Addictive Behaviors

Addictive Behaviors is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier. It was established in 1975 by Peter M. Miller (Medical University of South Carolina), who remained at the helm of the journal until December 2017. The current editor-in-chief is Marcantonio M. Spada (London South Bank University), who took over from Miller in January 2018. The journal covers behavioral and psychosocial research concerning addictive behaviors in its widest sense.

Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in: • Biological Abstracts

• BIOSIS Previews

• CAB Abstracts

• CINAHL

• Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences

• EBSCO databases

• Elsevier Biobase

• Embase

• Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed

• PsycINFO

• Science Citation Index Expanded

• Scopus

• Social Sciences Citation Index According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 3.7.