Journal metric profile

CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

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 1.100 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 1.400 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q3 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 95/181 Recorded category rank

CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 1.100, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q3.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 95 out of 181 journals in its listed category. A Q3 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 9,952 total citations, 79 total articles, 80 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 1.400, 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 1.100. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.680.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 24.4 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 13.9 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY is identified in this record by print ISSN 0008-4301 and electronic ISSN 1480-3283. 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 nameCANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY
Abbreviated journalCAN J ZOOL
PublisherCANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING
Metric year2025
Overall rank12,843
ISSN0008-4301
eISSN1480-3283
Total cites9,952
Total articles79
Citable items80
Cited half-life24.4 years
Citing half-life13.9 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.100
5-Year Impact Factor1.400
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.100
Journal Citation Indicator0.680
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ3
JCR category rank95/181
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY is 1.100 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY?

CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY is listed in quartile Q3. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY?

CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY is listed as being published by CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING.

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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