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Addictive Behaviors

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0306-4603eISSN1873-6327

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total50

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

1.638

H-Index

208

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.359

Total Works

8,567

Total Citations

359,112

2yr Mean Citedness

2.80

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Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal publishes research on substance use, including patterns of tobacco and nicotine product use among adolescents, the use of protective behavioral strategies for cannabis, predictors of vaping cessation, neurofeedback for cannabis use disorder, and retail surveillance of cannabis marketing practices.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyBiannual

StatusActive

Total Publications8,567

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0306-4603 / 1873-6327

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Clinical PsychologyQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ1

ToxicologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, ClinicalSubstance Abuse

Scopus Categories

Psychiatry and Mental HealthToxicologyMedicine (miscellaneous)Clinical Psychology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Substance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesSmoking Behavior and CessationBehavioral Health and InterventionsChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentCannabis and Cannabinoid Research