Contemporary Drug Problems
Impact Factor & Key Scientometrics

Contemporary Drug Problems
Overview

Impact Factor

NA

H Index

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Impact Factor

1.55

I. Basic Journal Info

Country

United States
Journal ISSN: 914509
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc.
History: 1973-1981, 1994, 2014-2021
Journal Hompage: Link
How to Get Published:

Research Categories

Scope/Description:

Contemporary Drug Problems is a scholarly journal that publishes peerreviewed social science research on alcohol and other psychoactive drugs licit and illicit. The journals orientation is multidisciplinary and international it is open to any research paper that contributes to social cultural historical or epidemiological knowledge and theory concerning drug use and related problems. While Contemporary Drug Problems publishes all types of social science research on alcohol and other drugs it recognizes that innovative or challenging research can sometimes struggle to find a suitable outlet. The journal therefore particularly welcomes original studies for which publication options are limited including historical research qualitative studies and policy and legal analyses. In terms of readership Contemporary Drug Problems serves a burgeoning constituency of social researchers as well as policy makers and practitioners working in health welfare social services public policy criminal justice and law enforcement.

II. Science Citation Report (SCR)



Contemporary Drug Problems
SCR Impact Factor

Contemporary Drug Problems
SCR Journal Ranking

Contemporary Drug Problems
SCImago SJR Rank

SCImago Journal Rank (SJR indicator) is a measure of scientific influence of scholarly journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from.

Contemporary Drug Problems
Scopus 2-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Contemporary Drug Problems
Scopus 3-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Scopus 4-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Contemporary Drug Problems
Impact Factor History

2-year 3-year 4-year
  • 2023 Impact Factor
    2.417 2.448 2.443
  • 2022 Impact Factor
    2.146 2.081 2.276
  • 2021 Impact Factor
    1.55 2.015 2.174
  • 2020 Impact Factor
    1.848 2.09 1.923
  • 2019 Impact Factor
    1.587 1.9 1.93
  • 2018 Impact Factor
    1.756 1.804 1.667
  • 2017 Impact Factor
    2.04 2.214 2.214
  • 2016 Impact Factor
    1.722 1.722 1.722
  • 2015 Impact Factor
    0.706 0.706 0.706
  • 2014 Impact Factor
    0 NA NA
  • 2013 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2012 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2011 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2010 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2009 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2008 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2007 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2006 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2005 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2004 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2003 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2002 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2001 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2000 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
Note: impact factor data for reference only

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Impact Factor

Impact factor (IF) is a scientometric factor based on the yearly average number of citations on articles published by a particular journal in the last two years. A journal impact factor is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field. Find out more: What is a good impact factor?


III. Other Science Influence Indicators

Any impact factor or scientometric indicator alone will not give you the full picture of a science journal. There are also other factors such as H-Index, Self-Citation Ratio, SJR, SNIP, etc. Researchers may also consider the practical aspect of a journal such as publication fees, acceptance rate, review speed. (Learn More)

Contemporary Drug Problems
H-Index

The h-index is an author-level metric that attempts to measure both the productivity and citation impact of the publications of a scientist or scholar. The index is based on the set of the scientist's most cited papers and the number of citations that they have received in other publications

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Contemporary Drug Problems
H-Index History