''The American Journal on Addictions'' is a bimonthly

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covering addiction medicine. It was established in 1992 and is published by

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on behalf of the

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, of which it is the official journal. The

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is Thomas R. Kosten (

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). According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2020

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of 3.076, ranking it 17th out of 37 journals in the category "Substance Abuse".

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:American Journal on Addictions, The Addiction medicine journals Academic journals established in 1992 Bimonthly journals Wiley (publisher) academic journals English-language journals Academic journals associated with learned and professional societies of the United States