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Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Alcohol Research Documentation Inc. · United States · Est. 1924

ISSN1937-1888eISSN1938-4114

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.839

H-Indexi

104

SNIPi

0.79

Total Worksi

2,354

Total Citationsi

62,433

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.08

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Psychology; Substance Abuse; Health (social science); Psychiatry and Mental Health; Toxicology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1924

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,354

Publisher OrgAlcohol Research Documentation

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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?

Alcohol Research Documentation Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1937-1888 / 1938-4114

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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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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

1.6k

2019

106

1.8k

2020

1.3k

2021

167

1.2k

2022

107

493

2023

142

345

2024

121

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)Q1

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ2

ToxicologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

PsychologySubstance Abuse

Scopus Categories

Psychiatry and Mental HealthToxicologyHealth (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Substance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesAlcohol Consumption and Health EffectsSmoking Behavior and CessationOpioid Use Disorder TreatmentCannabis and Cannabinoid ResearchPrenatal Substance Exposure EffectsGambling Behavior and TreatmentsNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on BehaviorAlcoholism and Thiamine DeficiencyHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Is Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs: 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 Studies on Alcohol and Drugs?

Journal of 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 1.08.

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

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs?