Journal profile · SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Drugs Habits and Social Policy
ISSN 2752-6739 · eISSN 2752-6747 · Emerald Publishing
Drugs Habits and Social Policy: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; 16 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Drugs Habits and Social Policy is published by Emerald Publishing 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, HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, together about 46.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Substance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesMedicine23.5%
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual RiskMedicine15.1%
- Opioid Use Disorder TreatmentMedicine8.1%
- Forensic Toxicology and Drug AnalysisPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics6.6%
- Crime, Illicit Activities, and GovernanceSocial Sciences6.6%
- Youth, Drugs, and ViolenceSocial Sciences4.8%
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid ResearchMedicine4.4%
- Global Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyBusiness, Management and Accounting4.4%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Substance Abuse | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health (social science) | Q3 | 198/387 | — |
| Clinical Psychology | Q3 | 171/314 | — |
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | Q3 | 406/725 | — |
| Health Policy | Q3 | 191/330 | — |
| Psychiatry and Mental Health | Q3 | 351/580 | — |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.35LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- h-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.84OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 16.95%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 13LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 111 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 7 | 97 |
| 2025 | 16 | 4 | 131 |
| 2024 | 17 | 6 | 126 |
| 2023 | 32 | 17 | 60 |
| 2022 | 29 | 12 | 16 |
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.
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Emerald Publishing
- ISSN
- 2752-6739
- Electronic ISSN
- 2752-6747
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Drugs Habits and Social Policy
What CAS zone is Drugs Habits and Social Policy in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Drugs Habits and Social Policy 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 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Drugs Habits and Social Policy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Drugs Habits and Social Policy is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Drugs Habits and Social Policy open access, and what is the APC?
Drugs Habits and Social Policy is a hybrid 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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .