Alcohol

Aims & Scope

Alcohol is an international, peer-reviewed journal that is devoted to publishing multi-disciplinary biomedical research on all aspects of the actions or effects of alcohol on the nervous system or on other organ systems.

Emphasis is given to studies into the causes and consequences of alcohol abuse and alcoholism, and biomedical aspects of diagnosis, etiology, treatment or prevention of alcohol-related health effects.

Intended for both research scientists and practicing clinicians, the journal publishes original research on the neurobiological, neurobehavioral, and pathophysiological processes associated with alcohol drinking, alcohol abuse, alcohol-seeking behavior, tolerance, dependence, withdrawal, protracted abstinence, and relapse.

In addition, the journal reports studies on the effects alcohol on brain mechanisms of neuroplasticity over the life span, biological factors associated with adolescent alcohol abuse, pharmacotherapeutic strategies in the treatment of alcoholism, biological and biochemical markers of alcohol abuse and alcoholism, pathological effects of uncontrolled drinking, biomedical and molecular factors in the effects on liver, immune system, and other organ systems, and biomedical aspects of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder including mechanisms of damage, diagnosis and early detection, treatment, and prevention.

Articles are published from all levels of biomedical inquiry, including the following: molecular and cellular studies of alcohol's actions in vitro and in vivo; animal model studies of genetic, pharmacological, behavioral, developmental or pathophysiological aspects of alcohol; human studies of genetic, behavioral, cognitive, neuroimaging, or pathological aspects of alcohol drinking; clinical studies of diagnosis (including dual diagnosis), treatment, prevention, and epidemiology.

The journal will publish 9 issues per year; the accepted abbreviation for Alcohol for bibliographic citation is Alcohol.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.9
2024	2.50

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	8049

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	460

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.704

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics and Social Sciences, 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.

• Alcoholic fatty liver: its pathogenesis and mechanism of progression to inflammation and fibrosis

  Citation: 507

  Authors: Charles S.

• Alcohol stimulates the release of dopamine and serotonin in the nucleus accumbens

  Citation: 420

  Authors: K., W.J., L., T.-K.

• Probiotics restore bowel flora and improve liver enzymes in human alcohol-induced liver injury: a pilot study

  Citation: 407

  Authors: Irina A., Natalia V., Svetlana N., Natalia A., Oxsana V., Pavel I., Tatjana A., Andrej G., Shirish S., Craig J., Matt

• Ethanol, oxidative stress, and cytokine-induced liver cell injury

  Citation: 369

  Authors: Jan B., John G.

• Lactobacillus GG treatment ameliorates alcohol-induced intestinal oxidative stress, gut leakiness, and liver injury in a rat model of alcoholic steatohepatitis

  Citation: 333

  Authors: Christopher B., Ashkan, Shriram M., Yueming, Maliha, Ali

• DNA adducts from acetaldehyde: implications for alcohol-related carcinogenesis

  Citation: 295

  Authors: Philip J., Jacob A.

• Intermittent ethanol access schedule in rats as a preclinical model of alcohol abuse

  Citation: 286

  Authors: Sebastien, Dorit, Segev

• Voluntary ethanol consumption in 22 inbred mouse strains

  Citation: 266

  Authors: Naomi, John C., Matthew M., Andrea, Deborah A.

• Alcohol, intestinal bacterial growth, intestinal permeability to endotoxin, and medical consequences: Summary of a symposium

  Citation: 258

  Authors: Vishnudutt, J. Christian, Christiane, David A., Mashkoor A., Frank, Y. James, Ali, Radhakrishna, R. Balfour, Christine, Jerrold R.

• Mechanisms involved in the neurotoxic, cognitive, and neurobehavioral effects of alcohol consumption during adolescence

  Citation: 257

  Authors: Consuelo, María

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