Journal metric profile

JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY

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 0.900 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 1.300 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q3 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 116/181 Recorded category rank

JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 0.900, 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 116 out of 181 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 2,361 total citations, 30 total articles, 30 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 1.300, which is 0.400 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 0.900. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.530.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 19.2 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 12.4 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY is identified in this record by print ISSN 0735-7036 and electronic ISSN 1939-2087. 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 COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY
Abbreviated journalJ COMP PSYCHOL
PublisherAMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
Metric year2025
Overall rank14,036
ISSN0735-7036
eISSN1939-2087
Total cites2,361
Total articles30
Citable items30
Cited half-life19.2 years
Citing half-life12.4 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor0.900
5-Year Impact Factor1.300
Impact Factor without journal self-cites0.900
Journal Citation Indicator0.530
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ3
JCR category rank116/181
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY is 0.900 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY?

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

Who publishes JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY?

JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY is listed as being published by AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC.

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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