About this journal

Aims and scope

Published by Wiley-Blackwell from 2010.

2008 Impact Factor: 1.679
Ranking: 9/21 (Substance Abuse-Social Science Edition)
© Thomson Scientific, Journal Citation Reports®, 2009

The American Journal on Addictions is the official journal of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry. The Academy encourages research on the etiology, prevention, identification, and treatment of substance abuse; thus, the journal provides a forum for the dissemination of information in the extensive field of addiction.

Each issue of this publication covers a wide variety of topics ranging from codependence to genetics, epidemiology to dual diagnostics, etiology to neuroscience, and much more. Features of the journal, all written by experts in the field, include special overview articles, clinical or basic research papers, clinical updates, and book reviews within the area of addictions.

Psychiatrists, psychologists, academics and counselors specializing in addictions treatment, as well as all professionals dealing with addictions and addictions therapy in clinical or applied settings.

For information about the accompanying book program in this field, please
contact George Zimmar, Behavioral Sciences Executive Editor,
Brunner-Routledge Publishers, 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001, USA;
Ph: 212-216-7800, ext. 7161; Fax: 212-564-7854

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Abstracting and indexing

Abstracted/indexed in: Academic Search Complete, ASSIA, Biomedical Reference Collection: Comprehensive, CINAHL, Consumer Health Complete, Heath & Safety Abstracts, Current Contents®/Social and Behavioral Sciences, EMBASE, EMCARE, ETOH, Heath & Safety Abstracts, HINARI, Journal Citation Reports/ Social Sciences Edition, Neuroscience Abstracts, PsychInfo, PubMed/MedLine, SCOPUS, Social Sciences Citation Index, Social SciSearch®, Toxicology Abstracts