Journal metric profile

Natural Product Communications

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 1.600 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q4 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 138/181 Recorded category rank

Natural Product Communications JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

Natural Product Communications is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC. 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 Q4.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 138 out of 181 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 7,784 total citations, 256 total articles, 308 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 1.600, which is 0.200 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 0.280.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 9.3 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 6.7 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

Natural Product Communications is identified in this record by print ISSN 1934-578X and electronic ISSN 1555-9475. 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 nameNatural Product Communications
Abbreviated journalNAT PROD COMMUN
PublisherSAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Metric year2025
Overall rank11,211
ISSN1934-578X
eISSN1555-9475
Total cites7,784
Total articles256
Citable items308
Cited half-life9.3 years
Citing half-life6.7 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.400
5-Year Impact Factor1.600
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.300
Journal Citation Indicator0.280
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ4
JCR category rank138/181
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of Natural Product Communications?

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

What quartile is Natural Product Communications?

Natural Product Communications is listed in quartile Q4. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes Natural Product Communications?

Natural Product Communications is listed as being published by SAGE PUBLICATIONS 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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