Ongoing Special Issue
Current collections in addiction and rehabilitation research
Explore active special issues focused on emerging themes in prevention, treatment, and recovery.
Submit manuscripts aligned with ongoing collections for focused visibility.
How Ongoing Issues Work
Ongoing special issues collect manuscripts within a defined theme and timeline. Each issue follows the same peer review and ethics standards as regular submissions.
Themes are selected based on emerging evidence, clinical needs, and policy relevance in addiction research.
Author Guidance
When submitting, indicate the special issue title in the cover letter and align keywords with the theme.
Authors should review the specific aims of the issue and ensure that methods and outcomes align with the theme.
Benefits
Special issues provide concentrated visibility and highlight emerging areas of addiction and rehabilitation science.
Accepted articles appear within the themed collection while maintaining individual DOI and citation information.
Identifying Active Themes
Active themes are listed on the special issue page with a short scope statement and a submission timeline. Authors should ensure alignment before submitting.
If your study aligns with more than one theme, indicate the best fit in the cover letter to speed editorial routing.
Quality Standards
Special issues follow the same editorial policies, data availability expectations, and conflict of interest requirements as regular submissions.
High quality reporting supports faster review and helps special issues deliver timely evidence to practitioners.
Authors should monitor submission deadlines listed on the special issue page and plan revisions to meet the timeline.
Submission Flow
Select theme
Review ongoing issues and confirm alignment
Prepare manuscript
Highlight relevance in the cover letter
Submit
Use Manuscriptzone or the simple submission form
Review
Peer review and editorial decision
Visibility Benefits
Accepted articles appear within a themed collection that attracts focused readership. Authors retain full citation credit for each article while benefiting from coordinated visibility.
Timely submission supports coordinated publication of the themed collection.
If you are unsure about fit, contact the editorial office with a short abstract for guidance.
Submit to an Ongoing Special Issue
Use the same submission routes and select the special issue in your cover letter.
Contribute to a Focused Collection
Share research that advances recovery and rehabilitation outcomes.
