Journal profile · SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Therapeutic Communities
ISSN 0964-1866 · eISSN 2052-4730 · Emerald
Therapeutic Communities: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 11 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Therapeutic Communities is published by Emerald 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 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Psychiatric care and mental health services and Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications, together about 45.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (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 OutcomesMedicine15.6%
- Psychiatric care and mental health servicesPsychology15.1%
- Psychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsPsychology14.9%
- Historical Psychiatry and Medical PracticesPsychology7.1%
- Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology ResearchPsychology6%
- Criminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisSocial Sciences5.2%
- Opioid Use Disorder TreatmentMedicine4.6%
- Homelessness and Social IssuesHealth Professions4.3%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Professions (miscellaneous) | Q3 | 66/101 | 35th |
| Clinical Psychology | Q4 | 271/314 | 13th |
| Psychiatric Mental Health | Q4 | 41/47 | 13th |
| Psychiatry and Mental Health | Q4 | 518/580 | 10th |
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
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.73LetPub ·
- h-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 34OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.08OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 9LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 240 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2 | 104 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 120 |
| 2023 | 9 | 1 | 77 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2 | 108 |
| 2021 | 15 | 3 | 208 |
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
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
- Emerald
- ISSN
- 0964-1866
- Electronic ISSN
- 2052-4730
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Therapeutic Communities
What CAS zone is Therapeutic Communities in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Therapeutic Communities 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 Therapeutic Communities?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Therapeutic Communities is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Therapeutic Communities open access, and what is the APC?
Therapeutic Communities 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .