Journal metric profile

SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORICAL JOURNAL

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 1.000 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 1.000 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 18/538 Recorded category rank

SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORICAL JOURNAL JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORICAL JOURNAL is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 1.000, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q1.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 18 out of 538 journals in its listed category. A Q1 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 532 total citations, 30 total articles, 30 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 1.000, 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 0.400. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 1.590.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 13.7 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 32.9 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORICAL JOURNAL is identified in this record by print ISSN 0258-2473 and electronic ISSN 1726-1686. 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 nameSOUTH AFRICAN HISTORICAL JOURNAL
Abbreviated journalS AFR HIST J
PublisherROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Metric year2025
Overall rank13,445
ISSN0258-2473
eISSN1726-1686
Total cites532
Total articles30
Citable items30
Cited half-life13.7 years
Citing half-life32.9 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.000
5-Year Impact Factor1.000
Impact Factor without journal self-cites0.400
Journal Citation Indicator1.590
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank18/538
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORICAL JOURNAL?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORICAL JOURNAL is 1.000 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORICAL JOURNAL?

SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORICAL JOURNAL is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORICAL JOURNAL?

SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORICAL JOURNAL is listed as being published by ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS 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.

Additional records from the same publisher or with a similar listed JCR Impact Factor.