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Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2008

ISSN1178-2218

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.835

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

385

Total Citationsi

7,129

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment is a peer-reviewed, open access journal focused on drug dependence and substance abuse. It covers topics related to treatment and recovery challenges within this field.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2008

Annual Volume~ 47 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2023)

Total Publications385

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

OA Since2007

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1178-2218

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

712

2016

766

2017

518

2018

698

2019

525

2020

472

2021

621

2022

547

2023

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.

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Psychiatry and Mental Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Substance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesOpioid Use Disorder TreatmentPrenatal Substance Exposure EffectsHIV, Drug Use, Sexual RiskCannabis and Cannabinoid ResearchSmoking Behavior and CessationHomelessness and Social IssuesNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on BehaviorChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentAlcohol Consumption and Health Effects

Frequently asked questions about Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment

Is Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment?

Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.835.

Is Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.