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International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.5), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Kettil Bruun Society for Social and Epidemiological Research on Alcohol.
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Publisher: Kettil Bruun Society for Social and Epidemiological Research on Alcohol
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health (social science) | 191 / 387 | 50th | Q2 |
| Epidemiology | 94 / 173 | 45th | Q3 |
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 396 / 725 | 45th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2020–2025, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.5.
International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research is Q2 in Health (social science) (rank 191 of 387), Q3 in Epidemiology (rank 94 of 173) and Q3 in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (rank 396 of 725), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 2.5, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 50th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.394, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 6.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$600 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research is published by Kettil Bruun Society for Social and Epidemiological Research on Alcohol. Its ISSN is 1925-7066.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research has an h-index of 21 and a 2-year mean of 1.21 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.5, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #195 of 378 Scopus journals in Health (social science).
International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research published 13 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 28. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 71 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from United States (23%), Australia (14.7%) and South Africa (10.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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