Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

*Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs*
Discipline	Addiction
Language	English
Publication details
Former name(s)	Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Journal of Studies on Alcohol
History	1940-present
Publisher	Alcohol Research Documentation (United States)
Frequency	Bimonthly
Impact factor	2.616 (2017)
Standard abbreviations;
ISO 4	J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs
Indexing
ISSN	1937-1888 (print); 1938-4114 (web);
LCCN	2006256027
OCLC no.	77007393
	Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol
ISSN	0033-5649;
	Journal of Studies on Alcohol
ISSN	0096-882X;
Links
	Journal homepage; Online access;

The Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs (JSAD) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original research articles on various aspects of the use and misuse of alcohol and other drugs. Topics covered include the biological, medical, epidemiological, social, psychological, and legal aspects of alcohol and other drug use, abuse, and dependence.[1] The journal was established in 1940 as the Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol, changed its name in 1975 to Journal of Studies on Alcohol, before obtaining its current name in 2007. The journal appears bimonthly and publishes supplements at irregular intervals. The Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs is a not-for-profit journal based in the Center of Alcohol Studies at Rutgers University.[1]

Impact factor

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal's 2017 impact factor is 2.616, ranking it 10th of 35 journals in the category "Substance Abuse" (social science), 9th of 19 journals in the category "Substance Abuse" (science), and 36th of 95 journals in the category "Psychology" (science).[2]

Editors-in-chief

The editor-in-chief of the journal as of July 1, 2015 is Thomas F. Babor (University of Connecticut).[3] Previous editors-in-chief have been Howard W. Haggard (1940–1958), Mark Keller (1958–1977), Timothy Coffee (1977–1984), Jack H. Mendelson and Nancy K. Mello (1984–1991), John Carpenter (1991–1994), and Marc A. Schuckit (University of California, San Diego) (1994-2015).

References

Rutgers University. About the Journal [archived 2013-01-03; Retrieved 2019-05-30].
Web of Science. Journal Citation Reports [Retrieved 2017-06-19].
Babor, Thomas F. (2015). "Editor's Corner: The Future of JSAD—A New Direction for a Venerable Journal". Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. 76 (4): 505–506. doi:10.15288/jsad.2015.76.505.

External links

Official website

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[about-1] Rutgers University. About the Journal [archived 2013-01-03; Retrieved 2019-05-30].

[2] Web of Science. Journal Citation Reports [Retrieved 2017-06-19].

[3] Babor, Thomas F. (2015). "Editor's Corner: The Future of JSAD—A New Direction for a Venerable Journal". Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. 76 (4): 505–506. doi:10.15288/jsad.2015.76.505.