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Substance Use and Misuse

Informa Healthcare · United Kingdom

ISSN1082-6084eISSN1532-2491

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

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total60

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

0.804

H-Index

113

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.716

Total Works

5,706

Total Citations

109,982

2yr Mean Citedness

1.03

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal publishes research on substance use and misuse, including studies on motivations for use, cessation interventions, and the association between adverse experiences and substance use. Articles also explore the use of various substances such as anabolic-androgenic steroids, cannabis, alcohol, and opioids, as well as alternative tobacco products and cognitive enhancers.

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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—

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

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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

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.

Health (social science)Q1

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