Journal metric profile

BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN 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 1.800 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q4 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 44/53 Recorded category rank

BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY 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 Q4.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 44 out of 53 journals in its listed category. A Q4 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 9,522 total citations, 117 total articles, 120 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 1.800, which is 0.300 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 1.500. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.480.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 13.8 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 13.1 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY is identified in this record by print ISSN 0024-4066 and electronic ISSN 1095-8312. 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 nameBIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY
Abbreviated journalBIOL J LINN SOC
PublisherOXFORD UNIV PRESS
Metric year2025
Overall rank10,681
ISSN0024-4066
eISSN1095-8312
Total cites9,522
Total articles117
Citable items120
Cited half-life13.8 years
Citing half-life13.1 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.500
5-Year Impact Factor1.800
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.500
Journal Citation Indicator0.480
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ4
JCR category rank44/53
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY is 1.500 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY?

BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY is listed in quartile Q4. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY?

BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY 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.

Additional records from the same publisher or with a similar listed JCR Impact Factor.