Journal metric profile

SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS

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 421/617 Recorded category rank

SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by WILEY. 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 421 out of 617 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 626 total citations, 21 total articles, 21 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 0.400.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 8.9 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 9 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS is identified in this record by print ISSN 0038-2280 and electronic ISSN 1813-6982. 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 JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS
Abbreviated journalS AFR J ECON
PublisherWILEY
Metric year2025
Overall rank14,036
ISSN0038-2280
eISSN1813-6982
Total cites626
Total articles21
Citable items21
Cited half-life8.9 years
Citing half-life9 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor0.900
5-Year Impact Factor1.300
Impact Factor without journal self-cites0.900
Journal Citation Indicator0.400
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ3
JCR category rank421/617
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

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

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

What quartile is SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS?

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

Who publishes SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS?

SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS 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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