《酒精》將以英文發表有關酒精研究各個領域的新的系統研究的原始報告。酒精生物作用的各個方面將被涵蓋，包括解剖學、生物化學、細胞生物學、生理學、藥理學、毒理學、行為學、社會人類學和臨床問題。酒精對從業者和基礎科學家都有巨大的價值，是專門從事酒精和酒精中毒生物醫學研究的主要國際期刊。該雜志每年發表9次，致力于卓越和深入報道作為疾病狀態的酗酒的新興文獻。主題包括但不限于：酒精中毒病因中的生物醫學因素；非控制性飲酒病理效應中的生物醫學因素；酒精中毒鑒定中的生物和生化標志物；非控制性飲酒治療中的新藥和化療策略；戒酒和精神病；與胎兒酒精綜合征相關的邏輯和生物學問題。《酒精》包括原始研究文章，評論文章，理論文章，簡短的溝通和快速溝通。簡短的通信應該描述一種新的方法，技術或裝置，或者提供可以用最少數量的圖和表簡要報告的實驗結果。快速通信應該是原創的并且質量很高，并且長度不應超過四個打印頁面。有限數量的相關文獻綜述和理論文章，專題討論會的結果，摘要和/或會議記錄，以及更全面的研究也可作為期刊的特刊或補充出版。所有特殊問題和補充都要經過我們的標準同行評審程序和編輯的最終批準。

Alcohol will publish original reports in English of new and systematic studies in the various fields of alcohol research. All aspects of alcohol's biological action will be covered, including anatomy, biochemistry, cell biology, physiology, pharmacology, toxicology, behavior, social anthropology, and clinical problems. Of immense value to both practitioners and basic scientists, Alcohol is the major international journal devoted solely to biomedical research on alcohol and alcoholism. Appearing nine times per year, the journal is dedicated to excellence and in-depth reporting of the burgeoning literature on alcoholism as a disease state. Topics include, but are not limited to, biomedical factors in the etiology of alcoholism; biomedical factors in the pathologic effects of uncontrolled drinking; biological and biochemical markers in the identification of alcoholism; new drugs and chemotherapeutic strategies in the treatment of uncontrolled drinking; alcohol withdrawal; and psychological and biological problems associated with fetal alcohol syndrome. Alcohol features original research articles, review articles, theoretical articles, brief communications, and rapid communications. Brief communications should describe a new method, technique, or apparatus or present the results of experiments that can be reported briefly with a minimal number of figures and tables. Rapid communications should be original and of high quality and should not exceed four printed pages in length. A limited number of pertinent literature reviews and theoretical articles, results of symposia, abstracts and/or proceedings of meetings, and more comprehensive studies may also be published as special issues of or supplements to the journal. All special issues and supplements are subject to our standard peer-review procedure and final approval by the Editors.