Journal metric profile

IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics

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 10.500 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 11.600 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 31-Jan Recorded category rank

IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics 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 10.500, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q1.

Ranking and quartile

The database records the JCR category rank as “31-Jan”. Because some imported rank values may require manual verification, readers should confirm the category rank with the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. 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 49,856 total citations, 440 total articles, 441 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 11.600, which is 1.100 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 9.500. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 1.900.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 3.6 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 4.1 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics is identified in this record by print ISSN 2168-2267 and electronic ISSN 2168-2275. 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 Cybernetics
Abbreviated journalIEEE T CYBERNETICS
PublisherIEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
Metric year2025
Overall rank514
ISSN2168-2267
eISSN2168-2275
Total cites49,856
Total articles440
Citable items441
Cited half-life3.6 years
Citing half-life4.1 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor10.500
5-Year Impact Factor11.600
Impact Factor without journal self-cites9.500
Journal Citation Indicator1.900
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank31-Jan
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics is 10.500 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics?

IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics 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 Cybernetics?

IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics 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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