摘要：Objectives: This study analyzes and describes the literature of addictions treatment and indexing coverage for core journals in the field. Methods: Citations from three source journals for the years 2008 through 2010 were analyzed using the 2010 Mapping the Literature of Nursing and Allied Health Professions Project Protocol. The distribution of cited journals was analyzed by applying Bradford's Law of Scattering. Results: More than 40,000 citations were analyzed. Journals (2,655 unique titles) were the most frequently cited form of literature, with 10 journals providing one-third of the cited journal references. Drug and Alcohol Dependence was the most frequently cited journal. The frequency of cited addictions journals, formats cited, age of citations, and indexing coverage is identified. Conclusions: Addictions treatment literature is widely dispersed among multidisciplinary publications with relatively few publications providing most of the citations. Results of this study will help researchers, students, clinicians, and librarians identify the most important journals and bibliographic indexes in this field, as well as publishing opportunities. Highlights Counseling literature is underrepresented in the core literature of addictions treatment. As in other mapping studies, journals were most frequently cited, followed by books. Addictions treatment literature draws most frequently from the literature of drug and alcohol abuse, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, public health, pharmacology, neurology, and brain science, among others. Implications Librarians, educators, and researchers should assess their collections and research tools and revise instruction strategies accordingly. Both the National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE and the American Psychological Association's PsycINFO databases should be searched for comprehensive searches of the addictions treatment literature.
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