Journal metric profile

Foundations and Trends in Machine Learning

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 25.400 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 89.000 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 1/204 Recorded category rank

Foundations and Trends in Machine Learning JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

Foundations and Trends in Machine Learning is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by NOW PUBLISHERS INC. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 25.400, 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 1 out of 204 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 4,667 total citations, 6 total articles, 6 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 89.000, which is 63.600 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 25.200. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 11.130.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 6.7 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 7.8 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

Foundations and Trends in Machine Learning is identified in this record by print ISSN 1935-8237 and electronic ISSN 1935-8245. 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 nameFoundations and Trends in Machine Learning
Abbreviated journalFOUND TRENDS MACH LE
PublisherNOW PUBLISHERS INC
Metric year2025
Overall rank108
ISSN1935-8237
eISSN1935-8245
Total cites4,667
Total articles6
Citable items6
Cited half-life6.7 years
Citing half-life7.8 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor25.400
5-Year Impact Factor89.000
Impact Factor without journal self-cites25.200
Journal Citation Indicator11.130
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank1/204
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of Foundations and Trends in Machine Learning?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for Foundations and Trends in Machine Learning is 25.400 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is Foundations and Trends in Machine Learning?

Foundations and Trends in Machine Learning is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes Foundations and Trends in Machine Learning?

Foundations and Trends in Machine Learning is listed as being published by NOW PUBLISHERS INC.

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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