Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Aims & Scope

Drugs: education, prevention & policy publishes multi-disciplinary research papers, reviews and commentaries on policy, treatment, prevention and harm reduction issues regarding both the use and misuse of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs.

The policy of the journal is to encourage submissions which reflect different cultural, historical and theoretical approaches to the understanding of the drug and alcohol field and the development of policy and practice.

The journal provides a forum for communication and debate between researchers, policy makers and practitioners concerned with social, health and judicial policy responses to legal and illicit drug use.

The Editor welcomes contributions based on original research, policy discussion, social responses to substance use or misuse, co-evaluations of policy and practice, literature reviews, and finally those papers which examine historical and cultural aspects of substance use.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.9
2024	1.50

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	8223

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	516

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.692

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	53

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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

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine 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.

• The stigmatization of problem drug users: A narrative literature review

  Citation: 212

  Authors: Charlie

• The experiences of affected family members: A summary of two decades of qualitative research

  Citation: 135

  Authors: Jim, Richard, Alex, Lorna, Akanidomo

• Defining “drinking culture”: A critical review of its meaning and connotation in social research on alcohol problems

  Citation: 128

  Authors: Michael, Robin, Janette, Amy, Michael

• Family members affected by a close relative's addiction: The stress-strain-coping-support model

  Citation: 122

  Authors: Jim, Alex, Richard, Lorna

• Alcohol in Europe – Public Health Perspective: Report summary

  Citation: 97

  Authors: Peter, Ben

• “You’re all going to hate the word ‘recovery’ by the end of this”: Service users’ views of measuring addiction recovery

  Citation: 85

  Authors: Joanne, Charlotte, Carly, Emily, John, Luke, Diana, Til, John

• Beyond drug dealing: Developing and extending the concept of ‘social supply’ of illicit drugs to ‘minimally commercial supply’

  Citation: 77

  Authors: Ross, Leah

• The normalisation of drug supply: The social<i>supply</i>of drugs as the “other side” of the history of normalisation

  Citation: 75

  Authors: Ross, Leah, Nigel

• Identity and Recovery from Dependent Drug Use: the addict's perspective

  Citation: 74

  Authors: James McIntosh, Neil

• The Rise and Rise of Peer Education Approaches

  Citation: 74

  Authors: Steve Parkin, Neil

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