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Harm Reduction Journal Template

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About the Harm Reduction Journal format

Harm Reduction Journal is a peer-reviewed journal published by BMC (BioMed Central), covering HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes. Over its lifetime it has published 1,816 papers, which have received 43,514 citations.

PublisherBMC (BioMed Central)
Reference styleNumbered (Vancouver)
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
1. Smith A, Jones B, Lee C. A representative article title. Harm Reduction Journal. 2023;12(3):45–58.

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Publishes research inHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
ISSN1477-7517
Citation impact (2-yr)3.75
h-index90
i10-index987
Article processing charge$2,440
Open accessYes — indexed in DOAJ
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of British Columbia
Journal websiteharmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com
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Papers published in Harm Reduction Journal per year

39
2014
55
2015
37
2016
79
2017
64
2018
76
2019
98
2020
134
2021
145
2022
180
2023
231
2024
226
2025

Citation impact of Harm Reduction Journal by publication year

1.4K
2014
1.6K
2015
1.2K
2016
4.2K
2017
2.8K
2018
3K
2019
3.6K
2020
3.5K
2021
2.7K
2022
2.4K
2023
1.6K
2024
493
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Harm Reduction Journal

Harm reduction principles for healthcare settings

Mary Hawk, Robert W. S. Coulter, James E. Egan et al. · 24 Oct 2017

BACKGROUND: Harm reduction refers to interventions aimed at reducing the negative effects of health behaviors without necessarily extinguishing the problematic health behaviors completely. The vast majority of the harm reduction literature focuses on the harms of drug use and on specific harm reduction strategies, such as syringe exchange, rather than on the harm reduction philosophy…

“They look at us like junkies”: influences of drug use stigma on the healthcare engagement of people who inject drugs in New York City

Brandon Muncan, Suzan M. Walters, Jerel M. Ezell et al. · 31 Jul 2020

BACKGROUND: People who inject drugs (PWID) are a medically and socially vulnerable population with a high incidence of overdose, mental illness, and infections like HIV and hepatitis C. Existing literature describes social and economic correlations to increased health risk, including stigma. Injection drug use stigma has been identified as a major contributor to healthcare disparities…

Language acquisition for deaf children: Reducing the harms of zero tolerance to the use of alternative approaches

Tom Humphries, Poorna Kushalnagar, Gaurav Mathur et al. · 2 Apr 2012

Children acquire language without instruction as long as they are regularly and meaningfully engaged with an accessible human language. Today, 80% of children born deaf in the developed world are implanted with cochlear devices that allow some of them access to sound in their early years, which helps them to develop speech. However, because of…

An overview of forensic drug testing methods and their suitability for harm reduction point-of-care services

Lane Harper, Jeff Powell, Em M. Pijl · 31 Jul 2017

Given the current opioid crisis around the world, harm reduction agencies are seeking to help people who use drugs to do so more safely. Many harm reduction agencies are exploring techniques to test illicit drugs to identify and, where possible, quantify their constituents allowing their users to make informed decisions. While these technologies have been…

Challenges in maintaining treatment services for people who use drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic

Adrian Dunlop, Buddhima Lokuge, Debbie Masters et al. · 6 May 2020

The impact of COVID-19 across health services, including treatment services for people who use drugs, is emerging but likely to have a high impact. Treatment services for people who use drugs provide essential treatment services including opiate agonist treatment and needle syringe programmes alongside other important treatment programmes across all substance types including withdrawal and…

Harm Reduction Journal template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Harm Reduction Journal format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Harm Reduction Journal template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official BMC (BioMed Central) format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Harm Reduction Journal use?
Harm Reduction Journal uses Numbered (Vancouver) references, shown as numbered [1], [2] markers in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: 1. Smith A, Jones B, Lee C. A representative article title. Harm Reduction Journal. 2023;12(3):45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Harm Reduction Journal?
No. DocuGuru generates the bmcart LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a BMC (BioMed Central)-ready Harm Reduction Journal document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Harm Reduction Journal template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Harm Reduction Journal format with correct headings, figures, tables, and numbered citations.
What is Harm Reduction Journal?
BMC / BioMed Central journal. It is a life sciences and medicine journal, published by BMC (BioMed Central).
Can I export a submission-ready Harm Reduction Journal PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Harm Reduction Journal template (the bmcart class) that is ready to submit to BMC (BioMed Central), together with the matching LaTeX source files.
How much does the Harm Reduction Journal template cost?
You can start writing in the Harm Reduction Journal template for free. Exporting the final submission-ready Harm Reduction Journal PDF and LaTeX source is part of DocuGuru's paid plans — see the app for current pricing.
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