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Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine

Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine is a monthly scientific journal and the official publication of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA Pain Medicine) dedicated to mitigating the global burden of pain, covering all aspects of acute, perioperative, transitional, and chronic pain medicine from basic science to population health. It also serves as the official journal of the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy (ESRA), the Asian and Oceanic Society of Regional Anesthesia (AOSRA), the Latin American Society of Regional Anesthesia (LASRA), and the African Society for Regional Anesthesia (AFSRA).

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Subject Anesthesiology
Impact Factor 3.5
Quartile Q1
Open Access Type Hybrid
ISSN 1098-7339
eISSN 1532-8651
Invitation Only No
Cost Range Open access article processing charges are $2,800 for members and $3,890 for non-members, with no submission, page, or colour figure charges.

Submission Instructions

Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine accepts the following article types. Click on an article type to view submission instructions.

Original Research

Cover Letter A cover letter is required for submission.
Abstract Original Research articles require a structured abstract with Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusions (or CONSORT-format for clinical trials), maximum 250 words; abstracts should avoid unnecessary abbreviations or acronyms.
Manuscript Limit Original Research word count to 1,500 to 3,000 words.
References No specific reference style name (e.g., AMA, Vancouver, APA) is specified. Limit the number of references in Original Research articles to 30.
Figures & Tables Upload figures separately as image files and provide figure legends with descriptive text and definitions of all abbreviations; limit for Original Research: combined total of 5 tables and figures.
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Case Report

Cover Letter A cover letter is required for submission.
Abstract Case Reports require a structured abstract ordered as Background, Case Presentation, and Conclusions, with a maximum of 250 words.
Manuscript Case Reports must be structured into Introduction, Case Report, and Discussion sections, with a maximum of 2,000 words excluding the title page, abstract, tables, acknowledgements, contributions, and references.
References References must be listed in numbered format corresponding to superscript citations in the text, with a maximum of 25 references for Case Reports; specific citation style is not otherwise specified.
Figures & Tables Tables must be created in Word, placed in the main text at first citation, and cited in numerical order; figures are uploaded separately, and figure legends must be provided for all figures.
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Brief Technical Report

Cover Letter A cover letter is required for submission.
Abstract Brief Technical Reports require a structured abstract with a maximum of 250 words, using section headings appropriate to the article type; the reported word count for the article excludes the abstract.
Manuscript Brief Technical Reports must be between 1,500 and 2,500 words, with the reported word count excluding the title page, abstract, tables, acknowledgements, contributions, and references.
References References must be listed in a numbered format corresponding to superscript citations in the text, with a maximum of 20 references for Brief Technical Reports; no specific citation style name is specified.
Figures & Tables Brief Technical Reports may include a combined maximum of 5 tables and figures; figures are uploaded separately as image files, while tables are included in the manuscript file.
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Review

Cover Letter A cover letter is required for submission.
Abstract Review articles require a structured abstract using the headings Background/Importance, Objective, Evidence Review, Findings, and Conclusions, with a maximum of 250 words.
Manuscript Review articles must clearly state in the title whether they are narrative reviews, systematic reviews, or meta-analyses, follow PRISMA or MOOSE as appropriate, and have a maximum main text length of 3,500 words, excluding the title page, abstract, tables, acknowledgements, contributions, and references.
References References are listed in numbered (Vancouver-style) format corresponding to superscript citations in the text, with a maximum of 75 references for Review articles; no maximum reference count is otherwise indicated.
Figures & Tables Tables must be in Word format, placed in the main text at first citation (with longer than two pages as online-only), and figures uploaded separately, with a combined maximum of 5 tables and figures for Review articles.
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Special Article (Typically Commissioned)

Cover Letter A cover letter is required for submission.
Abstract Special articles require an unstructured abstract following the title page, with a maximum of 250 words.
Manuscript Special articles are structured into Introduction, Discussion, and Acknowledgements sections (following Original Research guidelines where applicable) with a maximum main text length of 4,000 words, excluding the title page, abstract, tables, acknowledgements, contributions, and references.
References References are listed in a numbered section corresponding to superscript citations in the text, with a maximum of 50 references for Special articles; no specific citation style name is indicated.
Figures & Tables Tables are created in Word and placed in the main text at first citation, and Special articles are limited to a combined total of 2 tables and figures.
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Editorial

