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Journal of Substance Use & Addiction Treatment
ISSN 2949-8767 · eISSN 2949-8759 · Elsevier
Journal of Substance Use & Addiction Treatment: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; median 167 days to acceptance (110 articles, last 24 months); 136 articles a year; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Substance Abuse | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Substance Abuse | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 5.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.38LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.15LetPub ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 15.85%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 136LetPub ·
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 PubMed · to
167 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 127 days – 230 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 3 days (110 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 169 days
- Sample
- 110 articles with submission and acceptance dates (441 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".
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.
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
- Elsevier
- ISSN
- 2949-8767
- Electronic ISSN
- 2949-8759
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Substance Use & Addiction Treatment
What CAS zone is Journal of Substance Use & Addiction Treatment in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Substance Use & Addiction Treatment is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Psychology, Clinical / Substance Abuse. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Substance Use & Addiction Treatment?
Based on the dates recorded on 110 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 167 days (interquartile range 127–230 days). 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 Substance Use & Addiction Treatment?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Substance Use & Addiction Treatment is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Substance Use & Addiction Treatment open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Substance Use & Addiction Treatment 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; 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: .