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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment	15
2	Substance Abuse	12
3	International Journal of Drug Policy	10
-	Addictive Behaviors	10
-	Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research	10
6	Current Addiction Reports	9
-	Harm Reduction Journal	9
8	Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and Policy	8
9	Tobacco Control	7
-	Addiction	7
-	Addiction Biology	7
12	Addiction Science & Clinical Practice	6
13	European Addiction Research	5
-	International Gambling Studies	5
-	Journal of Psychoactive Drugs	5
-	Psychology of Addictive Behaviors	5
-	American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse	5
-	International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction	5
19	Journal of Addiction Medicine	4
-	Addiction Research & Theory	4
-	Alcohol and Alcoholism	4
-	Substance Use & Misuse	4
-	Tobacco Induced Diseases	4
-	Drug and Alcohol Review	4
-	Journal of Dual Diagnosis	4
26	Drugs-Education Prevention and Policy	3
-	Journal of Drug Issues	3
-	Drug and Alcohol Dependence	3
-	Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs	3
-	Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs	3
31	Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse	2
-	Adicciones	2
-	Alcohol	2
34	Journal of Substance Use	1
-	Journal of Addictions Nursing	1
-	American Journal on Addictions	1