Journal metric profile

JOURNAL OF THE SOUTHWEST

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 0.300 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 0.200 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q2 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 176/538 Recorded category rank

JOURNAL OF THE SOUTHWEST JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

JOURNAL OF THE SOUTHWEST is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by UNIV ARIZONA. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 0.300, 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 176 out of 538 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 151 total citations, 14 total articles, 14 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 0.200, which is 0.100 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 0.300. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.560.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 13.1 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 70 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

JOURNAL OF THE SOUTHWEST is identified in this record by print ISSN 0894-8410 and electronic ISSN 2158-1371. 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 nameJOURNAL OF THE SOUTHWEST
Abbreviated journalJ SOUTHWEST
PublisherUNIV ARIZONA
Metric year2025
Overall rank18,332
ISSN0894-8410
eISSN2158-1371
Total cites151
Total articles14
Citable items14
Cited half-life13.1 years
Citing half-life70 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor0.300
5-Year Impact Factor0.200
Impact Factor without journal self-cites0.300
Journal Citation Indicator0.560
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ2
JCR category rank176/538
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of JOURNAL OF THE SOUTHWEST?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for JOURNAL OF THE SOUTHWEST is 0.300 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is JOURNAL OF THE SOUTHWEST?

JOURNAL OF THE SOUTHWEST is listed in quartile Q2. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes JOURNAL OF THE SOUTHWEST?

JOURNAL OF THE SOUTHWEST is listed as being published by UNIV ARIZONA.

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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