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Journal of Addiction Medicine

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · United States · Est. 1969

ISSN1932-0620eISSN1935-3227

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.317

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.903

Total Worksi

2,041

Total Citationsi

37,347

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.82

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Substance Abuse; Medicine (miscellaneous); Pharmacology (medical); Psychiatry and Mental Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1969

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,041

Publisher OrgLippincott Williams & Wilkins

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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?

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1932-0620 / 1935-3227

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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

101

2.3k

2019

205

5.1k

2020

146

2.4k

2021

177

1.6k

2022

134

1.2k

2023

178

779

2024

200

274

2025

124

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

Pharmacology (medical)Q1

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Substance Abuse

Scopus Categories

Pharmacology (medical)Psychiatry and Mental HealthMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Opioid Use Disorder TreatmentSubstance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesHIV, Drug Use, Sexual RiskPrenatal Substance Exposure EffectsForensic Toxicology and Drug AnalysisPain Management and Opioid UseSmoking Behavior and CessationAlcoholism and Thiamine DeficiencyMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and PostpartumCannabis and Cannabinoid Research

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Addiction Medicine

Is Journal of Addiction Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Addiction Medicine: 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 Addiction Medicine?

Journal of Addiction Medicine 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 1.82.

Is Journal of Addiction Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Addiction Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Addiction Medicine?