Addiction

Aims & Scope

Addiction's aims are: to provide an effective outlet for high quality research in the field of addiction by selecting excellent papers for publication and improving them through the review process, to stimulate debate with the field of addiction on matters relating to the science or its translation into clinical practice or policy to promote high quality research in the field of addiction worldwide through its publishing and other activities.

Addiction's scope spans human experimental, epidemiological, social science, historical, clinical and policy research relating to addiction, primarily but not exclusively in the areas of psychoactive substance use and/or gambling.

In addition to original research, the journal features editorials, commentaries, reviews, letters, and book reviews.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	5.3
2024	5.20

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	2.357

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	1061

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	4629

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Development of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT): WHO Collaborative Project on Early Detection of Persons with Harmful Alcohol Consumption‐II

  Citation: 9881

  Authors: JOHN B, OLAF G., THOMAS F., JUAN R., MARCUS

• A pathways model of problem and pathological gambling

  Citation: 1477

  Authors: Alex, Lia

• The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST): development, reliability and feasibility

  Citation: 1477

  Authors: WHO ASSIST Working

• Meta‐analysis of cue‐reactivity in addiction research

  Citation: 1179

  Authors: Brian L., Stephen T.

• Brief interventions for alcohol problems: a review

  Citation: 1127

  Authors: THOMAS H., WILLIAM R., J. SCOTT

• Shape of the relapse curve and long‐term abstinence among untreated smokers

  Citation: 1061

  Authors: John R., Josue, Shelly

• Incentive‐sensitization and addiction

  Citation: 1020

  Authors: Terry E., Kent C.

• Outcome criteria in smoking cessation trials: proposal for a common standard

  Citation: 1006

  Authors: Robert, Peter, Lindsay, John

• The psychology and neurobiology of addiction: an incentive–sensitization view

  Citation: 939

  Authors: Terry E., Kent C.

• Alcohol and depression

  Citation: 901

  Authors: Joseph M., David M.

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