The Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse addresses the treatment of substance use in all ages of children. With the growing magnitude of the problem of substance use among children and youth, this is an essential forum for the dissemination of descriptive or investigative efforts with this population. This Journal serves as a vehicle for communication and dissemination of information to the many practitioners and researchers working with these young people.
With this singular mission in mind, the Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse provides subscribers with one source for obtaining current, useful information regarding state-of-the-art approaches to the strategies and issues in the assessment, prevention, and treatment of adolescent substance use.
The Journal is an interdisciplinary forum geared towards researchers and practitioners for the publication of information on clinical and investigative efforts concerning the assessment, prevention, and treatment of child and adolescent substance use. The primary focus is on the empirical study of child and adolescent substance use utilizing group comparisons, or single-case experimental strategies.
The Journal publishes clinical and research reports from a broad range of disciplines:
pediatrics
clinical and counseling psychology
psychiatry
family therapy
sociology
public health
rehabilitation
social work
Case studies that are of special clinical relevance or that describe innovative evaluation and intervention techniques, reviews, and theoretical discussions that contribute substantially to our understanding of child and adolescent substance use are also published. These enable the Journal to provide a unique combination of clinical problems, solutions, and research findings to its readers.
Peer Review Policy: All manuscripts that are submitted to this journal to be considered for publication have undergone initial screening by the Editor. Almost exclusively, these manuscripts have been reviewed by up to three anonymous referees.
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and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
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of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
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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
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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.
CARA BORELLI, DO - Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT
JAN N. WIDERMAN, DO, FACOP, FAAP, FAOAAM, FASAM - Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine,Philadelphia, PA
EDITOR EMERITUS
RONALD ACIERNO, PHD - Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston, TX
EDITORIAL BOARD
Zachary W. Adams, PhD — Indiana University School of Medicine Timothy Brennan, MD, MPH — Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Oscar G. Bukstein, MD, MPH — Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School Richard Dembo, PhD — University of South Florida Leah Habersham, MD — Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Stephen T. Higgins, PhD — University of Vermont Yifrah Kaminer, MD, MBA — UConn School of Medicine Howard A. Liddle, EdD — University of Miami Ashli J. Sheidow, PhD — Chestnut Health Systems' Lighthouse Institute Kevin Simon, MD, MPH — Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School Lynda Stein, PhD — University of Rhode Island/Brown University Marina Tolou-Shams, PhD — University of California San Francisco Abigail S. Tucker, PsyD — Nova Southeastern University Win C. Turner, PhD — Center for Behavioral Health Integration Geri-Lynn Utter, PsyD — Private practice Amy Yule, MD — Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine Kristyn Zajac, PhD — UConn Health
Abstracting and indexing
Abstracted and/or indexed in: CAB International, Criminal Justice Abstracts, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences, EBSCOhost Online Research Databases, Education Research Abstracts, Journal Citation Report/Social Sciences Edition, PILOTS Database, PsychInfo/Psychological Abstracts, Social Sciences Citation Index, Social Scisearch, and Social Service Abstracts.
Open access
Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. 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)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse
(1994 - current)
Formerly known as
Journal of Adolescent Chemical Dependency
(1990 - 1993)
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