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Journal of Drug Policy Analysis

Walter de Gruyter GmbH · Germany · Est. 2008

ISSN1941-2851

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.111

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

Total Citationsi

642

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The journal Journal of Drug Policy Analysis (JDPA) has ceased publication and no longer publishes with DeGruyter Publishing.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2008

Frequency1 issue per year

StatusActive (last: 2021)

Total Publications63

Publisher OrgDe Gruyter

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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

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1941-2851

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

Yes

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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

110

2014

2015

115

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

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 PolicyQ4

Health (social science)Q4

Public AdministrationQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Public AdministrationHealth (social science)Health Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Substance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesHIV, Drug Use, Sexual RiskOpioid Use Disorder TreatmentCannabis and Cannabinoid ResearchCrime, Illicit Activities, and GovernanceCriminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisForensic Toxicology and Drug AnalysisPrenatal Substance Exposure EffectsEconomic Sanctions and International RelationsDecision-Making and Behavioral Economics

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Drug Policy Analysis

Is Journal of Drug Policy Analysis a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Drug Policy Analysis: it is indexed in 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 Policy Analysis?

Journal of Drug Policy Analysis is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.111.

Is Journal of Drug Policy Analysis indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Drug Policy Analysis is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Drug Policy Analysis?