Substance Use and Misuse

Impact, Factor and Metrics, Impact Score, Ranking, h-index, SJR, Rating, Publisher, ISSN, and More

Aim and Scope

For over 40 years, Substance Use & Misuse has provided a unique international multidisciplinary environment for the exchange of facts, theories, viewpoints, and unresolved issues concerning substance use, misuse (licit and illicit drugs, alcohol, nicotine, and caffeine), "abuse", and dependency, eating disorders, and gambling.

Substance Use & Misuse features original, peer-reviewed articles, notes, and book reviews, as well as special issues devoted to single topics. The journal also publishes proceedings and symposia that describe and analyze the latest research; and information on clinical prevention, training, law enforcement, and policy efforts.

About Substance Use and Misuse

Substance Use and Misuse is a journal covering the technologies/fields/categories related to Health (social science) (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q2); Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q2); Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (Q2). It is published by Informa Healthcare. The overall rank of Substance Use and Misuse is 6747. According to SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), this journal is ranked 0.804. SCImago Journal Rank is an indicator, which measures the scientific influence of journals. It considers the number of citations received by a journal and the importance of the journals from where these citations come. SJR acts as an alternative to the Journal Impact Factor (or an average number of citations received in last 2 years). This journal has an h-index of 93. The best quartile for this journal is Q1.

The ISSN of Substance Use and Misuse journal is 10826084, 15322491. An International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) is a unique code of 8 digits. It is used for the recognition of journals, newspapers, periodicals, and magazines in all kind of forms, be it print-media or electronic. Substance Use and Misuse is cited by a total of 1483 articles during the last 3 years (Preceding 2024).

Substance Use and Misuse Impact IF 2024-2025

The Impact IF 2024 of Substance Use and Misuse is 1.97, which is computed in 2025 as per its definition. Substance Use and Misuse IF is increased by a factor of 0.19 and approximate percentage change is 10.67% when compared to preceding year 2023, which shows a rising trend. The impact IF, also denoted as Journal impact score (JIS), of an academic journal is a measure of the yearly average number of citations to recent articles published in that journal. It is based on Scopus data.

Substance Use and Misuse Impact IF 2025 Prediction

Impact IF 2024 of Substance Use and Misuse is 1.97. If the same upward trend persists, Impact IF may rise in 2025 as well.

Substance Use and Misuse h-index

 

Substance Use and Misuse has an h-index of 93. It means 93 articles of this journal have more than 93 number of citations. The h-index is a way of measuring the productivity and citation impact of the publications. The h-index is defined as the maximum value of h such that the given journal/author has published h papers that have each been cited at least h number of times.

Substance Use and Misuse ISSN

The ISSN of Substance Use and Misuse is 10826084, 15322491. ISSN stands for International Standard Serial Number.

An ISSN is a unique code of 8 digits. It is used for the recognition of journals, newspapers, periodicals, and magazines in all kind of forms, be it print-media or electronic.

Substance Use and Misuse Rank and SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)

The overall rank of Substance Use and Misuse is 6747. According to SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), this journal is ranked 0.804. SCImago Journal Rank is an indicator, which measures the scientific influence of journals. It considers the number of citations received by a journal and the importance of the journals from where these citations come.

SJR of Substance Use and Misuse by Year

Ranking of Substance Use and Misuse by Year

Substance Use and Misuse Publisher

Substance Use and Misuse is published by Informa Healthcare. It's publishing house is located in United Kingdom. Coverage history of this journal is as following: 1966-2025. The organization or individual who handles the printing and distribution of printed or digital publications is known as Publisher.

Call For Papers

Visit the official website of the journal/conference to check the further details about the call for papers.

Abbreviation

The IS0 4 standard abbreviation of Substance Use and Misuse is Subst. Use Misuse. This abbreviation ('Subst. Use Misuse') is well recommended and approved for the purpose of indexing, abstraction, referencing and citing goals. It meets all the essential criteria of ISO 4 standard.

ISO 4 (International Organization for Standardization 4) is an international standard that defines a uniform and consistent system for abbreviating serial publication titles and journals.

How to publish in Substance Use and Misuse

If your research field is/are related to Health (social science) (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q2); Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q2); Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (Q2), then please visit the official website of this journal.

Acceptance Rate

The acceptance rate/percentage of any academic journal/conference depends upon many parameters. Some of the critical parameters are listed below.

• The demand or interest of researchers/scientists in publishing in a specific Journal/Conference.
• Peer review complexity and timeline.
• The mix of unsolicited and invited submissions.
• The time it takes from manuscript submission to final publication.
• And Many More.

It is essential to understand that the acceptance rate/rejection rate of papers varies among journals. Some Journals considers all the manuscripts submissions as a basis of acceptance rate computation. On the other hand, few consider the only manuscripts sent for peer review or few even not bother about the accurate maintenance of total submissions. Hence, it can provide a rough estimation only.

The best way to find out the acceptance rate is to reach out to the associated editor or to check the official website of the Journal/Conference.

Credits and Sources

• Scimago Journal & Country Rank (SJR), https://www.scimagojr.com/
• Journal Impact Factor, https://clarivate.com/