New challenges for Adicciones journal: towards the internationalization of the journal and the quality improvement

Abstract

The Adicciones Journal has been published for 15 years during which time it has become the journal of reference on the subject of addictions in the Spanish language. Although it is well established editorially, there are still challenges to be faced such as its inclusion in certain relevant databases such as Medline or Current Contents, following its inclusion in Psychinfo, the most important database in the field of psychology, managed by the American Psychological Association Not being included in these databases generates a vicious circle that is not easy to resolve as there are authors who, for academic or other reasons, prefer to publish their work in English language journals with a wider impact so that these journals, as a result, continue to expand their importance and scope in comparison with those not included in the database responsible for this very impact factor. The commitment of all (authors, revisers and editors) in raising the level of the Journal, and in ensuring greater international recognition, is essential in raising the level of the Journal and achieving greater international recognition. Adicciones is taking steps to achieve this recognition, not only by working within the ISAJE (International Society of Addiction Journal Editors) but, most of all, by its commitment to improvements in the formal aspects and quality of the articles it publishes, making the publication standards clearer and more precise, scrupulously following the Farmington agreements, and by broadening its editorial committee.