About
Time to first decision with review (median):
64 days*
Impact Factor (JCR):
4
5 Year Impact Factor:
4.1
Citescore:
9.1
Total content views:
627,246
Total Altmetric mentions:
4,686
Aims and scope
Tobacco Control aims to study the nature and consequences of tobacco use worldwide; tobacco’s effects on population health, the economy, the environment, and society; efforts to prevent and control the global tobacco epidemic through population level education and policy changes; the ethical dimensions of tobacco control policies; and the activities of the tobacco industry and its allies.
For information about the Tobacco Control Editor-in-Chief Marita Heffler and her editorial team, please refer to the Editorial Board page.
Plan S compliance
Tobacco Control is a Plan S compliant Transformative Journal. Transformative Journals are one of the compliance routes offered by cOAlition S funders, such as Wellcome, WHO and UKRI. Find out more about Transformative Journals and Plan S compliance on our Author Hub.
Journal information
Ownership
Tobacco Control is owned by BMJ
Publication Model
Subscription; with hybrid open access option
Frequency
Bi-monthly
Launch date
1992
Indexed by
Web of Science Core Collection: Science Citation Index, Science Citation Index Extended, Social Sciences Citation Index; Current Contents: Clinical Medicine, Social and Behavioural Sciences, MEDLINE (Index Medicus), PubMed Central (BMJ Open Access Special Collection), Scopus, Embase (Excerpta Medica), CINAHL, Google Scholar
Peer Review Model
Single anonymised; the names of reviewers are hidden from the author
Print ISSN
0964-4563
Online ISSN
1468-3318
Journal Statistics 2023
Acceptance rate: 27%
Speed
Time to first decision without review: 5 days (median)
Time to first decision with review: 64 days (median)
Time from acceptance to publication: 16 days (median)
Impact
Impact Factor category: Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Impact Factor (JCR): 4
Impact factor rank : 56/403
5 Year Impact Factor: 4.1
Journal Citation Indicator: 1.48
Eigenfactor: 0.01148
Citescore: 9.1
Citescore rank: 48/665
Scimago Journal rank (SJR): 1.654
Reach
Total content views: 627,246
Total Altmetric mentions: 4,686
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