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NAD Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

SAGE Publications Inc. · United Kingdom · Est. 1997

ISSN1458-6126

SJR Q2✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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

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📊 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

0.496

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.758

Total Worksi

1,854

Total Citationsi

8,597

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.35

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs is a peer-reviewed open access journal focusing on social science research related to alcohol and drugs. It also covers other substances and behaviors such as gambling, gaming, eating, and smoking, and addresses aspects of epidemiology, use, harm, prevention, policies, and practice.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1997

FrequencySix No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,854

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

OA Since2010

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-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 Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1458-6126

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

❌

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

403

2019

671

2020

434

2021

444

2022

227

2023

104

2024

2025

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

Health PolicyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Substance Abuse

Scopus Categories

Health (social science)Health Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Substance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesAlcohol Consumption and Health EffectsGambling Behavior and TreatmentsSocial and Educational SciencesHomelessness and Social IssuesHealth Policy Implementation ScienceMental Health and Patient InvolvementHIV, Drug Use, Sexual RiskOpioid Use Disorder TreatmentCommunity Health and Development

Frequently asked questions about NAD Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Is NAD Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for NAD Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 NAD Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs?

NAD Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 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 1.35.

Is NAD Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

NAD Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.