Cover Letter A cover letter is required for submission.
Abstract Editorials must not include an abstract; any general abstract length limit of 350 words does not apply to this article type.
Manuscript Editorials are solicited discussion-format pieces with a maximum word count of 1,500 words, excluding the title page, abstract, tables, acknowledgements, contributions, and references.
References References must be numbered using superscript citations in the text, with a maximum of 10 references for Editorials; no specific citation style name is indicated.
Figures & Tables Editorials may include a combined maximum of 2 tables and figures, with tables placed in the main text at first citation and any table longer than two pages published as online-only supplementary material.
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Daring Discourse

Cover Letter A cover letter is required for submission.
Abstract An unstructured abstract is required following the title page for Daring Discourse submissions, with a maximum of 250 words and minimal use of abbreviations or acronyms.
Manuscript Daring Discourse articles must be structured into Introduction, Discussion, and Acknowledgements sections, with a word count between 1,500 and 2,500 words excluding the title page, abstract, tables, acknowledgements, contributions, and references.
References References must be listed in a numbered section corresponding to superscript citations in the text, with a maximum of 25 references for Daring Discourse articles; specific citation style beyond numbering is not specified.
Figures & Tables Tables must be created in Word, placed in the main text at first citation, and any table longer than two pages must appear as online-only supplementary material, while figures must be uploaded separately as image files with accompanying figure legends; no maximum number of figures or tables is specified.
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Research Letter

Cover Letter A cover letter is required for submission.
Abstract No abstract is to be included with Research Letters.
Manuscript Limit Research Letter word count to a maximum of 600 words.
References References are listed in a numbered format corresponding to superscript citations in the text, with a maximum of 6 references for Research Letters; no specific citation style name is indicated.
Figures & Tables Research Letters may include a combined maximum of 2 tables and figures, and figures or images are uploaded separately as files (e.g., TIFF or PDF) with accompanying figure legends in the manuscript.
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Recent Publications

Vitamin D receptor agonism modulates spinal neuroinflammation via IL-34 to attenuate chronic postsurgical pain in rats

Cancan Cheng, Yufan Zhao, Tingshun Yang, Zhonghua Hu, Fan Zhang, Wenxiang Qing, Jin Li, Wen Ouyang, Zhibin Jiang, Dong Huang, Hao Zhang, Qian Chen, Daqing Ma, Qin Liao

10.1136/rapm-2026-108175
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Quincke spinal needle tips deform after bone contact in routine clinical practice

Marina Roger Coscojuela, Ana Vicente-Montaña, Miguel A. Reina, André P Boezaart, Anna Puigdellívol-Sánchez, Xavier Sala-Blanch

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Straight from the horse’s mouth: assessing anesthesiology resident perceptions and barriers to pain medicine fellowship – a national survey

Oludare Olatoye, Timothy R Long, Andrew Hanson, Lynn Kohan

10.1136/rapm-2026-108530
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Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and complex regional pain syndrome: counting codes versus counting disease?

Mason A Thomas, Caroline Kane, Anupa Parajuli, Amir L Butt

10.1136/rapm-2026-108512
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Comment on intravenous lidocaine in spine surgery: procedure-specific benefit or classification-sensitive signal?

Tuhin Mistry, Abhijit Nair

10.1136/rapm-2026-108580
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Frequently asked questions

How long does it take to publish?

Manuscripts have a median time to first decision without review of 2 days, a median time to first decision with review of 18 days, and a median time from acceptance to publication of 16 days.

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Is a cover letter required?

A cover letter is required for all submissions and must accompany the manuscript at the time of submission.

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What are the publication costs?

Open Access fees apply for authors choosing an open access publication option.

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Research Topics

Anesthesia and Pain Management Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Nausea and vomiting management Shoulder Injury and Treatment

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