Guest Editors: Nic Taylor, Ph.D., Rachel O’Donnell, Ph.D., Jack G. Martin, M.Sc., Gemma Mitchell, Ph.D., Inês Henriques-Cadby, Ph.D., Ingrid M. Wilson, Ph.D. and Kira Button, BPsychSc(Hons)

To accelerate dissemination and showcase alcohol research presented at the 2026 KBS conference, this issue will be devoted to research presented at the conference. We welcome all types of papers, including but not limited to:

• Qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods papers
• Reviews
• Historical papers

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• Manuscripts will be accepted until 30th November 2026, and should be submitted on the website and follow the journal guidelines (see instructions for authors for general guidance)
• Papers will be continuously published in Early View on acceptance.
• Papers from low- or middle-income countries (where the first author resides in an LMIC) will have all publishing fees waived.
• Requests for fee reductions from early career researchers/students from any country are also considered.
• For authors from high-income countries, the article processing charge is US $750 for 4,000 word quantitative, and 6,000 word qualitative manuscripts (excluding references, tables and figures), Papers exceeding this word limit will be considered on a case by case basis. An additional cost of $150 per additional 500 words may otherwise apply, subject to Editorial discretion.

Your submission will also help us to obtain and grow the IJADR impact factor which will benefit the KBS and broader alcohol research community. If authors wish to discuss potential submissions, please email nic.taylor@curtin.edu.au. When submitting, please select ‘KBS 2026 Conference Issue’ under the ‘Section’ drop-down.