International Gambling Studies

Aims & Scope

International Gambling Studies is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal in gambling studies.

Launched by a team of international experts with a commitment to the highest scholarly standards, International Gambling Studies adopts a transnational and comparative approach to the challenges posed by the global expansion of gambling in the 21st century.

International Gambling Studies seeks to: be a leading voice for analysis and research in gambling studies, presenting work on the theory, methods, practice and history of gambling; encourage the application of perspectives from all social sciences including sociology, psychology, anthropology, statistics, economics, education, history, law, political science, community studies, management, industrial relations, leisure and tourism studies; overcome the divide between the theory and empirical research; advance excellence in gambling studies by integrating academic and industry perspectives, encouraging comparative studies and critical analysis encourage articles that offer a new theoretical argument, provide new data or use an innovative methodological approach or mode of analysis; give theoretical and analytical expression to the intellectual and policy challenges in contemporary gambling; enhance the public relevance of gambling studies in the context of contemporary society and global economic development; and, appeal to a wide readership, while contributing to new developments at the cutting edge of theory and method, the journal will be broadly accessible to practitioners, students and policy makers.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.8
2024	2.50

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	4313

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	275

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.071

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	45

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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 Psychology, 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.

• Problem Gambling and its Impact on Families: A Literature Review

  Citation: 166

  Authors: Ruth Grant, Nadine, Kelly, Kurt, Jason

• Defining the online gambler and patterns of behaviour integration: evidence from the British Gambling Prevalence Survey 2010

  Citation: 148

  Authors: Heather, Alison, Mark, Jim, Rachel

• The classification accuracy of four problem gambling assessment instruments in population research

  Citation: 138

  Authors: Robert J., Rachel A.

• Forms of gambling, gambling involvement and problem gambling: evidence from a Swedish population survey

  Citation: 134

  Authors: Per, Ulla, Rachel A.

• Access or adaptation? A meta-analysis of surveys of problem gambling prevalence in Australia and New Zealand with respect to concentration of electronic gaming machines

  Citation: 125

  Authors: John, Max, Judith

• Why people gamble: a model with five motivational dimensions

  Citation: 117

  Authors: Per

• A typical problem gambler affects six others

  Citation: 113

  Authors: Belinda C., Matthew, Matthew, Judy

• PGSI and DSM-IV in the 2007 British Gambling Prevalence Survey: reliability, item response, factor structure and inter-scale agreement

  Citation: 113

  Authors: Jim, Heather, Mark, Kerry, Bob

• Is boredom associated with problem gambling behaviour? It depends on what you mean by ‘boredom’

  Citation: 111

  Authors: Kimberley B., John D.

• Youth Gambling Problems: Examining Risk and Protective Factors

  Citation: 110

  Authors: LAURIE, JEFFREY L., RINA

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