Journal metric profile

Research

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 10.700 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 10.300 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 13/135 Recorded category rank

Research JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

Research is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 10.700, 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 13 out of 135 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 9,394 total citations, 219 total articles, 247 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 10.300, which is 0.400 points below 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 9.900. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 1.880.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 2.6 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 4.8 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

Research is identified in this record by print ISSN 2096-5168 and electronic ISSN 2639-5274. 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 nameResearch
Abbreviated journalRESEARCH-CHINA
PublisherAMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
Metric year2025
Overall rank497
ISSN2096-5168
eISSN2639-5274
Total cites9,394
Total articles219
Citable items247
Cited half-life2.6 years
Citing half-life4.8 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor10.700
5-Year Impact Factor10.300
Impact Factor without journal self-cites9.900
Journal Citation Indicator1.880
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank13/135
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

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

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for Research is 10.700 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is Research?

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

Who publishes Research?

Research is listed as being published by AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE.

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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