The BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF PAIN – BrJP is an official scientific publication of the Sociedade Brasileira para o Estudo da Dor (Brazilian Society for the Study of Pain – SBED) available in open access in electronic version (ISSN 2595-3192) and in print version (ISSN 2595-0118). BrJP is an open access journal, meaning that all the content is available in digital format, free of charge, at no cost to the user or their institution. Published articles can be accessed on the BrJP website.

BrJP is aimed at all health professionals, including biologists, biomedical professionals, dentists, physical education teachers, nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists, doctors, veterinarians, nutritionists, psychologists, occupational therapists and professionals from areas connected to the study and treatment of pain, such as lawyers and sociologists. The BrJP scientific journal publishes original research on the nature, education, ethics, mechanisms, assessment and treatment of pain and provides a multidisciplinary forum for the dissemination of basic and applied pain research.

BrJP follows the Editorial Policy Statements of the Council of Science Editors (CSE). All article submissions are reviewed for integrity and originality by the Editor-in-Chief. The analysis of relevance is defined with the Associate Editor of the main topic. After this stage, the article is sent for peer review. When an Editor is on the list of authors or has any other competing interest regarding a specific manuscript, another member of the Editorial Board will be assigned to oversee the peer review. When an Editor is on the list of authors or has any other competing interest in relation to a specific manuscript, another member of the Editorial Board will be assigned to oversee the peer review. Editors will consider the peer-reviewed reports when making a decision, but will not be bound by the opinions or recommendations contained therein. A concern raised by a single reviewer or by the Editor himself may result in the manuscript being rejected. Authors receive peer review reports with the editorial decision on their manuscript. The journal does not charge authors for submitting articles. All articles are available in open access.