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Substance Use and Addiction Journal

SAGE Publications Inc. · United Kingdom · Est. 2023

ISSN2976-7342eISSN2976-7350

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.089

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.993

Total Worksi

289

Total Citationsi

551

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.78

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2023

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications289

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

Visit Journal Website

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?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2976-7342 / 2976-7350

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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

2023

124

530

2024

117

112

2025

120

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

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Substance Abuse

Scopus Categories

Psychiatry and Mental HealthMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Opioid Use Disorder TreatmentSubstance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesHIV, Drug Use, Sexual RiskPrenatal Substance Exposure EffectsPain Management and Opioid UseHealth Policy Implementation ScienceSmoking Behavior and CessationCannabis and Cannabinoid ResearchForensic Toxicology and Drug AnalysisHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnout

Frequently asked questions about Substance Use and Addiction Journal

Is Substance Use and Addiction Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Substance Use and Addiction Journal: 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 Substance Use and Addiction Journal?

Substance Use and Addiction Journal 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 1.78.

Is Substance Use and Addiction Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Substance Use and Addiction Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Substance Use and Addiction Journal?