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British Journal of Pain Template

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About the British Journal of Pain format

British Journal of Pain is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, Pain Management and Opioid Use, Pediatric Pain Management Techniques.

PublisherSAGE
Reference styleNumbered (Vancouver)
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
1. Smith A, Jones B, Lee C. A representative article title. British Journal of Pain. 2023;12(3):45–58.

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Publishes research inMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pain Management and Opioid Use Pediatric Pain Management Techniques Anesthesia and Pain Management Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
ISSN2049-4637
Citation impact (2-yr)1.94
h-index45
i10-index223
Total citations10,429
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity College London
Journal websiteus.sagepub.com
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Papers published in British Journal of Pain per year

38
2014
22
2015
32
2016
42
2017
38
2018
42
2019
51
2020
48
2021
53
2022
63
2023
37
2024
45
2025

Citation impact of British Journal of Pain by publication year

1.9K
2014
588
2015
741
2016
1K
2017
532
2018
451
2019
939
2020
353
2021
392
2022
415
2023
132
2024
71
2025

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

Most-cited papers in British Journal of Pain

Interpretative phenomenological analysis as a useful methodology for research on the lived experience of pain

Jonathan A. Smith, Mike Osborn · 28 Jul 2014

Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) is a qualitative approach which aims to provide detailed examinations of personal lived experience. It produces an account of lived experience in its own terms rather than one prescribed by pre-existing theoretical preconceptions and it recognises that this is an interpretative endeavour as humans are sense-making organisms. It is explicitly idiographic…

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Basic opioid pharmacology: an update

Hasan Pathan, John P. Williams · 1 Feb 2012

Opioids are a group of analgesic agents commonly used in clinical practice. There are three classical opioid receptors (DOP, KOP and MOP), while the novel NOP receptor is considered to be a non-opioid branch of the opioid receptor family. Opioids can act at these receptors as agonists, antagonists or partial agonists. Opioid agonists bind to…

Failed back surgery syndrome – definition, epidemiology and demographics

Simon Thomson · 1 Feb 2013

Failed back surgery syndrome is an unhelpful term that hides the true issues concerning the mechanism of pain and subsequent therapies that patients with chronic radicular neuropathic pain are exposed to. Patients with chronic radicular neuropathic pain who have had previous spinal surgery are numerous and comparable in prevalence and incidence to other pain associated…

Chronic pain epidemiology – where do lifestyle factors fit in?

Oliver van Hecke, Nicola Torrance, Blair H. Smith · 19 Jun 2013

Chronic pain is common and complex and has a large impact on individuals and society. Good epidemiological pain data provide key information on the use of resources (both in general practice and in specialist clinics), insight into factors that lead to or favour chronicity and the design of interventions aimed at reducing or preventing the…

The psychology of chronic post-surgical pain: new frontiers in risk factor identification, prevention and management

Aliza Weinrib, Muhammad Abid Azam, Kathryn A. Birnie et al. · 12 Jul 2017

In an era of considerable advances in anaesthesiology and pain medicine, chronic pain after major surgery continues to be problematic. This article briefly reviews the known psychological risk and protective factors associated with the development of chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP). We begin with a definition of CPSP and then explain what we mean by a…

British Journal of Pain template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the British Journal of Pain format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the British Journal of Pain template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official SAGE format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does British Journal of Pain use?
British Journal of Pain uses Numbered (Vancouver) references, shown as numbered [1], [2] markers in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: 1. Smith A, Jones B, Lee C. A representative article title. British Journal of Pain. 2023;12(3):45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to British Journal of Pain?
No. DocuGuru generates the sagej LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a SAGE-ready British Journal of Pain 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 British Journal of Pain template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the British Journal of Pain format with correct headings, figures, tables, and numbered citations.
Who publishes British Journal of Pain?
British Journal of Pain is a multidisciplinary journal published by SAGE. DocuGuru's British Journal of Pain template matches SAGE's official submission format.
Can I export a submission-ready British Journal of Pain PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official British Journal of Pain template (the sagej class) that is ready to submit to SAGE, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
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