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International Journal of Drug Policy

International Journal of Drug Policy is a journal indexed in SJR in Medicine (miscellaneous) and Health Policy with an H index of 106. It has an SJR impact factor of 1,483 and it has a best quartile of Q1. It is published in English. It has an SJR impact factor of 1,483.

International Journal of Drug Policy focuses its scope in these topics and keywords: treatment, drug, naloxone, potential, reduction, risk, san, social, syringe, overdose, ...

ISSN: 0955-3959

Publisher: Elsevier B.V.

Category: Medicine (miscellaneous)

Indexation: verifiedScopus / SJR verifiedWeb of Science

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SJR Impact Factor trending_up

1,483 Q1

H-index 106

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26% Selective

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SJR Impact

1,483

H-index

106

Docs (year)

297

Docs 3y

933

Total refs

16632

Cites 3y

3862

Citable 3y

904

Cites/Doc 2y

4.08

Ref/Doc

56.0

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Best articles by citations

Santo Daime and Santa Maria -The licit ritual use of ayabuasca and the illicit use of cannabis in a Brazilian Amazonian religion

When enough is enough: rapid assessment and response in the context of injecting drug use and the HIV epidemic

Tobacco harm reduction policies: the debate in Quebec

The transfer of harm-reduction strategies into prisons: needle exchange programmes in two German prisons

The social geography of HIV/AIDS among injection drug users in Brazil

The sharing of injecting paraphernalia among 96 regular attenders at needle-exchange schemes in the North West of England: implications for local public health policy

Towards a public health response for preventing the spread of HIV amongst injecting drug users within Nepal and the development of a treatment, rehabilitation and prevention programme in Pokhara

Tackling drug use in prison: a success story

Supporting GPs to manage drug users in general practice: an evaluation of the substance misuse management project

Substitution treatment with methadone in Germany: politics, programmes and results

Strategy for change: the French situation

Self and community based opioid substitution among opioid dependent populations in the Indian sub-continent

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The empirical and methodological comparative value of the rapid assessment of drug use patterns

Routine activities and drug trafficking: the case of the Netherlands

Rethinking drug prohibition: Don't look for U.S. Government leadership

Report on injecting drug use in Bali (Denpasar and Kuta): results of an interview survey

Report on an initiative to separate the market for 'soft' and 'hard' drugs in Germany

RAR hath wrought...Hobson's choice?

Rapid assessment: really useful knowledge or an argument for bad science?

Race, drugs and prevalence

Prohibition, vigilantism and human rights violations

Proactive or sensationalist?: the media and harm reduction

Preventing HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases among injecting drug users in Rio de Janeiro

Prescribing injectable methadone in general practice

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International Journal of Drug Policy has an SJR of 1,483 (best quartile Q1) in the CountryOfPapers database.

Immediate OA APC is not available (NPD).

The acceptance rate recorded for International Journal of Drug Policy is 26%.

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