Special Issues
A special issue is a focused collection within the journal’s existing remit, assembled by guest editors and reviewed to the same standard as any other submission.
Propose a Special Issue
International Journal of Pain Management welcomes proposals for focused collections that address important questions in pain research and pain care. Researchers with relevant expertise are invited to review the proposal requirements and contact the editorial office.
The question the collection addresses and why it is timely; the guest editors, with their affiliations and relevant publications; an outline of the articles envisaged; and a realistic timetable.
The editorial office, at [email protected]. The publisher also operates a special issue proposal page for the journal.
A proposal is read for fit against the Aims & Scope, for the standing of the guest editors in the subject, and for whether the collection would add something the ordinary issues do not.
How a collection is run
A collection sits inside the journal’s existing remit. It gathers work already within scope rather than extending what the journal covers.
Guest editors handle the collection’s manuscripts and are named on every article in it. A guest editor who is an author on a submission to their own collection hands it to a journal editor.
Single-blind by default; double-blind review is available on request.
Manuscripts that proceed to external peer review are normally evaluated by at least two independent subject-matter experts.
Manuscripts in a collection are reviewed independently and to the same standard as manuscripts submitted to an ordinary issue.
Editorial decisions are based on scope, scientific quality, methodological rigor, ethical compliance, reporting quality, and relevance to the journal.
Editorial decisions are independent of fees, services, memberships and roles.
The article processing charge is the same as for any other submission and is invoiced after acceptance.
Regular submissions
Regular submissions are accepted throughout the year.
A collection is one route into the journal and not the main one. Work across the whole of the journal’s remit can be submitted at any time.