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Journal of Smoking Cessation

Maximum Academic Press · United States · Est. 2006

ISSN1834-2612eISSN1834-2612

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Established

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS ESCI56

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

⚠ Withdrawn from DOAJ-15

Total59

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Removed from DOAJ (2025-02-27). DOAJ's stated reason: Changed publisher. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.448

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.437

Total Worksi

432

Total Citationsi

2,891

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.41

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Substance Abuse; Psychiatry and Mental Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2006

Frequency2 Issues Per Annum

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications432

Publisher OrgCambridge University Press

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Submission Info

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Maximum Academic Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1834-2612 / 1834-2612

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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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

Citations received

2019

141

2020

197

2021

104

2022

2023

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.

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Substance Abuse

Scopus Categories

Psychiatry and Mental Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Smoking Behavior and CessationBehavioral Health and InterventionsObesity, Physical Activity, DietSchool Health and Nursing EducationNicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors StudyGlobal Public Health Policies and EpidemiologySubstance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesHealth Policy Implementation ScienceMedia Influence and HealthHealth, psychology, and well-being

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Smoking Cessation

Is Journal of Smoking Cessation a predatory journal?

Journal of Smoking Cessation was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Changed publisher" (2025-02-27). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Smoking Cessation?

Journal of Smoking Cessation 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 0.41.

Is Journal of Smoking Cessation indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Smoking Cessation is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Smoking Cessation?