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Harm Reduction Journal

Publishing model:
Open access

Overview

The Harm Reduction Journal is an open access, community-focused journal for research on reducing risks and harms associated with drug use, gambling, online platforms and other risky behaviors.

  • Challenges de-facto criminalization and stigmatization to promote evidence-based health equity and social justice.
  • Covers a broad range of public health issues: from drugs and alcohol, to incarceration, road trauma and law enforcement.
  • Welcomes research on different approaches to harm reduction programs and policy, as well as commentary on their effectiveness.
Editor-in-Chief
  • Phillip Marotta MPH, PhD

Journal metrics

Journal Impact Factor
4.2 (2025)
5-year Journal Impact Factor
4.6 (2025)
Submission to first decision (median)
15 days
Downloads
2.5M (2025)

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Electronic ISSN
1477-7517
Abstracted and indexed in
  1. BFI List
  2. Baidu
  3. CLOCKSS
  4. CNKI
  5. CNPIEC
  6. Chinese Academy of Medical Science (CAMS)
  7. DOAJ
  8. Dimensions
  9. EMBASE
  10. EMCare
  11. Gale
  12. GoOA - The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
  13. Google Scholar
  14. Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
  15. Medline
  16. Naver
  17. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  18. Ovid Discovery
  19. Portico
  20. ProQuest
  21. PsycINFO
  22. PubMed Central
  23. Reaxys
  24. SCImago
  25. SCOPUS
  26. Semantic Scholar
  27. Social Science Citation Index
  28. TD Net Discovery Service
  29. Wanfang
  30. eLibrary.ru
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