Journal metric profile

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION

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 12.000 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 14.500 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 6/147 Recorded category rank

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 12.000, 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 6 out of 147 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 23,557 total citations, 127 total articles, 128 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 14.500, which is 2.500 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 10.900. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 2.910.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 10.4 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 6.9 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION is identified in this record by print ISSN 1089-778X and electronic ISSN 1941-0026. 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 EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION
Abbreviated journalIEEE T EVOLUT COMPUT
PublisherIEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
Metric year2025
Overall rank394
ISSN1089-778X
eISSN1941-0026
Total cites23,557
Total articles127
Citable items128
Cited half-life10.4 years
Citing half-life6.9 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor12.000
5-Year Impact Factor14.500
Impact Factor without journal self-cites10.900
Journal Citation Indicator2.910
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank6/147
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION is 12.000 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION?

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION 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 EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION?

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION is listed as being published by IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS 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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