Publishing Addiction Science: A Guide for the Perplexed

Ideal for addiction scientists, this comprehensive reference guides those facing the complex process of publishing in scholarly journals. For both aspiring and established authors, this handbook tackles issues such as choosing a journal, publishing qualitative research, and responding to reviewers reports and includes a treatise on ethical issues common to addiction-science publishing.

Thomas F. Babor is a professor and chair of the department of community medicine and health care at the University of Connecticut’s School of Medicine and the associate editor-in-chief of the journal Addiction. He lives in Farmington, Connecticut. Kerstin Stenius is a senior lecturer in social work at the University of Helsinki, a guest professor at the Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs at Stockholm University, the editor-in-chief of the journal Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. Susan Savva is a former managing editor of the journal Addiction and a founder and former executive officer of the International Society of Addiction Journal Editors. Jean O’Reilly is a former lecturer in English at the University of Connecticut and a consulting book editor for the department of community medicine and health care at the University of Connecticut’s School of Medicine. She lives in Hartford, Connecticut.