Journal metric profile

LANCET NEUROLOGY Impact Factor 2025

LANCET NEUROLOGY has a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 45.5 and is listed in Q1 with a JCR category rank of 1/285.

JCR-based Impact Factor 45.5 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 56.2 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 1/285 Recorded category rank

LANCET NEUROLOGY impact factor and ranking

This profile summarizes the journal metrics and publication information available in the current directory record.

Page reviewed August 6, 2026

LANCET NEUROLOGY metric snapshot

LANCET NEUROLOGY has a bibliometric profile in this directory for 2025. The publisher recorded for the journal is ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC. Its listed Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor is 45.5. The five-year Journal Impact Factor is 56.2, giving a second citation window for comparison. The journal is recorded in quartile Q1 for its listed JCR category.

Category position and quartile

The recorded JCR category position is 1 out of 285 journals. Based on that rank position, the journal sits within approximately the top 0.4% of the listed category. Its listed quartile is Q1. Category ranks and quartiles are field-specific and are not measures of the quality of an individual article.

How the citation indicators compare

The five-year Journal Impact Factor (56.2) is 10.7 points higher than the standard Journal Impact Factor (45.5). Without journal self-citations, the Impact Factor is 44.6, a difference of 0.9 points from the listed standard value. The Journal Citation Indicator (JCI) is recorded as 12.19. These measures use different definitions or citation windows, so they are most useful when read together rather than treated as interchangeable scores.

Citation and publication counts

For 2025, the directory record for LANCET NEUROLOGY lists total cites: 52,666; total articles: 61; citable items: 79. These fields describe different parts of the JCR record and should not be combined into an article-level quality score.

Citation half-life profile

The cited half-life is 7.2 years, indicating the median age of items that contributed citations to the journal in the reporting framework. The citing half-life is 4.6 years, indicating the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Identifiers and verification

LANCET NEUROLOGY is identified in this directory by print ISSN 1474-4422 and electronic ISSN 1474-4465. The publisher is recorded as ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC. When making submission, library, or research-evaluation decisions, verify the title and identifiers against the journal publisher and the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports record.

Complete journal information

Use this table to verify the individual metric values, identifiers and publication details stored for this journal.

Journal nameLANCET NEUROLOGY
Abbreviated journalLANCET NEUROL
PublisherELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
Metric year2025
Overall rank31
ISSN1474-4422
eISSN1474-4465
Total cites52,666
Total articles61
Citable items79
Cited half-life7.2 years
Citing half-life4.6 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor45.5
5-Year Impact Factor56.2
Impact Factor without journal self-cites44.6
Journal Citation Indicator12.19
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank1/285
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of LANCET NEUROLOGY?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for LANCET NEUROLOGY is 45.5 for the 2025 metric year.

What are the JCR quartile and category rank of LANCET NEUROLOGY?

LANCET NEUROLOGY is listed with quartile Q1 and category rank 1/285. These values are category-specific and should be verified against the official JCR record when used for formal assessment.

What is the five-year Journal Impact Factor of LANCET NEUROLOGY?

The five-year Journal Impact Factor recorded for LANCET NEUROLOGY is 56.2. It uses a longer citation window than the standard Journal Impact Factor.

Who publishes LANCET NEUROLOGY?

LANCET NEUROLOGY is listed in this directory as being published by ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC.

Journals in the same approved specialty or subject are shown first, followed by same-publisher or similar-metric records when needed.

Research Area

Subject: Medicine
Specialty: Neurology & Neuroscience

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