Journal metric profile

COMPARATIVE SOCIOLOGY

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 0.400 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 0.600 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q4 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 177/219 Recorded category rank

COMPARATIVE SOCIOLOGY JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

COMPARATIVE SOCIOLOGY is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by BRILL. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 0.400, 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 177 out of 219 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 686 total citations, 29 total articles, 29 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 0.600, which is 0.200 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 0.400. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.290.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 14.3 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 11 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

COMPARATIVE SOCIOLOGY is identified in this record by print ISSN 1569-1322 and electronic ISSN 1569-1330. 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 nameCOMPARATIVE SOCIOLOGY
Abbreviated journalCOMP SOCIOL
PublisherBRILL
Metric year2025
Overall rank17,542
ISSN1569-1322
eISSN1569-1330
Total cites686
Total articles29
Citable items29
Cited half-life14.3 years
Citing half-life11 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor0.400
5-Year Impact Factor0.600
Impact Factor without journal self-cites0.400
Journal Citation Indicator0.290
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ4
JCR category rank177/219
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of COMPARATIVE SOCIOLOGY?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for COMPARATIVE SOCIOLOGY is 0.400 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is COMPARATIVE SOCIOLOGY?

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

Who publishes COMPARATIVE SOCIOLOGY?

COMPARATIVE SOCIOLOGY is listed as being published by BRILL.

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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