Journal metric profile

CRITICAL INQUIRY

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 1.400 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 1.800 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 14/64 Recorded category rank

CRITICAL INQUIRY JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

CRITICAL INQUIRY is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by UNIV CHICAGO PRESS. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 1.400, 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 14 out of 64 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 4,239 total citations, 34 total articles, 34 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 1.800, which is 0.400 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 1.300. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 1.720.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 24 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 20.1 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

CRITICAL INQUIRY is identified in this record by print ISSN 0093-1896 and electronic ISSN 1539-7858. 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 nameCRITICAL INQUIRY
Abbreviated journalCRIT INQUIRY
PublisherUNIV CHICAGO PRESS
Metric year2025
Overall rank11,211
ISSN0093-1896
eISSN1539-7858
Total cites4,239
Total articles34
Citable items34
Cited half-life24 years
Citing half-life20.1 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.400
5-Year Impact Factor1.800
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.300
Journal Citation Indicator1.720
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank14/64
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of CRITICAL INQUIRY?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for CRITICAL INQUIRY is 1.400 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is CRITICAL INQUIRY?

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

Who publishes CRITICAL INQUIRY?

CRITICAL INQUIRY is listed as being published by UNIV CHICAGO 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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