Journal profile · SUBSTANCE ABUSE
International Gambling Studies
ISSN 1445-9795 · eISSN 1479-4276 · Taylor & Francis
International Gambling Studies: CAS Zone 3 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.09; hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 194 days to acceptance (46 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 16% (journal website); 29 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Gambling Studies is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 3 of Psychology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Gambling Behavior and Treatments, Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology and Sports Analytics and Performance, together about 61.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
International Gambling Studies is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal in gambling studies. Launched by a team of international experts with a commitment to the highest scholarly standards, International Gambling Studies adopts a transnational and comparative approach to the challenges posed by the global expansion of gambling in the 21st century. International Gambling Studies seeks to: be a leading voice for analysis and research in gambling studies, presenting work on the theory, methods, practice and history of gambling; encourage the application of perspectives from all social sciences including sociology, psychology, anthropology, statistics, economics, education, history, law, political science, community studies, management, industrial relations, leisure and tourism studies; overcome the divide between the theory and empirical research; advance excellence in gambling studies by integrating academic and industry perspectives, encouraging comparative studies and critical analysis encourage articles that offer a new theoretical argument, provide new data or use an innovative methodological approach or mode of analysis; give theoretical and analytical expression to the intellectual and policy challenges in contemporary gambling; enhance the public relevance of gambling studies in the context of contemporary society and global economic development; and, appeal to a wide readership, while contributing to new developments at the cutting edge of theory and method, the journal will be broadly accessible to practitioners, students and policy makers. International Gambling Studies accepts original manuscripts including empirical research, review and commentary papers. In addition authors may submit Letters to the Editor that will encourage scholarly debate including publishing readers' responses to individual articles. Peer Review Statement All research, review and commentary articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review based on initial editor screening and detailed review by at least two anonymous referees. All other contributions have undergone editorial screening and review.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Editor-in-chief Luke ClarkPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Australia 5, United States 2, United Kingdom 2, Canada 2, Macau, China 1 (15 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Gambling Behavior and TreatmentsPsychology41.5%
- Sexuality, Behavior, and TechnologyPsychology13%
- Sports Analytics and PerformanceEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.7%
- Schizophrenia research and treatmentMedicine4.2%
- Consumer Market Behavior and PricingBusiness, Management and Accounting3.3%
- Wine Industry and TourismBusiness, Management and Accounting3.2%
- Substance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesMedicine3.1%
- Digital Games and MediaSocial Sciences3.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Psychology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Substance Abuse | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Psychology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Substance Abuse | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Psychology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Substance Abuse | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PsycINFOPublisher website
Other: RePEc, CABI and Hospitality & Tourism Index, ASSIA, Sociological Abstracts, Social Services Abstracts, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, IDEAS (RePEc), PAIS International
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 2.09LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.73LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.73Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 66OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 389OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.27OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 24.64%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 26LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 138,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 715 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22 | 11 | 4 |
| 2025 | 29 | 19 | 68 |
| 2024 | 16 | 7 | 80 |
| 2023 | 28 | 7 | 238 |
| 2022 | 42 | 26 | 390 |
| 2021 | 31 | 11 | 591 |
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 Crossref · to
194 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 137 days – 252 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 23 days (46 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 227 days
- Sample
- 46 articles with submission and acceptance dates (59 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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 16%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 54 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 77 daysPublisher website ·
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted5
- brief reportBrief Report | Published online: 7 Sep 2026Length not stated
- letters to the editorIn addition authors may submit Letters to the Editor that will encourage scholarly debate including publishing readers' responses to individual articles.Length not stated
- original manuscriptsInternational Gambling Studies accepts original manuscripts including empirical research, review and commentary papers.Length not stated
- research articleResearch Article | Published online: 11 Sep 2026Length not stated
- review articleReview Article | Published online: 9 Aug 2026Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Open access: hybrid journal, part of Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program. Model summary
International Gambling Studies is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverabil…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review: rigorous peer review based on initial editor screening and detailed review by at least two anonymous referees; other contributions undergo editorial screening and review. Model summary
All research, review and commentary articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review based on initial editor screening and detailed review by at least two anonymous referees. All other contributions have undergone editorial screening and review.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1445-9795
- Electronic ISSN
- 1479-4276
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 26, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Gambling Studies
What CAS zone is International Gambling Studies in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Gambling Studies is in Zone 3 of Psychology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Substance Abuse. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Psychology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of International Gambling Studies?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.09; CiteScore 4.3, h-index 66.
How long does peer review take at International Gambling Studies?
Based on the dates recorded on 46 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 194 days (interquartile range 137–252 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 16%. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of International Gambling Studies based?
Of the 15 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Australia (5), United States (2) and United Kingdom (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index International Gambling Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Gambling Studies is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists PsycINFO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is International Gambling Studies open access, and what is the APC?
International Gambling Studies is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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: .