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Drug and Alcohol Review
H-index 29

Drug and Alcohol Review

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 392 75 140 17
Medicine 1135 82 187 21

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 293
Documents by Best Scientists*: 503
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 7
SCIMAGO H-index: 92
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.033
Impact Factor: 2.6

Top Publications

  • Alcohol use in times of the COVID 19: Implications for monitoring and policy.

    Jürgen Rehm;Carolin Kilian;Carina Ferreira‐Borges;David Jernigan

    (2020)
    502 Citations
  • Loneliness among people with substance use problems: A narrative systematic review

    Isabella Ingram;Peter J. Kelly;Frank P. Deane;Amanda L. Baker

    (2020)
    169 Citations
  • Changes in alcohol use during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Europe: A meta‐analysis of observational studies

    (2022)
    136 Citations
  • Alcohol consumption, harms and policy developments in sub‐Saharan Africa: The case for stronger national and regional responses

    Neo K Morojele;Emeka W Dumbili;Isidore S Obot;Charles D H Parry;Charles D H Parry

    (2021)
    77 Citations
  • Purchasing, consumption, demographic and socioeconomic variables associated with shifts in alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Sarah Callinan;Yvette Mojica-Perez;Cassandra J C Wright;Cassandra J C Wright;Cassandra J C Wright;Michael Livingston;Michael Livingston

    (2021)
    76 Citations
  • The elusiveness of representativeness in general population surveys for alcohol.

    Jürgen Rehm;Carolin Kilian;Pol Rovira;Kevin D. Shield;Kevin D. Shield

    (2021)
    73 Citations
  • Assessing the limit of detection of Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy and immunoassay strips for fentanyl in a real-world setting.

    Karen McCrae;Samuel Tobias;Cameron Grant;Mark Lysyshyn;Mark Lysyshyn

    (2020)
    71 Citations
  • The burden of alcohol on health care during COVID-19.

    Tim Stockwell;Sven Andreasson;Cheryl Cherpitel;Tanya Chikritzhs

    (2021)
    65 Citations
  • Probability and correlates of transition from cannabis use to DSM-5 cannabis use disorder: Results from a large-scale nationally representative study.

    Daniel Feingold;Ofir Livne;Jürgen Rehm;Jürgen Rehm;Jürgen Rehm;Shaul Lev‐Ran;Shaul Lev‐Ran

    (2020)
    54 Citations
  • Alcohol control policies in Former Soviet Union countries: A narrative review of three decades of policy changes and their apparent effects.

    Maria Neufeld;Maria Neufeld;Anastacia Bobrova;Kairat Davletov;Mindaugas Štelemėkas

    (2021)
    44 Citations

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