About the Journal

Brief History

BrJP was founded in 1999 under the initial title Revista Dor. BrJP is the scientific journal of the Sociedade Brasileira para o Estudo da Dor (SBED – Brazilian Society for the Study of Pain) – the Brazilian chapter of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) – with the primary aim of being an organ for the publication of original articles, reviews and case reports on the study of acute or chronic pain in humans and animals, by national and foreign authors, whether or not they are SBED members. Its mission is to disseminate scientific advances in the treatment and study of pain. From 2018 to 2025, the journal published articles in both Portuguese and English; as of 2026, all articles will be published exclusively in English, with abstracts available in both Portuguese and English.

Open Access

BrJP is an open-access journal, which means that all content is available free of charge, at no cost to the user or their institution.
Users are authorized to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link the full texts of articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without seeking prior permission from the editor or author. Users must cite the source of the information with the BrJP publication reference.

Compliance with Open Science

This journal follows the Open Science Green model.
Our editorial policy follows the research communication in the Open Science modus operandi.
Authors must complete and submit the Open Science compliance form with the manuscript. In this form, authors are asked to inform: (a) whether the manuscript is a preprint and, if so, its location; (b) whether data, program code and other material underlying the text of the manuscript are properly cited and referenced; and (c) whether they accept openness options in the peer review process.

Link to the Open Science compliance form

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

The Brazilian Journal of Pain (BrJP) is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics, scientific integrity, transparency, and editorial quality throughout all stages of the manuscript evaluation, editing, and publication process. This Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement establishes the ethical principles, responsibilities, and procedures adopted by the journal to preserve the integrity of the scientific record and promote responsible scholarly publishing.

BrJP follows the recommendations and best practices established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), the Council of Science Editors (CSE), the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing, and the SciELO Program.

Ethical Principles and Editorial Independence

Editorial decisions are based exclusively on the scientific merit, originality, methodological quality, ethical compliance, and relevance of submitted manuscripts. BrJP does not discriminate on the basis of nationality, institutional affiliation, gender, ethnicity, political beliefs, or religion.

The Editor-in-Chief and Associate Editors exercise full editorial independence. Editorial decisions are made without interference from the publisher, the Brazilian Society for the Study of Pain (SBED), sponsors, advertisers, or any commercial or financial interests. Editorial independence is a fundamental principle that ensures the impartiality, credibility, and integrity of the scientific publishing process.

Responsibilities of Authors

Authors are responsible for ensuring that submitted manuscripts represent original work, have not been previously published or simultaneously submitted to another journal, appropriately acknowledge all contributors, accurately report their methods and findings, disclose all funding sources and potential conflicts of interest, and comply with all applicable ethical standards governing research involving human participants or animals.

Studies involving human participants must include approval from an appropriate Research Ethics Committee and, whenever applicable, documentation of informed consent. Research involving animals must comply with all applicable ethical and regulatory requirements. Clinical trials must be prospectively registered in a publicly accessible registry.

Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, integrity, and reliability of all information presented in their manuscripts.

Responsibilities of Reviewers

Reviewers are expected to maintain the confidentiality of all manuscripts under review, provide objective, constructive, timely, and unbiased evaluations, disclose any potential conflicts of interest, and promptly notify the editors of any suspected plagiarism, duplicate publication, inappropriate image manipulation, improper authorship, data fabrication or falsification, citation manipulation, or any other breach of research integrity.

Publication Misconduct

BrJP uses iThenticate similarity detection software to screen all submitted manuscripts and reserves the right to investigate any allegation of publication misconduct.

Suspected cases of plagiarism, self-plagiarism, duplicate or redundant publication, data fabrication or falsification, inappropriate image manipulation, citation manipulation, undisclosed conflicts of interest, authorship disputes, or any other form of scientific misconduct will be evaluated in accordance with COPE recommendations.

When appropriate, the journal may request clarifications from the authors, suspend the editorial process, reject the manuscript, publish corrections, errata, Expressions of Concern, or retractions, and notify the authors' institutions, funding agencies, or other relevant authorities.

Corrections, Errata, Retractions, and Expressions of Concern

BrJP is committed to preserving the integrity and reliability of the scientific record. Whenever significant errors or ethical concerns are identified after publication, the journal may publish corrections, errata, Expressions of Concern, or retractions, as appropriate.

The registration and publication of corrections, errata, retractions, and Expressions of Concern will follow the recommendations of the SciELO Program and COPE, ensuring transparency, traceability, and appropriate documentation of all post-publication amendments.

Open Science and Artificial Intelligence

BrJP supports the principles of Open Science and encourages transparency in scientific reporting, research reproducibility, and data sharing whenever appropriate, in accordance with the journal's editorial policies.

The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools during manuscript preparation must be disclosed by the authors. AI-assisted technologies may be used solely to support writing, language editing, or manuscript organization. Artificial Intelligence systems cannot be listed as authors, as they are unable to assume scientific, ethical, or legal responsibility for the published work.

Appeals, Complaints, and Advertising Policy

BrJP is committed to ensuring fairness, transparency, and due process in all editorial activities. Appeals against editorial decisions and complaints regarding the peer-review process, publication ethics, or editorial conduct may be submitted to the Editorial Office and will be handled confidentially, impartially, and in accordance with COPE recommendations.

The journal does not permit advertising, sponsorship, or any commercial interests to influence its editorial policies, peer-review process, editorial decisions, or the scientific content of published articles.

Commitment to Scientific Integrity

By submitting a manuscript to the Brazilian Journal of Pain, authors, reviewers, and editors acknowledge and agree to comply with the ethical principles described in this Statement and to contribute to maintaining the quality, credibility, transparency, and integrity of the scientific literature published by the journal.

Focus and Scope

The main objective of the BrJP journal is to publish the results of original research into the treatment of pain and the understanding of acute pain, chronic pain, pain education, bioethics, pain in humans and pain in animals. With a multidisciplinary emphasis, BrJP publishes research results from various areas of health and areas related to the study and treatment of pain.
Areas of interest: Acute pain, Chronic pain, Pain education, Pain treatment, Bioethics, Medicine, Pain in humans, Pain in animals.
BrJP adopts the Creative Commons CC BY license: "This license allows others to distribute, remix, adapt and create from your work, even for commercial purposes, as long as they credit you for the original creation. It is the most flexible of all the licenses available. It is recommended in order to maximize the dissemination and use of licensed materials." (Source: CC/Brazil).
There is no charge to authors for submitting or processing articles (APC).
As of January 2024, BrJP will be published under the continuous publication mode.