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Journal of Drug Education

SAGE Publications Inc. · United Kingdom · Est. 1971

ISSN1541-4159

SJR Q4✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.177

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.306

Total Worksi

1,392

Total Citationsi

23,059

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.38

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Education, Scientific Disciplines; Health (social science); Medicine (miscellaneous); Psychiatry and Mental Health; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1971

Annual Volume~ 8 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,392

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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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?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1541-4159

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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

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Citations received

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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)Q4

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q4

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ4

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education, Scientific Disciplines

Scopus Categories

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

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Substance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesBehavioral Health and InterventionsCommunity Health and DevelopmentChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentSmoking Behavior and CessationYouth Development and Social SupportHomelessness and Social IssuesHealth Policy Implementation ScienceCannabis and Cannabinoid ResearchAlcohol Consumption and Health Effects

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Drug Education

Is Journal of Drug Education a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Drug Education: 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 Journal of Drug Education?

Journal of Drug Education 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 0.38.

Is Journal of Drug Education indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Drug Education is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Drug Education?