Journal metric profile

Foreign Policy Analysis

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 2.300 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q2 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 69/169 Recorded category rank

Foreign Policy Analysis JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

Foreign Policy Analysis is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by OXFORD 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 Q2.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 69 out of 169 journals in its listed category. A Q2 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 1,257 total citations, 40 total articles, 40 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.300, which is 0.800 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 0.730.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 8 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 11.2 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

Foreign Policy Analysis is identified in this record by print ISSN 1743-8586 and electronic ISSN 1743-8594. 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 nameForeign Policy Analysis
Abbreviated journalFOREIGN POL ANAL-US
PublisherOXFORD UNIV PRESS
Metric year2025
Overall rank10,681
ISSN1743-8586
eISSN1743-8594
Total cites1,257
Total articles40
Citable items40
Cited half-life8 years
Citing half-life11.2 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.500
5-Year Impact Factor2.300
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.400
Journal Citation Indicator0.730
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ2
JCR category rank69/169
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of Foreign Policy Analysis?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for Foreign Policy Analysis is 1.500 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is Foreign Policy Analysis?

Foreign Policy Analysis is listed in quartile Q2. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes Foreign Policy Analysis?

Foreign Policy Analysis is listed as being published by OXFORD 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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