Journal of Substance Use
Last updated ISSN 1465-9891
Journal of Substance Use is published by Taylor & Francis in medicine. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of Substance Use concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
Key facts
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1465-9891, 1475-9942 |
| Subject area | Medicine |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 2,342 |
| Publishing since | 1999 |
| Journal website | www.tandfonline.com/toc/ijsu20/current |
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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