OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Drug Policy is 37. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Quasi-experimental study on the impact of local smoke-free policies on smoking among Indonesian adults: Evidence from repeated national health surveys	196
A content analysis of cannabis edibles package marketing in the United States	119
Co-designing the INHSU Prisons Hepatitis C Advocacy Toolkit using the Advocacy Strategy Framework	113
Bridging the gap: An environmental scan of post-overdose program features and evaluation measures	90
Illicit drug prices and quantity discounts: A comparison between a cryptomarket, social media, and police data	69
Shifting awareness among electronic dance music party attendees that drugs may contain fentanyl or other adulterants	64
‘Choice’ of social media platform or encrypted messaging app to buy and sell illegal drugs	64
Opioid prescribing restrictions and opioid use among the Louisiana Medicaid population	63
International property rights for Cannabis landraces and terroir products. The case of Moroccan Cannabis and hashish	63
Editorial Board	62
Editorial Board	61
Incarceration history, antiretroviral therapy, and stigma: A cross-sectional study of people with HIV who inject drugs in St. Petersburg, Russia	60
Editorial Board	58
Publisher's Note	55
Inconsistencies between national drug policy and professional beliefs about psychoactive drugs among psychiatrists in the United States	54
Opioid agonist therapy engagement and crystal methamphetamine use: The impact of unregulated opioid use in Vancouver, Canada	53
Visitors of the Dutch drug checking services: Profile and drug use experience	52
Rethinking enhancement substance use: A critical discourse studies approach	48
Identifying how the principles of self-determination could be applied to create effective alcohol policy for First Nations Australians: Synthesising the lessons from the development of general public	48
A matter of craving–An archeology of relapse prevention in Swedish addiction treatment	48
Social-spatial network structures among young urban and suburban persons who inject drugs in a large metropolitan area	47
High HCV cure rates among people who inject drugs and have suboptimal adherence: A patient-centered approach to HCV models of care	47
The introduction of fentanyl on the US–Mexico border: An ethnographic account triangulated with drug checking data from Tijuana	47
Doing more with less: A proposal to advance cigarette packaging regulations in the United States	47
Leveraging pooled medical examiner records to surveil complex and emerging patterns of polysubstance use in the United States	45

Identifying barriers and enablers to opt-out hepatitis C virus screening in provincial prisons in Quebec, Canada: A multilevel, multi-theory informed qualitative study with correctional and healthcare	45
Enhancing equity-oriented care in psychedelic medicine: Utilizing the EQUIP framework	45
The social-structural contexts of cannabis consumption and harm reduction among young Nigerian women	42
Diversion of medications to treat opioid use disorder: Qualitative findings from formerly incarcerated adults in Massachusetts	42
Older age at smoking initiation predicts successful cessation in adults who smoke: A prospective study	42
Medication for opioid use disorder treatment continuity post-release from jail: A qualitative study with community-based treatment providers	41
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the provision of take-home doses of opioid agonist therapy in Ontario, Canada: A population-based time-series analysis	41
Increased solitary drug use during COVID-19: An unintended consequence of social distancing	40
Trends in the use of cannabis products in Canada and the USA, 2018 – 2020: Findings from the International Cannabis Policy Study	40
I don't even want to go to the doctor when I get sick now: Healthcare experiences and discrimination reported by people who use drugs, Arizona 2019	39
The war on drugs in Southeast Asia as ‘state vigilantism’	38
The impact of an easy access drug supply management policy law on the consumption and abuse of opioids in Catalonia: A population-based study	37
‘As for dignity and respect…. me bollix’: A human rights-based exploration of service user narratives in Irish methadone maintenance treatment	37
Cannabis industry lobbying in the Colorado state legislature in fiscal years 2010–2021	37
The hammer and the nail: The triple lock of methods, realities and institutional contexts in Australian research on nightlife violence	37