Journal metric profile

JOURNAL OF POPULAR CULTURE

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 0.200 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 0.400 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q4 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 51/64 Recorded category rank

JOURNAL OF POPULAR CULTURE JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

JOURNAL OF POPULAR CULTURE is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by WILEY. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 0.200, 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 51 out of 64 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 715 total citations, 49 total articles, 49 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 0.400, 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 0.200. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.320.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 16.4 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 9.6 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

JOURNAL OF POPULAR CULTURE is identified in this record by print ISSN 0022-3840 and electronic ISSN 1540-5931. 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 POPULAR CULTURE
Abbreviated journalJ POP CULT
PublisherWILEY
Metric year2025
Overall rank19,331
ISSN0022-3840
eISSN1540-5931
Total cites715
Total articles49
Citable items49
Cited half-life16.4 years
Citing half-life9.6 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor0.200
5-Year Impact Factor0.400
Impact Factor without journal self-cites0.200
Journal Citation Indicator0.320
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ4
JCR category rank51/64
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of JOURNAL OF POPULAR CULTURE?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for JOURNAL OF POPULAR CULTURE is 0.200 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is JOURNAL OF POPULAR CULTURE?

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

Who publishes JOURNAL OF POPULAR CULTURE?

JOURNAL OF POPULAR CULTURE is listed as being published by WILEY.

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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