Journal metric profile

CHINESE MEDICAL JOURNAL

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 7.300 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 5.900 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 23/332 Recorded category rank

CHINESE MEDICAL JOURNAL JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

CHINESE MEDICAL JOURNAL is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 7.300, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q1.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 23 out of 332 journals in its listed category. A Q1 designation describes the journal’s position within its subject category; it should not be used as a direct measure of the quality of an individual article.

Citation profile

The record contains 14,639 total citations, 139 total articles, 213 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 5.900, which is 1.400 points below the listed standard Journal Impact Factor. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The Journal Impact Factor without journal self-citations is recorded as 7.000. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 1.330.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 5.6 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 5.8 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

CHINESE MEDICAL JOURNAL is identified in this record by print ISSN 0366-6999 and electronic ISSN 2542-5641. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal nameCHINESE MEDICAL JOURNAL
Abbreviated journalCHINESE MED J-PEKING
PublisherLIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
Metric year2025
Overall rank1,030
ISSN0366-6999
eISSN2542-5641
Total cites14,639
Total articles139
Citable items213
Cited half-life5.6 years
Citing half-life5.8 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor7.300
5-Year Impact Factor5.900
Impact Factor without journal self-cites7.000
Journal Citation Indicator1.330
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank23/332
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of CHINESE MEDICAL JOURNAL?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for CHINESE MEDICAL JOURNAL is 7.300 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is CHINESE MEDICAL JOURNAL?

CHINESE MEDICAL JOURNAL is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes CHINESE MEDICAL JOURNAL?

CHINESE MEDICAL JOURNAL is listed as being published by LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS.

Can a JCR Journal Impact Factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. The Journal Impact Factor is a journal-level citation measure reported in Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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