PAIN RESEARCH Instruction for Authors (Brief version)
Aims and Scope
PAIN Research, an official publication of the Japanese Association for the Study of Pain (JASP), is an international, peerreviewed, open access journal that advances basic, experimental, applied or clinical approaches for pain.
Article sections: Basic Section / Clinical Section
Article types
Article type
Word count (page)
Manuscript Formatting Requirements
Research Reports
4,000 (8 pages)
Abstract 250 words; 5 keywords; 60 references; 8 Figs/Tables
Technical Reports
4,000 (8 pages)
Abstract 250 words; 5 keywords; 60 references; 8 Figs/Tables
Short Communications
1,500 (3 pages)
Abstract 150 words; 3 keywords; 15 references; 3 Figs/Tables
Case Reports
1,500 (3 pages)
Abstract 150 words; 3 keywords; 15 references; 3 Figs/Tables
Micro Reports
1,000 (2 pages)
Abstract 100 words; 3 keywords; 10 references; 1 Fig/Table
Reviews
8,000 (20 pages)
Abstract 250 words; 5 keywords; 300 references
Mini-Reviews
4,000 (10 pages)
Abstract 250 words; 5 keywords; 150 references
Research Reports: an original research work that has not been published previously.
Technical Reports: an original research work that update new technology, instrumentation, method, observation, project,statics, software, databases or other tools to inspire many pain researchers.
Short Communications: an original completed project of smaller scope of topical interest.
Case Reports: an original description of unreported, unexpected or unusual presentation of pain, an unexpected event in
the course of observing or treating a patient, or a new perspective of case.
Micro Reports: a brief report containing novel and important findings obtained from the pilot study.
Reviews: a critical overview of an important topic, field, discovery, or innovation in basic, experimental, applied or clinicalresearches on pain. Any topics will be considered, but priority will be given to those addressing a major current problem
and those with up-to-date literature reviews. We also accept systematic review and/or meta-analysis.
Mini-Reviews: a short overview of an important topic, field, discovery, or innovation in basic, experimental, applied orclinical researches on pain. Mini-Reviews can be only invited by the Editorial Boards.
Preparation and submission of manuscripts
Manuscript consists of title page, abstract, keywords, main text, acknowledgements, declarations, references and figurelegends, with tables, figures, supplementary materials and graphical Abstract. The title page should include article section(basic or clinical section), article type, the complete title (limit 25 words), full names, affiliations and addresses of all
authors and the information of the corresponding author. The abstract should describe the background, purpose, methods,results and conclusions of the research briefly without specific subheadings. In Research Reports and Technical Reports,
main text contains the separate sections of Introduction, Material and Methods, Results and Discussion, but no specificheadings are required in other article types. Acknowledgement of technical help, material support, etc. should be placedfollowing the main text. Declarations should contain all sources of funding, each author's competing interests, author'scontribution, ethics approval, consents for participation and publication (if clinical research). Reference should be cited in
the text by numbers in parentheses [ex. (5), (12, 13), (3–5)], and listed at the end of the manuscript in numerical orderaccording to the first mention in the text as follow.
1)

Caterina MJ, Schumacher MA, Tominaga M, Rosen TA, Levine JD, Julius D: The capsaicin receptor: a heat-activatedion channel in the pain pathway. Nature 389: 816–824 (1997). doi: 10.1038/39807.

PAIN Research can publish additional materials as "Supplementary materials" and graphical abstract that summarizes themain findings of the research.
Manuscripts should be submitted via the online manuscript submission, review, and tracking system “EditorialManager®”. Before entering the submission web site, please refer to “Instruction for Authors”. Submissions deemedcomplete and appropriate for the scope of the journal then undergo rigorous single-blind peer review by at least two
independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper.