Journal metric profile

METABOLIC ENGINEERING

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 6.800 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 7.800 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 18/177 Recorded category rank

METABOLIC ENGINEERING JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

METABOLIC ENGINEERING is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 6.800, 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 18 out of 177 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 11,265 total citations, 127 total articles, 127 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 7.800, which is 1.000 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 6.300. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 1.740.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 6.2 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 7.1 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

METABOLIC ENGINEERING is identified in this record by print ISSN 1096-7176 and electronic ISSN 1096-7184. 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 nameMETABOLIC ENGINEERING
Abbreviated journalMETAB ENG
PublisherACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
Metric year2025
Overall rank1,167
ISSN1096-7176
eISSN1096-7184
Total cites11,265
Total articles127
Citable items127
Cited half-life6.2 years
Citing half-life7.1 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor6.800
5-Year Impact Factor7.800
Impact Factor without journal self-cites6.300
Journal Citation Indicator1.740
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank18/177
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of METABOLIC ENGINEERING?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for METABOLIC ENGINEERING is 6.800 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is METABOLIC ENGINEERING?

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

Who publishes METABOLIC ENGINEERING?

METABOLIC ENGINEERING is listed as being published by ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE.

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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