Journal metric profile

QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS

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 12.700 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 20.900 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 2/617 Recorded category rank

QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 12.700, 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 2 out of 617 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 40,723 total citations, 41 total articles, 41 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 20.900, which is 8.200 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 12.400. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 4.490.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 19.7 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 8.4 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS is identified in this record by print ISSN 0033-5533 and electronic ISSN 1531-4650. 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 nameQUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS
Abbreviated journalQ J ECON
PublisherOXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
Metric year2025
Overall rank363
ISSN0033-5533
eISSN1531-4650
Total cites40,723
Total articles41
Citable items41
Cited half-life19.7 years
Citing half-life8.4 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor12.700
5-Year Impact Factor20.900
Impact Factor without journal self-cites12.400
Journal Citation Indicator4.490
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank2/617
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS is 12.700 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS?

QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS?

QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS is listed as being published by OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.

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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