Journal metric profile

SCIENCE IN CONTEXT

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 0.500 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 0.600 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q2 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 56/112 Recorded category rank

SCIENCE IN CONTEXT JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

SCIENCE IN CONTEXT is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 0.500, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q2.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 56 out of 112 journals in its listed category. A Q2 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 535 total citations, 3 total articles, 3 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 0.600, which is 0.100 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 0.300. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.350.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 19.4 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 25.5 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

SCIENCE IN CONTEXT is identified in this record by print ISSN 0269-8897 and electronic ISSN 1474-0664. 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 nameSCIENCE IN CONTEXT
Abbreviated journalSCI CONTEXT
PublisherCAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
Metric year2025
Overall rank16,781
ISSN0269-8897
eISSN1474-0664
Total cites535
Total articles3
Citable items3
Cited half-life19.4 years
Citing half-life25.5 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor0.500
5-Year Impact Factor0.600
Impact Factor without journal self-cites0.300
Journal Citation Indicator0.350
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ2
JCR category rank56/112
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of SCIENCE IN CONTEXT?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for SCIENCE IN CONTEXT is 0.500 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is SCIENCE IN CONTEXT?

SCIENCE IN CONTEXT is listed in quartile Q2. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes SCIENCE IN CONTEXT?

SCIENCE IN CONTEXT is listed as being published by CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS.

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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