Journal metric profile

ARCHIVES OF NATURAL HISTORY

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 0.200 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q4 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 92/112 Recorded category rank

ARCHIVES OF NATURAL HISTORY JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

ARCHIVES OF NATURAL HISTORY is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by EDINBURGH UNIV PRESS. 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 92 out of 112 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 177 total citations, 23 total articles, 24 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 0.200, which is equal to 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 0.100. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.220.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 16.9 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 55.9 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

ARCHIVES OF NATURAL HISTORY is identified in this record by print ISSN 0260-9541 and electronic ISSN 1755-6260. 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 nameARCHIVES OF NATURAL HISTORY
Abbreviated journalARCH NAT HIST
PublisherEDINBURGH UNIV PRESS
Metric year2025
Overall rank19,331
ISSN0260-9541
eISSN1755-6260
Total cites177
Total articles23
Citable items24
Cited half-life16.9 years
Citing half-life55.9 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor0.200
5-Year Impact Factor0.200
Impact Factor without journal self-cites0.100
Journal Citation Indicator0.220
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ4
JCR category rank92/112
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of ARCHIVES OF NATURAL HISTORY?

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

What quartile is ARCHIVES OF NATURAL HISTORY?

ARCHIVES OF NATURAL HISTORY is listed in quartile Q4. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes ARCHIVES OF NATURAL HISTORY?

ARCHIVES OF NATURAL HISTORY is listed as being published by EDINBURGH UNIV PRESS.

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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