JADE is published in April, August and December, with three issues in each volume.

JADE is abstracted and indexed in:

• Academic Search Premier
• CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature)
• Index Copernicus
• ERIC (Educational Resource Information Center)
• High Beam Research Library
• Expanded Academic ASAP (Info Trac)
• Professional Development Collection
• Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
• Psyc INFO
• Science Citation Index Expanded
• Social Sciences Citation Index
• Google Scholar (search using Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education for best results)
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In 2001, the Journal Citation Index reported a journal impact factor of 0.0838 and the number of journal citations were 118. The paper acceptance rate averages 35%. In more recent years, the index Copernicus reported a journal impact factor of 3.89 in 2007 and 2008; 3.88 in 2009 and 4.07 in 2010.