The Journal of Pain and Symptom Management is an internationally respected, peer-reviewed journal and serves an interdisciplinary
audience of professionals by providing a forum for the publication of the latest clinical research and best practices related to the
relief of illness burden among patients afflicted with serious or life-threatening illness. The Journal has strongly supported both quantitative
and qualitative research underpinning the evolving discipline of palliative care, including clinical trials of pain or symptom control
therapies, epidemiology of phenomena related to life-threatening disease and end-of-life care, instrument development to enhance clinical
assessment and facilitate investigation, and health services studies evaluating the outcomes of diverse therapeutic models. It also offers
extensive coverage of clinical practice issues, publishing both systematic and narrative reviews, case series and case reports, and both
special articles and columns that present important updates on topics as varied as the international diversity of palliative medicine,
the economics of palliative care, and bioethics in end-of-life care.
The Journal of Pain and Symptom Management's 2007
Impact Factor is 2.324. It is ranked: 59th out of 146 Clinical Neurology titles, 13th out of 57 Health Care Sciences & Services titles, and 26th out of 105 Medicine, General & Internal titles in the 2007 Journal Citation Reports®,
published by Thomson Reuters.
