Journal metric profile

Current Pain and Headache Reports

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 3.500 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 4.100 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q2 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 74/285 Recorded category rank

Current Pain and Headache Reports JCR impact factor overview

This profile summarizes the journal metrics and publication information available in the current directory record.

Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Current Pain and Headache Reports metric snapshot

Current Pain and Headache Reports has a bibliometric profile in this directory for 2025. The publisher recorded for the journal is SPRINGER. Its listed Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor is 3.500. The five-year Journal Impact Factor is 4.100, giving a second citation window for comparison. The journal is recorded in quartile Q2 for its listed JCR category.

Category position and quartile

The recorded JCR category position is 74 out of 285 journals. Based on that rank position, the journal sits within approximately the top 26% of the listed category. Its listed quartile is Q2. Category ranks and quartiles are field-specific and are not measures of the quality of an individual article.

How the citation indicators compare

The five-year Journal Impact Factor (4.100) is 0.600 points higher than the standard Journal Impact Factor (3.500). Without journal self-citations, the Impact Factor is 3.300, a difference of 0.200 points from the listed standard value. The Journal Citation Indicator (JCI) is recorded as 0.640. These measures use different definitions or citation windows, so they are most useful when read together rather than treated as interchangeable scores.

Citation and publication counts

For 2025, the directory record for Current Pain and Headache Reports lists total cites: 4,264; total articles: 1; citable items: 106. These fields describe different parts of the JCR record and should not be combined into an article-level quality score.

Citation half-life profile

The cited half-life is 6.6 years, indicating the median age of items that contributed citations to the journal in the reporting framework. The citing half-life is 6.4 years, indicating the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Identifiers and verification

Current Pain and Headache Reports is identified in this directory by print ISSN 1531-3433 and electronic ISSN 1534-3081. The publisher is recorded as SPRINGER. When making submission, library, or research-evaluation decisions, verify the title and identifiers against the journal publisher and the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports record.

Complete journal information

Use this table to verify the individual metric values, identifiers and publication details stored for this journal.

Journal nameCurrent Pain and Headache Reports
Abbreviated journalCURR PAIN HEADACHE R
PublisherSPRINGER
Metric year2025
Overall rank3,784
ISSN1531-3433
eISSN1534-3081
Total cites4,264
Total articles1
Citable items106
Cited half-life6.6 years
Citing half-life6.4 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor3.500
5-Year Impact Factor4.100
Impact Factor without journal self-cites3.300
Journal Citation Indicator0.640
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ2
JCR category rank74/285
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of Current Pain and Headache Reports?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for Current Pain and Headache Reports is 3.500 for the 2025 metric year.

What are the JCR quartile and category rank of Current Pain and Headache Reports?

Current Pain and Headache Reports is listed with quartile Q2 and category rank 74/285. These values are category-specific and should be verified against the official JCR record when used for formal assessment.

What is the five-year Journal Impact Factor of Current Pain and Headache Reports?

The five-year Journal Impact Factor recorded for Current Pain and Headache Reports is 4.100. It uses a longer citation window than the standard Journal Impact Factor.

Who publishes Current Pain and Headache Reports?

Current Pain and Headache Reports is listed in this directory as being published by SPRINGER.

Additional records from the same publisher or with a similar listed JCR Impact Factor.