Why Publish With Nicotine & Tobacco Research?

Nicotine & Tobacco Research is one of the world’s leading peer-reviewed journals devoted exclusively to the study of nicotine and tobacco. The official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT), Nicotine and Tobacco is published by Oxford University Press. Nicotine & Tobacco Research provides a forum for: 

• Empirical findings 

• Critical reviews

• Conceptual papers

Published research includes (but is not limited to) exploration of the biobehavioural, neurological, molecular biologic, epidemiological, prevention, and treatment arenas of nicotine and tobacco study. Editors also encourage submissions that are integrative in nature and cross traditional disciplinary boundaries.

Here are a few more reasons to publish your research with Nicotine & Tobacco Research:

Your Research Can Benefit From Global Reach

• Nicotine & Tobacco Research is recognized as an authoritative voice in the field, so articles published in the Journal regularly attract media attention. Recently, the below articles have received high levels of interest from media outlets:

  • Vaping Dose, Device Type, and E-Liquid Flavor are Determinants of DNA Damage in Electronic Cigarette Users

  • Trends in Nicotine Strength in Electronic Cigarettes Sold in the United States by Flavor, Product Type, and Manufacturer, 2017–2022

  • Time to Stop Using the Word “Smoker”: Reflecting on the Role of Language in Advancing the Field of Nicotine and Tobacco Research

• Nicotine & Tobacco Research output has a far-reaching impact; in 2022, all continents were reflected in our readership, with the highest concentration of readers based in North America, Europe, and East & Southeast Asia. 

• Nicotine & Tobacco Research has an Impact Factor of 3.0 (Clarivate, 2023), and a CiteScore of 8.1 (Scopus, 2023). Find out more about these measurements here in this handy OUP resource. 

• Nicotine & Tobacco Research articles are indexed in a variety of databases, including PubMed and PubMed Central (PMC). You can find further indexing information here.

• Article-level metrics, including usage, citations, and Altmetric scores are available for all articles published in the journal, allowing you to understand the reach of your research, and the attention it is receiving online.

Enjoy A Simple Submissions Process

• Format-light submissions: Nicotine & Tobacco Research has a streamlined submissions process designed to help you and avoid unnecessary work. At first submission, you can submit your manuscript in any common document format that can be easily opened and read by others. Simply ask: “would I enjoy reading and reviewing a manuscript in this way?” Word or PDF files are usually reliable. Find out more about this process here.

• The Journal is also a partner journal of both medRxiv and bioRxiv preprint servers. This means that you can directly transmit your manuscript file and metadata from these preprint servers to the Journal, without having to re-load files and re-enter your author information. 

Global Community 

• Nicotine & Tobacco Research welcomes submissions from authors who belong to historically marginalized groups, particularly with respect to cultures or groups that are underrepresented in our field. This includes, but is not restricted to, ancestry, ethnicity, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, nationality, socioeconomic position, or geographical location. You can read more about this in the Diversity and Equity in Nicotine & Tobacco Research collection. 

• Research published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research may benefit from additional exposure to relevant social media followings, such as @NTRJournal and @OUPMedicine

• Your research may also be selected to feature in wider thematic online collections, curated by Oxford University Press, such as The International Impacts of Alcohol Use Disorder and Nicotine and Tobacco, or Health Equity: Social Determinants of Health, forming another route for engaged researchers to find your work.

Experienced Editorial Board and Quality Peer Review

• Nicotine & Tobacco Research has an experienced editorial board; they help to keep the Journal’s output at a high quality, and help to extend the reach of your work by drawing on their wide-reaching academic networks. 

• Editor-in-chief, Professor Marcus Munafò, publishes work which focuses on public health behaviours and mental health, with special emphasis on nicotine, tobacco, and alcohol use. His work has informed policy debates.

• After initial screening by an editor, all manuscripts submitted to Nicotine & Tobacco Research are rigorously peer reviewed. The journal operates single-anonymised peer review, ensuring that your work achieves its highest possible quality. 

Article types

Nicotine & Tobacco Research publishes five categories of manuscripts, including:  

1. Original Investigation

2. Registered Reports

3.  Review

4. Brief Report

5. Commentary

Open Access Publishing Option

• Optional Open Access – subject to an open-access fee (APC) to comply with any funder requirements.

Straightforward Submissions Processes

• Submit with ease using ScholarOne Manuscripts.

• Use easy-to-follow Author Guidelines.

Useful Next Steps

1. Sign up for e-alerts or follow the journal on X to stay up to date on any announcements for future calls for papers. 

2. Review the instructions to authors for information on journal policies and manuscript preparation. 

3. Log into our submission site. 

Have a question? Contact our editorial office: [email protected]