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Alcohol

Elsevier Inc. · United States · Est. 1973

ISSN1873-6823

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ 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 50% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.697

H-Indexi

117

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.784

Total Worksi

4,935

Total Citationsi

103,729

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.91

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Alcohol is an international, peer-reviewed journal devoted to multi-disciplinary biomedical research on all aspects of the actions or effects of alcohol on the nervous system or other organ systems. It emphasizes studies into the causes and consequences of alcohol, including alcoholism, abuse, dependence, treatments, and recovery.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1973

FrequencyNine No. A Year, 1999-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,935

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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?

Elsevier Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1873-6823

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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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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

1.4k

2019

1.3k

2020

108

790

2021

885

2022

267

485

2023

130

307

2024

108

2025

189

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.

BiochemistryQ2

Health (social science)Q2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

ToxicologyQ2

Behavioral NeuroscienceQ3

NeurologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Pharmacology & PharmacySubstance AbuseToxicology

Scopus Categories

BiochemistryToxicologyMedicine (miscellaneous)Behavioral NeuroscienceNeurologyHealth (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on BehaviorAlcohol Consumption and Health EffectsNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchPrenatal Substance Exposure EffectsSubstance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesReceptor Mechanisms and SignalingStress Responses and CortisolDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesAlcoholism and Thiamine DeficiencyMemory and Neural Mechanisms

Frequently asked questions about Alcohol

Is Alcohol a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Alcohol: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Alcohol?

Alcohol 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 0.91.

Is Alcohol indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Alcohol is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.