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Peer-review policy

Peer-review is the system used to assess the quality of a manuscript before it is published. Independent researchers in the relevant research area assess submitted manuscripts for originality, validity and significance to help editors determine whether the manuscript should be published in their journal. You can read more about the peer-review process here.

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy operates a single-blind peer-review system, where the reviewers are aware of the names and affiliations of the authors, but the reviewer reports provided to authors are anonymous.

The benefit of single-blind peer review is that it is the traditional model of peer review that many reviewers are comfortable with, and it facilitates a dispassionate critique of a manuscript.

Annual Journal Metrics

  • 2022 Citation Impact
    3.3 - 2-year Impact Factor
    3.5 - 5-year Impact Factor
    1.309 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
    0.899 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

    2023 Speed
    13 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (Median)
    81 days submission to accept (Median)

    2023 Usage 
    1,227,011 downloads
    1,434 Altmetric mentions