Journal metric profile

AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

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 1.100 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q4 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 153/200 Recorded category rank

AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by WILEY. 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 Q4.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 153 out of 200 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 2,538 total citations, 106 total articles, 107 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 1.100, 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 0.800. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.350.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 13 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 11.6 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY is identified in this record by print ISSN 0141-6707 and electronic ISSN 1365-2028. 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 nameAFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
Abbreviated journalAFR J ECOL
PublisherWILEY
Metric year2025
Overall rank12,843
ISSN0141-6707
eISSN1365-2028
Total cites2,538
Total articles106
Citable items107
Cited half-life13 years
Citing half-life11.6 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.100
5-Year Impact Factor1.100
Impact Factor without journal self-cites0.800
Journal Citation Indicator0.350
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ4
JCR category rank153/200
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY?

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

What quartile is AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY?

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

Who publishes AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY?

AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY is listed as being published by WILEY.

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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