Journal metric profile

POLITY

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 1.700 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q3 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 186/322 Recorded category rank

POLITY JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

POLITY is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by UNIV CHICAGO PRESS. 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 186 out of 322 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 1,312 total citations, 39 total articles, 39 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 1.700, which is 0.600 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 0.500.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 12.6 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 13.3 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

POLITY is identified in this record by print ISSN 0032-3497 and electronic ISSN 1744-1684. 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 namePOLITY
Abbreviated journalPOLITY
PublisherUNIV CHICAGO PRESS
Metric year2025
Overall rank12,843
ISSN0032-3497
eISSN1744-1684
Total cites1,312
Total articles39
Citable items39
Cited half-life12.6 years
Citing half-life13.3 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.100
5-Year Impact Factor1.700
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.100
Journal Citation Indicator0.500
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ3
JCR category rank186/322
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

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

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

What quartile is POLITY?

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

Who publishes POLITY?

POLITY is listed as being published by UNIV CHICAGO 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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