Substance Use and Misuse

Top Research Topics at Substance Use & Misuse?

Substance Use & Misuse is organized to address concerns in the fields of Psychiatry, Clinical psychology, Substance abuse, Addiction and Injury prevention. It focuses on Psychiatry research which is adjacent to topics in Public health. The Public health study featured in it draws parallels with the field of Gerontology.

The research on Clinical psychology discussed in the journal draws on the closely related field of Personality. The work on Substance abuse addressed in the journal expands to the thematically related Developmental psychology. Many of the studies tackled connect Developmental psychology with a similar field of study like Social environment.

Injury prevention research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Social psychology, Environmental health, Suicide prevention, Human factors and ergonomics and Occupational safety and health. In it, Demography and Medical emergency are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Suicide prevention research. Methadone works presented in Substance Use & Misuse have a specific focus on Methadone maintenance.

• Psychiatry (35.17%)
• Clinical psychology (20.27%)
• Substance abuse (16.55%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Perceiving the Community Norms of Alcohol Use among Students: Some Research Implications for Campus Alcohol Education Programming* (750 citations)
• Taking Care of Business—The Heroin User's Life on the Street (573 citations)
• Orthogonal Cultural Identification Theory: The Cultural Identification of Minority Adolescents (533 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Substance Use & Misuse:

The published articles mainly tackle studies in Psychiatry, Substance abuse, Clinical psychology, Addiction and Developmental psychology. The published articles explore topics in Psychiatry which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Injury prevention and Suicide prevention. The Developmental psychology research presented in the most cited publications focuses mostly on Social psychology and, on occasion, topics in Human factors and ergonomics.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

• Internal medicine
• Law
• Social psychology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Substance Use & Misuse investigates studies in Psychiatry, Clinical psychology, Substance use, Environmental health and Substance abuse. The work on Psychiatry tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Young adult, Opioid use disorder and Medical prescription. Topics in Opioid use disorder explored in Substance Use & Misuse were investigated in conjunction with research in Opioid overdose and Buprenorphine.

Topics in Clinical psychology were tackled in line with various other fields like Intervention (counseling), Sexual minority, Cannabis use, Cannabis and Addiction. Studies on Environmental health discussed in Substance Use & Misuse link to the field of Alcohol consumption.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Acceptability and Effectiveness of Hepatitis C Care at Syringe Service Programs for People Who Inject Drugs in New York City. (4 citations)
• Trends in Tobacco Use among Young Adults Presenting for Military Service in the United States Air Force between 2013 and 2018. (4 citations)
• Pulling Your Mask down to Smoke: Qualitative Themes from Young Adults on Nicotine Use during a Pandemic. (3 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Substance Use & Misuse (based on the number of publications) are:

• Stanley Einstein (56 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Steve Sussman (49 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Carl G. Leukefeld (38 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Stephen Magura (38 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Richard Dembo (36 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Substance Use & Misuse (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of Southern California (153 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
• Johns Hopkins University (135 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• University of California, Los Angeles (125 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• National Development and Research Institutes (123 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• University of Kentucky (116 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 2.58% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 14.77% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.50% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.94% of all publications and 53.79% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

• Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
• Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
• Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
• Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
• Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Career Pathways in Substance Use & Misuse Research

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