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About the Journal of Drug Issues format

Journal of Drug Issues is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment.

PublisherSAGE
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Journal of Drug Issues, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Homelessness and Social Issues Crime Patterns and Interventions
ISSN0022-0426
Citation impact (2-yr)0.87
h-index88
i10-index1,181
Total citations51,764
Top institutions publishing herePennsylvania State University
Journal websiteus.sagepub.com
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Papers published in Journal of Drug Issues per year

19
2014
23
2015
40
2016
37
2017
46
2018
39
2019
47
2020
43
2021
59
2022
54
2023
49
2024
54
2025

Citation impact of Journal of Drug Issues by publication year

316
2014
514
2015
871
2016
500
2017
575
2018
507
2019
644
2020
366
2021
346
2022
242
2023
89
2024
24
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Journal of Drug Issues

The Drugs/Violence Nexus: A Tripartite Conceptual Framework

Paul J. Goldstein · 1 Oct 1985

Drug use and drug trafficking are examined as etiological factors in the creation of violence. A conceptual framework is presented for examining the drugs/violence nexus. Drugs and violence are seen as being related in three possible ways: the psychopharmacological, the economically compulsive, and the systemic. Each of these models is examined in depth. The quality…

1,351 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
The Developmental Context of Substance use in Emerging Adulthood

Jeffrey Jensen Arnett · 1 Apr 2005

The theory of emerging adulthood has been proposed as a way of conceptualizing the developmental characteristics of young people between the ages of 18 and 25. Here, the theory is applied to explaining the high rates of substance use in this age group. Specifically, five developmentally distinctive features of emerging adulthood are proposed: the age…

1,036 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Modeling the Etiology of Adolescent Substance Use: A Test of the Social Development Model

Richard F. Catalano, Rick Kosterman, J. David Hawkins et al. · 1 Apr 1996

The social development model is a general theory of human behavior that seeks to explain antisocial behaviors through specification of predictive developmental relationships. It incorporates the effects of empirical predictors ("risk factors" and "protective factors") for antisocial behavior and attempts to synthesize the most strongly supported propositions of control theory, social learning theory, and differential…

480 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
The Parental and Peer Contexts of Adolescent Deviance: An Algebra of Interpersonal Influences

Denise B. Kandel · 1 Apr 1996

Estimates of the relative influence of peers and parents on adolescents' drug use and other forms of deviance have inflated the importance of peers and underestimated the influence of parents. Following a brief review of major findings in research on parental-peer linkages, sources of distortion and overestimation in peer effects are identified: reliance on cross-sectional…

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Journal of Drug Issues template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Journal of Drug Issues format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Journal of Drug Issues template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official SAGE format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Journal of Drug Issues use?
Journal of Drug Issues uses Author–year (Harvard) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Journal of Drug Issues, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Journal of Drug Issues?
No. DocuGuru generates the sagej LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a SAGE-ready Journal of Drug Issues document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
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Journal of Drug Issues is a multidisciplinary journal published by SAGE. DocuGuru's Journal of Drug Issues template matches SAGE's official submission format.
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