.926 in 2022, with the journal ranked seventh of 72 in anesthesiology.2025 年影响因子为 5.8，2024 年为 5.5，2022 年为 7.926，在麻醉学类 72 种期刊中位列第 7。

Editors

• Karen Davis, a neuroscientist at the University of Toronto and the Krembil Brain Institute, is editor-in-chief and works on the neural basis of pain perception.多伦多大学与克伦比尔脑研究所的神经科学家 Karen Davis 担任主编，研究疼痛感知的神经基础。
• Twelve section editors head the clinical notes, clinical science and epidemiology, neurobiology, measurement and imaging, pharmacology, and psychology sections.十二位专栏编辑分别主持临床札记、临床科学与流行病学、神经生物学、测量与影像、药理学以及心理学各栏。
• The section editors include Jane Ballantyne, Ian Gilron, Michele Sterling, Nadine Attal, Clermont Dionne, Chih-Cheng Chen, Cheryl Stucky, Robert Coghill, Marco Loggia, Anthony Dickenson, Amanda Williams and Fiona Blyth.专栏编辑包括 Jane Ballantyne、Ian Gilron、Michele Sterling、Nadine Attal、Clermont Dionne、Chih-Cheng Chen、Cheryl Stucky、Robert Coghill、Marco Loggia、Anthony Dickenson、Amanda Williams 与 Fiona Blyth。
• Each section carries its own panel of associate editors, and the full board spans pain medicine, neurology, psychology, pharmacology and basic neuroscience across Europe, North America, Asia and Australia.各专栏另设助理编辑小组，整体编委覆盖疼痛医学、神经病学、心理学、药理学与基础神经科学，分布于欧洲、北美、亚洲与澳大利亚。
• Manuscripts are submitted through Editorial Manager and are not open access by default, with IASP membership including a subscription to the journal.稿件经（Editorial Manager）系统投稿，默认不采用开放获取模式，学会会员的会费中包含本刊订阅。
• The journal considers research reports, clinical notes, comprehensive and invited topical reviews, invited commentaries and letters, and it maintains a public reviewer acknowledgement each year.本刊接收研究报告、临床札记、综合综述与约稿专题综述、约稿评论及读者来信，并每年公开致谢审稿人。