Journal profile · SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Adicciones
ISSN 0214-4840 · Edita Socidrogalcohol · SPAIN · Quarterly · Founded 1989
Adicciones: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1; fully open access; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 30 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Adicciones is published by Edita Socidrogalcohol and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Health and Lifestyle Studies and Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects, together about 33.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Adicciones publica artículos originales sobre el tratamiento, la prevención, estudios básicos y descriptivos en el campo de las adicciones, como son las drogas ilegales, el alcohol, el tabaco o cualquier otra adicción, procedentes de distintas disciplinas (medicina, psicología, investigación básica, investigación social, etc.). Todos los artículos son seleccionados después de pasar un proceso de revisión anónimo hecho por expertos en ese tema.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Substance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesMedicine18.5%
- Health and Lifestyle StudiesHealth Professions8.6%
- Alcohol Consumption and Health EffectsMedicine6.6%
- Forensic Toxicology and Drug AnalysisPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics5.2%
- Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on BehaviorNeuroscience4.6%
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid ResearchMedicine4.5%
- Psychology Research and BibliometricsPsychology4.5%
- Youth, Drugs, and ViolenceSocial Sciences4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Substance Abuse | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Substance Abuse | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Substance Abuse | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.41LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.63LetPub ·
- h-index
- 23LetPub ·
- h-index
- 44OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 392OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.91OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 68.48%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 23LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,261 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14 | 14 | 4 |
| 2025 | 30 | 30 | 23 |
| 2024 | 22 | 22 | 33 |
| 2023 | 23 | 23 | 59 |
| 2022 | 29 | 29 | 116 |
| 2021 | 53 | 53 | 292 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Edita Socidrogalcohol
- Country or region
- SPAIN
- Language
- Spanish
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1989
- ISSN
- 0214-4840
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Adicciones
What CAS zone is Adicciones in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Adicciones is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Substance Abuse. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Adicciones?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1; CiteScore 3.1, h-index 44.
How long does peer review take at Adicciones?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Adicciones?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Adicciones is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Adicciones open access, and what is the APC?
Adicciones is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .