Journal metric profile

LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY

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 1.500 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 2.000 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 26/182 Recorded category rank

LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 1.500, 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 26 out of 182 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 1,077 total citations, 29 total articles, 36 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.000, which is 0.500 points above 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 1.400. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 1.190.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 10.2 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 8.3 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY is identified in this record by print ISSN 1531-426X and electronic ISSN 1548-2456. 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 nameLATIN AMERICAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY
Abbreviated journalLAT AM POLIT SOC
PublisherCAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
Metric year2025
Overall rank10,681
ISSN1531-426X
eISSN1548-2456
Total cites1,077
Total articles29
Citable items36
Cited half-life10.2 years
Citing half-life8.3 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.500
5-Year Impact Factor2.000
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.400
Journal Citation Indicator1.190
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank26/182
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY is 1.500 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY?

LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY?

LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY is listed as being published by CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS.

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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