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Drugs, Habits and Social Policy

Emerald Publishing · United Kingdom · Est. 2022

ISSN2752-6739eISSN2752-6747

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Established

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS ESCI56

✓ Corroboration (1 more)+6

Total62

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⚡ 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 75% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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SJR Scorei

0.348

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.429

Total Worksi

Total Citationsi

393

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.57

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Social Sciences, General; Substance Abuse; Clinical Psychology; Health Policy; Health (social science); Psychiatry and Mental Health; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2022

Annual Volume~ 22 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications98

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

5/12 · 42%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Emerald Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2752-6739 / 2752-6747

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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

251

2022

145

2023

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 PsychologyQ3

Health PolicyQ3

Health (social science)Q3

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ3

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Social Sciences, GeneralSubstance Abuse

Scopus Categories

Psychiatry and Mental HealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthClinical PsychologyHealth (social science)Health Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Substance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesHIV, Drug Use, Sexual RiskOpioid Use Disorder TreatmentCannabis and Cannabinoid ResearchForensic Toxicology and Drug AnalysisHomelessness and Social IssuesPsychedelics and Drug StudiesMental Health and Patient InvolvementGlobal Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyCrime, Illicit Activities, and Governance

Frequently asked questions about Drugs, Habits and Social Policy

Is Drugs, Habits and Social Policy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Drugs, Habits and Social Policy: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 62/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Drugs, Habits and Social Policy?

Drugs, Habits and Social Policy 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 0.57.

Is Drugs, Habits and Social Policy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Drugs, Habits and Social Policy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.