Discontinued in 2006. Continued by Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs (1937-1888). The Journal of Studies on Alcohol, published in the United States, is a refereed journal concerned with scientific research related to alcohol and drugs. It publishes topics related to the uses and abuses of these agents from the perspectives of the behavioral, biological, medical and sociocultural sciences. It has a worldwide readership and draws from an international array of authors. The Journal is abstracted by 37 services worldwide. First appearing in 1940, the Journal is published bimonthly beginning in January. Thematic supplements, free to subscribers, are published periodically. The Journal publishes an Editor's Corner, book reviews, guest editorials and correspondence. The Journal offers authors a venue to submit their work in as timely a fashion as possible. Generally, we try to have reviews completed within two months from submission, usually within five weeks. Overall, we average a 4-8 month time frame from submission to publication, which is quite extraordinary.