Journal profile · Medicine-Psychiatry and Mental Health
Journal of Smoking Cessation
ISSN 1834-2612 · Hindawi · United Kingdom
Journal of Smoking Cessation: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; review about 21 weeks (community reports); 12 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Smoking Cessation is published by Hindawi 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 Smoking Behavior and Cessation, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, together about 71.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Psychiatry and Mental Health
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Smoking Behavior and CessationMedicine38.1%
- Substance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesMedicine26.7%
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ResearchMedicine7%
- Behavioral Health and InterventionsPsychology6.5%
- Prenatal Substance Exposure EffectsMedicine3.4%
- Global Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyBusiness, Management and Accounting3.2%
- Health Policy Implementation ScienceHealth Professions2.5%
- Global Cancer Incidence and ScreeningMedicine1.4%
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychiatry and Mental Health | Q3 | 320/580 | 44th |
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
- 2.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.45LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.72LetPub ·
- h-index
- 26OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 87OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.58OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 9LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 477 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 7 | 182 |
| 2025 | 12 | 12 | 245 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 273 |
| 2023 | 11 | 11 | 310 |
| 2022 | 16 | 15 | 265 |
| 2021 | 26 | 26 | 234 |
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)
- about 21 weeksLetPub ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
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
- Hindawi
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1834-2612
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Smoking Cessation
What CAS zone is Journal of Smoking Cessation in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Smoking Cessation 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.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Smoking Cessation?
Authors report an average review time of about 21 weeks. 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 Journal of Smoking Cessation?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Smoking Cessation is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Smoking Cessation open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Smoking Cessation is a subscription 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: .