Journal metric profile

DESALINATION

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 9.800 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 9.900 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 4/131 Recorded category rank

DESALINATION JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

DESALINATION is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by ELSEVIER. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 9.800, 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 4 out of 131 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 62,051 total citations, 955 total articles, 991 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 9.900, which is 0.100 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 7.600. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 1.810.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 6.9 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 4.5 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

DESALINATION is identified in this record by print ISSN 0011-9164 and electronic ISSN 1873-4464. 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 nameDESALINATION
Abbreviated journalDESALINATION
PublisherELSEVIER
Metric year2025
Overall rank580
ISSN0011-9164
eISSN1873-4464
Total cites62,051
Total articles955
Citable items991
Cited half-life6.9 years
Citing half-life4.5 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor9.800
5-Year Impact Factor9.900
Impact Factor without journal self-cites7.600
Journal Citation Indicator1.810
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank4/131
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

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

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for DESALINATION is 9.800 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is DESALINATION?

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

Who publishes DESALINATION?

DESALINATION is listed as being published by ELSEVIER.

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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