Alcohol Research: Current Reviews is an open-access, interdisciplinary journal with the mission of providing in-depth reviews spanning the field of alcohol research. Areas of interest include the effects of alcohol across the lifespan on health, function, and well-being in addition to basic science, genetics, epidemiology, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of alcohol-related conditions. Topics are approached from basic, translational, and clinical perspectives. Reviews are written in a style that is accessible to a broad audience of scientists and clinicians, including trainees, with varying specialties and degrees of expertise in the field of alcohol research.