Journal profile · Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Tobacco Control
ISSN 0964-4563 · eISSN 1468-3318 · BMJ Publishing Group · ENGLAND · Quarterly · Founded 1992
Tobacco Control: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.14; hybrid open access; median 161 days to acceptance (103 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: moderate; 219 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Tobacco Control is published by BMJ Publishing Group and is in Zone 2 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, Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology and Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, together about 61.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Tobacco Control is an international peer-reviewed journal covering the nature and consequences of tobacco use worldwide.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Editor-in-chief Marita HeflerPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Smoking Behavior and CessationMedicine41.5%
- Global Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyBusiness, Management and Accounting15%
- Substance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesMedicine5.2%
- Behavioral Health and InterventionsPsychology4%
- Air Quality and Health ImpactsEnvironmental Science4%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine3.5%
- Consumer Attitudes and Food LabelingMedicine3%
- Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors StudyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.8%
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 | Substance Abuse | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Substance Abuse | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Substance Abuse | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
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
- Impact factor
- 3.14LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 10.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 10.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.05LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.93LetPub ·
- h-index
- 109LetPub ·
- h-index
- 175OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,159OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.86OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 21.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 37.73%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 161LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,507 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 137 | 79 | 36 |
| 2025 | 219 | 133 | 513 |
| 2024 | 169 | 131 | 951 |
| 2023 | 179 | 147 | 1,796 |
| 2022 | 237 | 206 | 4,781 |
| 2021 | 232 | 162 | 4,649 |
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
161 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 112 days – 229 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 23 days (103 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 238 days
- Sample
- 103 articles with submission and acceptance dates (593 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".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- ModerateLetPub ·
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
- BMJ Publishing Group
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1992
- ISSN
- 0964-4563
- Electronic ISSN
- 1468-3318
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Tobacco Control
What CAS zone is Tobacco Control in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Tobacco Control is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Substance Abuse / Public, Environmental & Occupational Health. 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.
What is the impact factor of Tobacco Control?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.14; CiteScore 10.6, h-index 175.
How long does peer review take at Tobacco Control?
Based on the dates recorded on 103 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 161 days (interquartile range 112–229 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Moderate”. 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 Tobacco Control?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Tobacco Control is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Tobacco Control open access, and what is the APC?
Tobacco Control 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, Publisher website; 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: .