INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY Impact factor 2025

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The latest impact factor of INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY and all the other Web of Science journals was released on 20th June 2025 by Clarivate. Through this web page, researchers can check the impact factor, total citation, journal quartile, and journal aim & scope.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY: Aim & Scope

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY is a Web of Science indexed journal tha publishes research in the area: Substance Abuse.
The ISSN of this journal is 18734758.

Impact factor of INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DRUG POLICY

Journal Title	International Journal of Drug Policy
Impact Factor	4.4
SJR	1.504
ISSN	18734758
Quartile	Q1

Impact Factor from year 2018-2024

Year	Impact Factor
2018	4.244
2019	4.528
2020	4.444
2021	5.009
2022
2025	4.4

The Journal Impact Factor is defined as citations to the journal in the JCR year to items published in the previous two years, divided by the total number of scholarly items, also known as citable items, (these comprise articles and reviews) published in the journal in the previous two years.

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