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Journal of Substance Misuse
Journal of Substance Misuse is not currently indexed in Scopus. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Taylor and Francis Ltd..
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ISSN 1357-5007Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Journal of Substance Misuse indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (1996–1998).
What is the impact factor of Journal of Substance Misuse?
Journal of Substance Misuse has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes Journal of Substance Misuse and what is its ISSN?
Journal of Substance Misuse is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. Its ISSN is 1357-5007.
Is Journal of Substance Misuse covered under ONOS in India?
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Is Journal of Substance Misuse in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Journal of Substance Misuse open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Journal of Substance Misuse for 3 years, between 1996 and 1998. Coverage ended in 1998, 28 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 163 works and 576 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 1998, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 1998, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is Journal of Substance Misuse? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Journal of Substance Misuse has an h-index of 11 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
Journal of Substance Misuse published 51 papers in 1998; its busiest recent year was 1996 with 58. 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. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for Journal of Substance Misuse? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 1998. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 1998
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
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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