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Pain Medicine Template

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About the Pain Medicine format

Pain Medicine is a peer-reviewed journal published by Oxford University Press, covering Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, Pain Management and Opioid Use, Pain Mechanisms and Treatments.

PublisherOxford University Press
Reference styleAuthor–year (OUP)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Pain Medicine, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

Formats any DOI in the closest standard style — Pain Medicine has no published style definition, so this is an approximation. No sign-up.

Publishes research inMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pain Management and Opioid Use Pain Mechanisms and Treatments Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
ISSN1526-2375
Citation impact (2-yr)1.48
h-index154
i10-index3,364
Total citations169,256
Article processing charge$4,612
Top institutions publishing hereHarvard University
Journal websiteacademic.oup.com
You getA submission-ready PDF and the editable LaTeX source — ready to submit.

Papers published in Pain Medicine per year

351
2014
391
2015
410
2016
515
2017
325
2018
371
2019
484
2020
362
2021
209
2022
169
2023
133
2024
231
2025

Citation impact of Pain Medicine by publication year

10.7K
2014
11.1K
2015
10K
2016
8.6K
2017
7K
2018
8.8K
2019
7.9K
2020
4.9K
2021
2.3K
2022
1.2K
2023
381
2024
253
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Pain Medicine

The Unequal Burden of Pain: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Pain

Carmen R. Green, Karen O. Anderson, Tamara A. Baker et al. · 1 Sep 2003

CONTEXT: Pain has significant socioeconomic, health, and quality-of-life implications. Racial- and ethnic-based differences in the pain care experience have been described. Racial and ethnic minorities tend to be undertreated for pain when compared with non-Hispanic Whites. OBJECTIVES: To provide health care providers, researchers, health care policy analysts, government officials, patients, and the general public with…

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Predicting Aberrant Behaviors in Opioid-Treated Patients: Preliminary Validation of the Opioid Risk Tool

Lynn R. Webster, Rebecca M. Webster · 1 Nov 2005

OBJECTIVE: To provide clinicians with a brief screening tool to predict accurately which individuals may develop aberrant behaviors when prescribed opioids for chronic pain. DESIGN: One hundred and eighty-five consecutive new patients treated in one pain clinic took the self-administered Opioid Risk Tool (ORT). The ORT measured the following risk factors associated in scientific literature…

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Proposed New Diagnostic Criteria for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

R. Norman Harden, Stephen Bruehl, Michael Stanton‐Hicks et al. · 12 Feb 2007

This topical update reports recent progress in the international effort to develop a more accurate and valid diagnostic criteria for complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). The diagnostic entity of CRPS (published in the International Association for the Study of Pain's Taxonomy monograph in 1994; International Association for the Study of Pain [IASP]) was intended to…

Pharmacological Management of Persistent Pain in Older Persons

1 Sep 2009

Drugs without a strong evidence base and outside of recommendations are too often pre- scribed for older adults. Established guidelines such as Beers criteria have identified both specific medications and certain drug classes as inappropriate for older adults, primarily due to adverse effects. Age-related physiological changes in distribution, metabolism, and elimination often alter the effects…

Societal Costs of Prescription Opioid Abuse, Dependence, and Misuse in the United States

Howard G. Birnbaum, Alan G. White, M. Schiller et al. · 10 Mar 2011

OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to estimate the societal costs of prescription opioid abuse, dependence, and misuse in the United States. METHODS: Costs were grouped into three categories: health care, workplace, and criminal justice. Costs were estimated by 1) quantity method, which multiplies the number of opioid abuse patients by cost per opioid…

Pain Medicine template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Pain Medicine format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Pain Medicine template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official Oxford University Press format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Pain Medicine use?
Pain Medicine uses Author–year (OUP) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Pain Medicine, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Pain Medicine?
No. DocuGuru generates the oup-authoring-template LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a Oxford University Press-ready Pain Medicine document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Pain Medicine template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Pain Medicine format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
Who publishes Pain Medicine?
Pain Medicine is a multidisciplinary journal published by Oxford University Press. DocuGuru's Pain Medicine template matches Oxford University Press's official submission format.
Can I export a submission-ready Pain Medicine PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Pain Medicine template (the oup-authoring-template class) that is ready to submit to Oxford University Press, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
How much does the Pain Medicine template cost?
You can start writing in the Pain Medicine template for free. Exporting the final submission-ready Pain Medicine PDF and LaTeX source is part of DocuGuru's paid plans — see the app for current pricing.
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