Impact Factor
4.03
Journal Citation Impact
Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.
Citation rate
4.40
2,455 total citations
h5-index
55
h5 depth signal
Cited share
81.5%
468 of 574
Total citations
2,455
Citation footprint
Metric signal
4.19
External metric anchor
Self-citation
14.5%
356 self-citations
Citations Trend
Monthly Publications Cadence
Citing Geographic Demographics
United States
1,092
Australia
688
Canada
574
United Kingdom
545
France
79
Citing Fields of Research
Substance Abuse
2,348
Anesthetic & Pain Medicine
374
Hepatitis
283
Law & Legal Studies
215
Sociology
212
Publishing Activity & Reach
Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.
All-time article footprint
4,826
Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set
574
468 cited publications
Last 12 months
387
32.3 publications/month
Open access share
63.3%
245 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country
United States
1,092 citing publications
Leading citing field
Substance Abuse
2,348 citing publications
Latest tracked publication
19 October 2026
10 recent records available
Coverage & Indexing History
v18n1, Mar 2007-
v18n1, Mar 2007-
Research Focus & Classification
Indexed Subjects
Substance Abuse
Broad Categories
Public Health
Substance-Related Disorders
Substance Abuse
MeSH Descriptors
Drug and Narcotic Control
Legislation, Drug
Public Policy
Substance-Related Disorders.
Latest Publications
Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.
01
DOI 10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105543
Open DOI
Illicit cigarette trade in the greater metropolitan area of Costa Rica: a smokers' survey
02
DOI 10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105542
Open DOI
Beyond the interview room: Media, spectacle, and the communicative life of necropolitical drug discourse in Indonesia
03
DOI 10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105536
Open DOI
Selecting for potency: are drug controls shaping the evolution of illicit drug markets?
04
DOI 10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105530
Open DOI
Safer supply program enrollment motivations and medication preferences among people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada
05
DOI 10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105533
Open DOI
Young people’s perspectives and experiences with alcohol-free and low-alcohol drinks through a practice lens
06
DOI 10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105532
Open DOI
Quantifying cannabis-attributable traffic fatalities
07
08
09
DOI 10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105526
Open DOI
Competing narratives and public support for drink-drive policy reform: a framing experiment in England and Wales
10
DOI 10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105528
Open DOI
A prospective audit of TikTok’s response to UK drug-selling accounts
Bibliographical & Catalog Notes
Issues for 1993- have title: International journal of drug policy.
Description based on: Vol. 1, no. 6 (May/June 1990); title from cover.
Also issued online.
v.16, no. 3(July 2005)20070925 Notice published Printed on acid-free paper that meets the full ANSI standard for Permanent Paper