Substance Abuse: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-03-01 to 2025-03-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment	13
2	Substance Abuse	11
3	International Journal of Drug Policy	9
4	Current Addiction Reports	8
-	Addictive Behaviors	8
-	Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research	8
7	Tobacco Control	7
-	Harm Reduction Journal	7
-	Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and Policy	7
10	Addiction Biology	6
11	Addiction	5
-	Addiction Science & Clinical Practice	5
-	American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse	5
-	Psychology of Addictive Behaviors	5
15	Addiction Research & Theory	4
-	International Gambling Studies	4
-	Drug and Alcohol Dependence	4
-	International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction	4
-	Drug and Alcohol Review	4
-	Journal of Dual Diagnosis	4
-	Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs	4
22	Alcohol and Alcoholism	3
-	European Addiction Research	3
-	Journal of Addiction Medicine	3
-	Drugs-Education Prevention and Policy	3
-	Journal of Psychoactive Drugs	3
-	Substance Use & Misuse	3
28	Adicciones	2
-	Journal of Drug Issues	2
-	Alcohol	2
-	Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs	2
32	Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse	1
-	Journal of Substance Use	1
-	Journal of Addictions Nursing	1
-	Tobacco Induced Diseases	1
-	American Journal on Addictions	1