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Table 1 Characteristics of the 30 journals having published the highest number of cannabis and cannabinoid publications

From: A bibliometric analysis of the cannabis and cannabinoid research literature

Journal name

Number of publications

2019 impact factor

Country of publication

% of total publications (n = 29 802)

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

706

3.951

Ireland

2.37%

Addictive Behaviors

419

3.645

UK

1.41%

British Journal of Pharmacology

356

7.730

USA

1.20%

Psychopharmacology

343

3.130

Germany

1.15%

Addiction

313

6.343

UK

1.05%

Substance Use and Misuse

308

1.497

UK

1.03%

European Journal of Pharmacology

306

3.263

Netherlands

1.03%

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

246

2.519

USA

0.83%

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

243

3.561

USA

0.82%

Neuropharmacology

222

4.431

UK

0.75%

PLOS One

217

2.740

USA

0.73%

International Journal of Drug Policy

202

4.444

Netherlands

0.68%

Forensic Science International

183

2.108

Ireland

0.61%

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

181

6.205

USA

0.61%

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

181

1.859

UK

0.61%

Life Sciences

170

3.647

USA

0.57%

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

166

3.513

USA

0.56%

Brain Research

153

2.733

Netherlands

0.51%

Neuroscience

148

3.056

UK

0.50%

Journal of Neuroscience

142

5.674

USA

0.48%

Neuropsychopharmacology

139

6.751

UK

0.47%

Biochemical Pharmacology

137

4.960

USA

0.46%

Drug Testing and Analysis

133

2.903

UK

0.45%

American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

129

2.925

USA

0.43%

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

123

2.448

USA

0.41%

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

121

2.780

USA

0.41%

Journal of Drug Issues

120

1.214

USA

0.40%

Journal of Psychopharmacology

118

3.121

UK

0.40%

American Journal on Addictions

113

2.371

USA

0.38%

Drug and Alcohol Review

112

2.472

USA

0.38%

  1. The journal name and number of publications were derived from the single search on Scopus conducted for the bibliometric analysis. The journal impact factor is a ratio of the citations to the number of publications a journal publishes over a given time period. The demographic information of each journal was found using the Scimago Journal & Country Rank