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Addiction

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1958

ISSN1360-0443

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

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

2.399

H-Indexi

276

SNIPi

1.973

Total Worksi

13,309

Total Citationsi

537,498

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.15

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Addiction is an SSA journal publishing peer-reviewed research reports on pharmalogical and behavioural addictions. Its scope spans human experimental, epidemiological, social science, historical, clinical and policy research relating to addiction, primarily but not exclusively in the areas of psychoactive substance use and/or gambling.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1958

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications13,309

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1360-0443

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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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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

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

402

11k

2019

443

12k

2020

429

9.5k

2021

344

5.6k

2022

306

3.6k

2023

355

2.5k

2024

362

1.1k

2025

290

142

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

PsychiatrySubstance Abuse

Scopus Categories

Psychiatry and Mental HealthMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Substance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesOpioid Use Disorder TreatmentSmoking Behavior and CessationAlcohol Consumption and Health EffectsHIV, Drug Use, Sexual RiskCannabis and Cannabinoid ResearchGambling Behavior and TreatmentsForensic Toxicology and Drug AnalysisNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on BehaviorPrenatal Substance Exposure Effects

Frequently asked questions about Addiction

Is Addiction a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Addiction: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 Addiction?

Addiction 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 3.15.

Is Addiction indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Addiction is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.