Addiction Publisher: Society for the Study of Addiction to Alcohol and Other Drugs; Society for the Study of Addiction Abbreviated title (ISO 4) Addiction Discipline Addiction Language English Edited by Robert West Publication details Publisher Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Society for the Study of Addiction Publication history 1884-present Frequency Monthly Open access Hybrid Impact factor (2010) 4.145 Indexing ISSN 0965-2140 This article is about the scientific journal. For the concept of addiction, see Addiction. Addiction is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal established in 1884 by the Society for the Study of Addiction to Alcohol and other Drugs. It covers original research relating to alcohol, illicit drugs, tobacco, and behavioural addictions.