Abbreviated title (ISO 4) J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs Language English | Discipline Addiction Publication history 1940-present | |
Former names Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Journal of Studies on Alcohol Publisher Alcohol Research Documentation (United States) | ||
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. 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.
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Impact factor
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal's 2014 impact factor is 2.760, ranking it 7th of 36 journals in the category "Substance Abuse" (social science), 8th of 19 journals in the category "Substance Abuse" (science), and 26th of 76 journals in the category "Psychology" (science).
Editors-in-chief
The editor-in-chief of the journal as of July 1, 2015 is Thomas F. Babor (University of Connecticut). 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),.