Journal metric profile

Foundations and Trends in Databases

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 2.900 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q4 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 103/128 Recorded category rank

Foundations and Trends in Databases JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

Foundations and Trends in Databases is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by NOW PUBLISHERS INC. 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 Q4.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 103 out of 128 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 159 total citations, 5 total articles, 5 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.900, which is 1.900 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 1.000. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.820.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 13.1 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 7.8 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

Foundations and Trends in Databases is identified in this record by print ISSN 1931-7883 and electronic ISSN 1931-7891. 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 nameFoundations and Trends in Databases
Abbreviated journalFOUND TRENDS DATABAS
PublisherNOW PUBLISHERS INC
Metric year2025
Overall rank13,445
ISSN1931-7883
eISSN1931-7891
Total cites159
Total articles5
Citable items5
Cited half-life13.1 years
Citing half-life7.8 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.000
5-Year Impact Factor2.900
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.000
Journal Citation Indicator0.820
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ4
JCR category rank103/128
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of Foundations and Trends in Databases?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for Foundations and Trends in Databases is 1.000 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is Foundations and Trends in Databases?

Foundations and Trends in Databases is listed in quartile Q4. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes Foundations and Trends in Databases?

Foundations and Trends in Databases is listed as being published by NOW PUBLISHERS INC.

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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