Journal metric profile

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PATTERN ANALYSIS AND MACHINE INTELLIGENCE

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 18.600 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 20.400 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 3/366 Recorded category rank

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PATTERN ANALYSIS AND MACHINE INTELLIGENCE JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PATTERN ANALYSIS AND MACHINE INTELLIGENCE is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by IEEE COMPUTER SOC. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 18.600, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q1.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 3 out of 366 journals in its listed category. A Q1 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 98,199 total citations, 726 total articles, 732 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 20.400, which is 1.800 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 18.000. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 4.660.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 5.1 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 5.3 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PATTERN ANALYSIS AND MACHINE INTELLIGENCE is identified in this record by print ISSN 0162-8828 and electronic ISSN 1939-3539. 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 nameIEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PATTERN ANALYSIS AND MACHINE INTELLIGENCE
Abbreviated journalIEEE T PATTERN ANAL
PublisherIEEE COMPUTER SOC
Metric year2025
Overall rank183
ISSN0162-8828
eISSN1939-3539
Total cites98,199
Total articles726
Citable items732
Cited half-life5.1 years
Citing half-life5.3 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor18.600
5-Year Impact Factor20.400
Impact Factor without journal self-cites18.000
Journal Citation Indicator4.660
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank3/366
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PATTERN ANALYSIS AND MACHINE INTELLIGENCE?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PATTERN ANALYSIS AND MACHINE INTELLIGENCE is 18.600 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PATTERN ANALYSIS AND MACHINE INTELLIGENCE?

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PATTERN ANALYSIS AND MACHINE INTELLIGENCE is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PATTERN ANALYSIS AND MACHINE INTELLIGENCE?

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PATTERN ANALYSIS AND MACHINE INTELLIGENCE is listed as being published by IEEE COMPUTER SOC.

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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