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Substance Use and Misuse

Informa Healthcare · United Kingdom

ISSN1082-6084eISSN1532-2491

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.691

H-Indexi

113

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.716

Total Worksi

5,706

Total Citationsi

109,982

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.03

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Psychiatry; Psychology; Substance Abuse; Health (social science); Medicine (miscellaneous); Psychiatry and Mental Health; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyFourteen No. A Year

StatusActive

Total Publications5,706

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Informa Healthcare

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1082-6084 / 1532-2491

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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

Citations received

273

4.7k

2019

224

3.3k

2020

284

2021

227

2022

265

1.4k

2023

240

650

2024

344

266

2025

189

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Health (social science)Q2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ2

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

PsychiatryPsychologySubstance Abuse

Scopus Categories

Psychiatry and Mental HealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthMedicine (miscellaneous)Health (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Substance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesHIV, Drug Use, Sexual RiskOpioid Use Disorder TreatmentHomelessness and Social IssuesSmoking Behavior and Cessation

Frequently asked questions about Substance Use and Misuse

Is Substance Use and Misuse a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Substance Use and Misuse: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Substance Use and Misuse?

Substance Use and Misuse is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.03.

Is Substance Use and Misuse indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Substance Use and Misuse is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Substance Use and Misuse?