Journal metric profile

JOURNAL OF SYMBOLIC COMPUTATION

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 0.900 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q2 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 162/343 Recorded category rank

JOURNAL OF SYMBOLIC COMPUTATION JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

JOURNAL OF SYMBOLIC COMPUTATION is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD. 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 Q2.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 162 out of 343 journals in its listed category. A Q2 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 2,450 total citations, 78 total articles, 78 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 0.900, which is 0.200 points below 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 1.000. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.380.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 19.5 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 15.2 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

JOURNAL OF SYMBOLIC COMPUTATION is identified in this record by print ISSN 0747-7171 and electronic ISSN 1095-855X. 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 nameJOURNAL OF SYMBOLIC COMPUTATION
Abbreviated journalJ SYMB COMPUT
PublisherACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Metric year2025
Overall rank12,843
ISSN0747-7171
eISSN1095-855X
Total cites2,450
Total articles78
Citable items78
Cited half-life19.5 years
Citing half-life15.2 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.100
5-Year Impact Factor0.900
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.000
Journal Citation Indicator0.380
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ2
JCR category rank162/343
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of JOURNAL OF SYMBOLIC COMPUTATION?

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

What quartile is JOURNAL OF SYMBOLIC COMPUTATION?

JOURNAL OF SYMBOLIC COMPUTATION is listed in quartile Q2. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes JOURNAL OF SYMBOLIC COMPUTATION?

JOURNAL OF SYMBOLIC COMPUTATION is listed as being published by ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD.

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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