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Journal of Cannabis Research is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.5), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by BioMed Central Ltd.
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ISSN 2522-5782Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health (social science) | 53 / 387 | 86th | Q1 |
| Complementary and Alternative Medicine | 22 / 115 | 81st | Q1 |
| Pharmacology (medical) | 87 / 278 | 68th | Q2 |
| Pharmacology | 124 / 328 | 62nd | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.5.
Journal of Cannabis Research is Q1 in Health (social science) (rank 53 of 387), Q1 in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (rank 22 of 115) and Q2 in Pharmacology (medical) (rank 87 of 278), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Cannabis 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 5.5, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 86th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.898, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 27.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,590 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.
Journal of Cannabis Research is published by BioMed Central Ltd. Its ISSN is 2522-5782.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Cannabis Research has an h-index of 34 and a 2-year mean of 2.28 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.5, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #78 of 378 Scopus journals in Health (social science).
Journal of Cannabis Research published 120 papers in 2025. 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 99 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (36%), Canada (13%) and Thailand (4.6%).
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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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