Journal metric profile

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GAME THEORY

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 0.500 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q4 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 530/617 Recorded category rank

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GAME THEORY JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GAME THEORY is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by SPRINGER HEIDELBERG. 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 530 out of 617 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 1,305 total citations, 30 total articles, 30 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 0.500, 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 0.190.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 25.9 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 19 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GAME THEORY is identified in this record by print ISSN 0020-7276 and electronic ISSN 1432-1270. 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 nameINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GAME THEORY
Abbreviated journalINT J GAME THEORY
PublisherSPRINGER HEIDELBERG
Metric year2025
Overall rank17,542
ISSN0020-7276
eISSN1432-1270
Total cites1,305
Total articles30
Citable items30
Cited half-life25.9 years
Citing half-life19 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor0.400
5-Year Impact Factor0.500
Impact Factor without journal self-cites0.300
Journal Citation Indicator0.190
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ4
JCR category rank530/617
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GAME THEORY?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GAME THEORY is 0.400 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GAME THEORY?

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GAME THEORY is listed in quartile Q4. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GAME THEORY?

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GAME THEORY is listed as being published by SPRINGER HEIDELBERG.

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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