Journal profile · Psychiatry
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
ISSN 0376-8716 · eISSN 1879-0046 · Elsevier Ireland Ltd · SWITZERLAND · Monthly · Founded 1975
Drug and Alcohol Dependence: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.53; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,380; median 168 days to acceptance (110 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly hard; 1,321 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Drug and Alcohol Dependence is published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd and is in Zone 2 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, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, together about 42.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Psychiatry
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Substance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesMedicine21.5%
- Opioid Use Disorder TreatmentMedicine12.7%
- Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on BehaviorNeuroscience8.2%
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual RiskMedicine7.5%
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid ResearchMedicine6.3%
- Smoking Behavior and CessationMedicine5.8%
- Forensic Toxicology and Drug AnalysisPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4.8%
- Alcohol Consumption and Health EffectsMedicine4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Substance Abuse | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Substance Abuse | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Substance Abuse | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview 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
- 3.53LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.52LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.37LetPub ·
- h-index
- 151LetPub ·
- h-index
- 236OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 8,109OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.03OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 26.7%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 333LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 16,289 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 279 | 173 | 69 |
| 2025 | 1,321 | 294 | 984 |
| 2024 | 1,231 | 253 | 1,868 |
| 2023 | 339 | 271 | 3,820 |
| 2022 | 419 | 308 | 7,390 |
| 2021 | 675 | 469 | 15,162 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
168 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 111 days – 247 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 11 days (110 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 182 days
- Sample
- 110 articles with submission and acceptance dates (699 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- 2–4 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly hardLetPub ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,380 / EUR 4,100 / GBP 3,510 / JPY 543,250 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
- Elsevier Ireland Ltd
- Country or region
- SWITZERLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1975
- ISSN
- 0376-8716
- Electronic ISSN
- 1879-0046
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Drug and Alcohol Dependence
What CAS zone is Drug and Alcohol Dependence in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Drug and Alcohol Dependence is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Psychiatry / Substance Abuse. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Drug and Alcohol Dependence?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.53; CiteScore 6.5, h-index 236.
How long does peer review take at Drug and Alcohol Dependence?
Based on the dates recorded on 110 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 168 days (interquartile range 111–247 days); authors report an average review time of 2–4 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly hard”. 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 Drug and Alcohol Dependence?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Drug and Alcohol Dependence is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Drug and Alcohol Dependence open access, and what is the APC?
Drug and Alcohol Dependence is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,380.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .