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Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2020

ISSN2667-1182

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q266

✓ Corroboration (1 more)+6

Total72

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Average · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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 ↗

SJR Scorei

0.471

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.062

Total Worksi

261

Total Citationsi

604

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.70

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health is an international journal devoted to the rapid publication of authoritative papers on Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS), Addictions and associated health phenomena. It covers novel psychoactive substances, addiction, behavioural addiction, doping, and drugs & pharmacology.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2020

Annual Volume~ 72 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications261

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2020

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~15 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2667-1182

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

❌

APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

2020

281

2021

113

2022

2023

103

123

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.

Clinical PsychologyQ2

Drug DiscoveryQ3

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

PharmacologyQ3

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

PharmacologyDrug DiscoveryPsychiatry and Mental HealthMedicine (miscellaneous)Clinical Psychology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Forensic Toxicology and Drug AnalysisOpioid Use Disorder TreatmentSubstance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesPsychedelics and Drug StudiesHIV, Drug Use, Sexual RiskImpact of Technology on AdolescentsCannabis and Cannabinoid ResearchHormonal and reproductive studiesDoping in SportsNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior

Frequently asked questions about Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health

Is Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 72/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health?

Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.471.

Is Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.