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

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that publishes original research articles on various aspects of the use and misuse of

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and other

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s. 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

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Impact factor

According to the

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, the journal's 2017

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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).

Editors-in-chief

The

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of the journal as of 1 July 2015 is Thomas F. Babor (

University of Connecticut The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, a village in the town of Mansfield. The primary 4,400-acre (17.8 km2) campus is in Storrs, approximately a half hour's drive from Hart ...

). Previous editors-in-chief have been Howard W. Haggard (1940–1958), Mark Keller (1958–1977),

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(1977–1984), Jack H. Mendelson and Nancy K. Mello (1984–1991), John Carpenter (1991–1994), and Marc A. Schuckit (

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) (1994-2015).

References

External links

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