Journal metric profile

Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery

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 0.000 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q4 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 280/312 Recorded category rank

Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by AME PUBLISHING COMPANY. 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 280 out of 312 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 59 total citations, 12 total articles, 19 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 0.000, which is 0.400 points below 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 0.160.

Citation half-life

The citing half-life is 6.5 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery is identified in this record by electronic ISSN 2664-3278. 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 nameCurrent Challenges in Thoracic Surgery
Abbreviated journalCURR CHALL THORACIC
PublisherAME PUBLISHING COMPANY
Metric year2025
Overall rank17,542
ISSNNot available
eISSN2664-3278
Total cites59
Total articles12
Citable items19
Cited half-lifeNot available
Citing half-life6.5 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor0.400
5-Year Impact Factor0.000
Impact Factor without journal self-cites0.400
Journal Citation Indicator0.160
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ4
JCR category rank280/312
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery?

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

What quartile is Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery?

Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery is listed in quartile Q4. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery?

Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery is listed as being published by AME PUBLISHING COMPANY.

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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