Addiction's aims are:

to provide an effective outlet for high quality research in the field of addiction by selecting excellent papers for publication and improving them through the review process,

to stimulate debate with the field of addiction on matters relating to the science or its translation into clinical practice or policy

to promote high quality research in the field of addiction worldwide through its publishing and other activities.

Addiction's scope spans human experimental, epidemiological, social science, historical, clinical and policy research relating to addiction, primarily but not exclusively in the areas of psychoactive substance use and/or gambling. In addition to original research, the journal features editorials, commentaries, reviews, letters, and book reviews.

《Addiction》是一本由Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd出版商出版的专业医学期刊，该刊创刊于1993年，刊期Monthly，该刊已被国际权威数据库SCI、SCIE、SSCI收录。在中科院最新升级版分区表中，该刊分区信息为大类学科：医学 1区，小类学科：精神病学 1区；药物滥用 1区；在JCR（Journal Citation Reports）分区等级为Q1。该刊发文范围涵盖精神病学等领域，旨在及时、准确、全面地报道国内外精神病学工作者在该领域取得的最新研究成果、工作进展及学术动态、技术革新等，促进学术交流，鼓励学术创新。2021年影响因子为7.256，平均审稿速度约3.0个月。