Contemporary Drug Problems
Last updated ISSN 0091-4509
Contemporary Drug Problems is published by SAGE Publishing in medicine. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,400.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Contemporary Drug Problems concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Community Health and Development
- Human auditory perception and evaluation
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
Key facts
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0091-4509, 2163-1808 |
| Subject area | Medicine |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,400 |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 1,134 |
| Publishing since | 1977 |
| Journal website | us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/journal/contemporary-drug-p |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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