Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs is published by Alcohol Research Documentation, Inc. and is in Zone 3 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, Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects and Smoking Behavior and Cessation, together about 51.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs began in 1940 as the Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol. It was founded by Howard W. Haggard, M.D., director of Yale University’s Laboratory of Applied Physiology. Dr. Haggard was a physiologist studying the effects of alcohol on the body, and he started the Journal as a way to publish the increasing amount of research on alcohol use, abuse, and treatment that emerged from Yale and other institutions in the years following the repeal of Prohibition in 1933. In addition to original research, the Journal also published abstracts summarizing other published documents dealing with alcohol. At Yale, Dr. Haggard built a large team of alcohol researchers within the Laboratory of Applied Physiology—including E.M. Jellinek, who became managing editor of the Journal in 1941. In 1943, to bring together the various alcohol research projects conducted by the Laboratory, Dr. Haggard formed the Section of Studies on Alcohol, which also became home to the Journal and its editorial staff. In 1950, the Section was renamed the Center of Alcohol Studies.

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Research area (LetPub): Psychology

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

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Impact

Impact factor

2.28LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore 2026-06

3.4LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.84LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.8LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

116LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

106OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

1,352OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.4OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

8.3%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

3.96%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

90LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Average review time (community reports)

4–8 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

Fairly easyLetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

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Publisher

Alcohol Research Documentation, Inc.

Country or region

UNITED STATES

Language

English

Frequency

Bimonthly

Founded

2007

ISSN

1937-1888

Electronic ISSN

1938-4114

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗LetPub