Journal profile · SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Substance Use & Addiction Journal
ISSN 2976-7342 · eISSN 2976-7350 · SAGE
Substance Use & Addiction Journal: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2026 Xinrui edition); hybrid open access; 117 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Substance Use & Addiction Journal is published by SAGE and is classed under Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk, together about 65.9% of its articles. (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
- Substance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesMedicine33.1%
- Opioid Use Disorder TreatmentMedicine24.9%
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual RiskMedicine7.9%
- Pain Management and Opioid UseMedicine4.4%
- Smoking Behavior and CessationMedicine3.5%
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine2.8%
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid ResearchMedicine2.5%
- Prenatal Substance Exposure EffectsMedicine2.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Substance Abuse | Zone 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine (miscellaneous) | Q1 | 109/466 | 76th |
| Psychiatry and Mental Health | Q2 | 172/580 | 70th |
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
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 1.09LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.02LetPub ·
- h-index
- 12OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.91OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 12.39%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 104LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 404 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 147 | 57 | 386 |
| 2025 | 117 | 59 | 337 |
| 2024 | 124 | 73 | 94 |
| 2023 | 16 | 7 | 0 |
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
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
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 2976-7342
- Electronic ISSN
- 2976-7350
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Substance Use & Addiction Journal
What CAS zone is Substance Use & Addiction Journal in?
In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index Substance Use & Addiction Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Substance Use & Addiction Journal is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Substance Use & Addiction Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Substance Use & Addiction Journal 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, 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: .