About this journal
Aims and scope
Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation is an international, peer-reviewed, open access online journal publishing original research, case reports, editorials, reviews, commentaries, study designs and methods, statistical designs and study protocols on all areas of addiction and substance abuse and options for treatment and rehabilitation.
Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation will no longer consider meta-analyses for publication.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 77K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 5.1 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 6.6 (2023) 5 year IF
Understanding and using journal metrics
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Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
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*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editor-in-Chief:
Dr. Rajendra D. Badgaiyan, Chief of Psychiatry at South Texas Veterans Health Care System San Antonio, Texas, and Professor of Psychiatry at Long School of Medicine, University of Texas Health, United States
Editorial Board:
Stephan Arndt, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Professor Emeritus of Biostatistics, College of Public Health, Former Director, Iowa Consortium for Substance Abuse Research Evaluation, University of Iowa, United States
Professor Kenneth Blum, Division of Addiction Research and Education, Center for Sports, Exercise & Mental Health, Western University Health Sciences, pomona., CA., USA
Professor Caroline Davis, Kinesiology Health Sciences, York University, Canada
Dr Kenneth Grasing, Substance Abuse Research Laboratory, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center; and Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center; Kansas, MO, United States
Professor David Haaga, Clinical Psychology Research Lab, American University of Washington, United States
Professor Peter Hajek, Tobacco Dependence Research Unit at the Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine; and Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London, United Kingdom
Professor Levent Kirisci, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, United States
Dr Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, Staff Surgeon, Owner, Center for Advanced Spine Care of Southern Arizona.
Dr Walter Ling, Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Dept of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Professor Celia Lo, Department of Sociology, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX, United States
Dr Florence Noble, Pharmacoloy and Addiction Therapies, Université de Paris, Paris, France
Dr John Page, Department of Anthropology, University of Miami Coral Gables, FL, United States
Professor Angela Robertson, Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University, United States
Professor Christine Timko, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University Medical Center, United States
Professor Jichuan Wang, Pediatrics, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C, United States
Professor Thomas Wickizer, Stephen F. Loebs Professor Emeritus, Health Services Management and Policy, and Academy Professor, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Professor Michael Zvolensky, Anxiety and Health Research Laboratory-Substance Use Treatment Clinic (AHRL-SUTC), University of Houston, Houston, TX , United States
Abstracting and indexing
Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation is indexed/tracked/covered by the following services:
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
EMBASE (Elsevier)
Pubmed (NLM)
PubMed Central Selective Deposit Medicine & Health (NLM)
Open access
Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
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- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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