Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs (Norwegian: Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift) is a bimonthly peer-reviewed open access medical journal covering research on the health effects of alcohol and other drugs. It was established in 1984 as Alkoholpolitik – Tidskrift för nordisk alkoholforskning (Swedish for "Alcohol Policy – Journal for Nordic Alcohol Research"). It was originally published as part of a partnership between the Nordic Council for Alcohol and Drug Research and the Finnish alcohol company Alko. It was previously published by Walter de Gruyter until being acquired by its current publisher, SAGE Publications, in 2017. The editor-in-chief is Matilda Hellman (University of Helsinki). According to the "Journal Citation Reports", the journal has a 2017 impact factor of 0.683, ranking it 33rd out of 35 journals in the category "Substance Abuse".