Journal metric profile

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY

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 1.300 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q4 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 146/185 Recorded category rank

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS. 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 146 out of 185 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 1,453 total citations, 36 total articles, 36 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 1.300, which is equal to 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 1.200. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.470.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 8 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 7.7 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY is identified in this record by print ISSN 1062-8606 and electronic ISSN 1555-824X. 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 nameAMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY
Abbreviated journalAM J MED QUAL
PublisherLIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
Metric year2025
Overall rank11,740
ISSN1062-8606
eISSN1555-824X
Total cites1,453
Total articles36
Citable items36
Cited half-life8 years
Citing half-life7.7 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.300
5-Year Impact Factor1.300
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.200
Journal Citation Indicator0.470
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ4
JCR category rank146/185
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY is 1.300 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY?

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY is listed in quartile Q4. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY?

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY is listed as being published by LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS.

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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