Journal metric profile

Biology Methods & Protocols

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 1.300 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 2.500 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q4 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 77/86 Recorded category rank

Biology Methods & Protocols JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

Biology Methods & Protocols 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 1.300, 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 77 out of 86 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 425 total citations, 75 total articles, 89 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.500, which is 1.200 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 0.480.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 3.5 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 6.4 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

Biology Methods & Protocols is identified in this record by electronic ISSN 2396-8923. 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 nameBiology Methods & Protocols
Abbreviated journalBIOL METHODS PROTOC
PublisherOXFORD UNIV PRESS
Metric year2025
Overall rank11,740
ISSNNot available
eISSN2396-8923
Total cites425
Total articles75
Citable items89
Cited half-life3.5 years
Citing half-life6.4 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.300
5-Year Impact Factor2.500
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.300
Journal Citation Indicator0.480
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ4
JCR category rank77/86
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of Biology Methods & Protocols?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for Biology Methods & Protocols is 1.300 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is Biology Methods & Protocols?

Biology Methods & Protocols is listed in quartile Q4. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes Biology Methods & Protocols?

Biology Methods & Protocols 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.

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