The ''Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs'' (JSAD) is a multidisciplinary

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that publishes articles on all aspects of the use and misuse of

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and other

drug A drug is any chemical substance other than a nutrient or an essential dietary ingredient, which, when administered to a living organism, produces a biological effect. Consumption of drugs can be via insufflation (medicine), inhalation, drug i ...

s; tobacco and e-cigarette use; the misuse of prescription medication; and behavioral addictions, including gambling and gaming. The journal also publishes research on the therapeutic uses of psychoactive substances (e.g., psilocybin, ketamine). The range of topics includes, but is not limited to, the biological, medical, epidemiological, psychiatric, social, psychological, legal, public health, socioeconomic, genetic, and neurobiological aspects of substance use and behavioral addictions. The journal was established in 1940 as the ''Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol'' and 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 and Substance Use Studies at

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Impact factor

According to the

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, the journal's 2022

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is 3.4, ranking it 19th of 54 journals in the category "Substance Abuse," 18th of 38 journals in the category "Substance Abuse" (social science), 12th of 21 journals in the category "Substance Abuse" (science), and 22nd of 81 journals in the category "Psychology."

Editors-in-chief

The

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of the journal as of 1 July 2023 is Jennifer P. Read. Previous editors-in-chief have been

Howard W. Haggard Howard Wilcox Haggard (July 19, 1891 - April 22, 1959) was an American physician, physiologist and writer. Career Haggard was born in La Porte, Indiana. He received his B.S. (1914) and M.D. (1917) from Yale University.Blocker, Jack S; Fahey, Dav ...

(1940–1958), Mark Keller (1958–1977), Timothy Coffee (1977–1984), Jack H. Mendelson and Nancy K. Mello (1984–1991), John Carpenter (1991–1994), Marc A. Schuckit (

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) (1994–2015), and Thomas F. Babor (2015–2023) (

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References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.jsad.com Bimonthly journals Academic journals established in 1940 English-language journals Addiction medicine journals