Journal of Behavioral Addictions

Aims & Scope

The aim of the journal is to create a forum for the scientific information exchange with regard to behavioral addictions.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	6.2
2024	6.60

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	2.260

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	88

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	1145

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1865

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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 Psychology, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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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.

• Relationship of smartphone use severity with sleep quality, depression, and anxiety in university students

  Citation: 1037

  Authors: Kadir, Mehmet, Abdullah

• Is smartphone addiction really an addiction?

  Citation: 663

  Authors: Tayana, Xavier

• Smartphone use and smartphone addiction among young people in Switzerland

  Citation: 643

  Authors: Severin, Raquel Paz, Min, Andreas, Tobias, Michael P.

• Are we overpathologizing everyday life? A tenable blueprint for behavioral addiction research

  Citation: 615

  Authors: Joël, Adriano, Yasser, Pierre, Alexandre

• Problem gambling worldwide: An update and systematic review of empirical research (2000–2015)

  Citation: 537

  Authors: Filipa, Mark D.

• The uses and abuses of Facebook: A review of Facebook addiction

  Citation: 508

  Authors: Tracii, Andrea, John, Sophia

• Problematic online gaming and the COVID-19 pandemic

  Citation: 483

  Authors: Daniel L., Paul H., Joel, Marc N.

• The invisible addiction: Cell-phone activities and addiction among male and female college students

  Citation: 477

  Authors: James, Luc, Chris

• The relationships between behavioral addictions and the five-factor model of personality

  Citation: 403

  Authors: Cecilie Schou, Mark D., Siri Renate, Elfrid, Siri, Ståle

• Scholars’ open debate paper on the World Health Organization ICD-11 Gaming Disorder proposal

  Citation: 397

  Authors: Espen, Anthony M., Huub, Michelle, Mark, Dimitri, Jory, Elza, Johan, Christopher J., Maria C., Karin, Zaheer, Jeroen, Daniel, Lawrence, Patrick, Rune Kristian Lundedal, Nicole, Andrew, Thorsten, Adriano, Vladan, Gabrielle, Jan, Antonius J.

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