Journal metric profile

COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES

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 1.700 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q2 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 78/166 Recorded category rank

COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES JCR impact factor overview

Automatically generated from the journal record shown on this page.

Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by ASSOC COLL RESEARCH LIBRARIES. 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 Q2.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 78 out of 166 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 1,181 total citations, 50 total articles, 53 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 1.700, 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 1.300. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.410.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 8.2 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 8.8 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES is identified in this record by print ISSN 0010-0870 and electronic ISSN 2150-6701. 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 nameCOLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES
Abbreviated journalCOLL RES LIBR
PublisherASSOC COLL RESEARCH LIBRARIES
Metric year2025
Overall rank11,211
ISSN0010-0870
eISSN2150-6701
Total cites1,181
Total articles50
Citable items53
Cited half-life8.2 years
Citing half-life8.8 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.400
5-Year Impact Factor1.700
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.300
Journal Citation Indicator0.410
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ2
JCR category rank78/166
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES?

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

What quartile is COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES?

COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES is listed in quartile Q2. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES?

COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES is listed as being published by ASSOC COLL RESEARCH LIBRARIES.

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.