Journal profile · SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Journal of Gambling Issues
ISSN 1910-7595 · Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Journal of Gambling Issues: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; 38 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Gambling Issues is published by Centre for Addiction and Mental Health 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 Gambling Behavior and Treatments, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes and Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics, together about 71.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (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
- Gambling Behavior and TreatmentsPsychology40%
- Substance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesMedicine23%
- Decision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsDecision Sciences8.8%
- Impact of Technology on AdolescentsSocial Sciences4.9%
- Crime Patterns and InterventionsSocial Sciences4.2%
- Sports Analytics and PerformanceEconomics, Econometrics and Finance1.8%
- Digital Games and MediaSocial Sciences1.5%
- Psychometric Methodologies and TestingDecision Sciences1.3%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical Psychology | Q3 | 166/314 | 47th |
| Psychiatry and Mental Health | Q3 | 342/580 | 41st |
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
- 2.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.35LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.58LetPub ·
- h-index
- 48OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 220OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.76OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 4.35%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 792 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22 | 22 | 283 |
| 2025 | 38 | 38 | 445 |
| 2024 | 16 | 16 | 452 |
| 2023 | 19 | 19 | 543 |
| 2022 | 26 | 26 | 487 |
| 2021 | 40 | 40 | 617 |
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
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
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
- ISSN
- 1910-7595
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Gambling Issues
What CAS zone is Journal of Gambling Issues in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Gambling Issues 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.
Which databases index Journal of Gambling Issues?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Gambling Issues is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Gambling Issues open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Gambling Issues 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .