Journal metric profile

COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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 9.300 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank May-34 Recorded category rank

COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by ELSEVIER SCI LTD. 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 database records the JCR category rank as “May-34”. 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 49,970 total citations, 486 total articles, 486 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 9.300, which is 0.500 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 9.000. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 1.400.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 6.5 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 4.6 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY is identified in this record by print ISSN 0266-3538 and electronic ISSN 1879-1050. 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 nameCOMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Abbreviated journalCOMPOS SCI TECHNOL
PublisherELSEVIER SCI LTD
Metric year2025
Overall rank580
ISSN0266-3538
eISSN1879-1050
Total cites49,970
Total articles486
Citable items486
Cited half-life6.5 years
Citing half-life4.6 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor9.800
5-Year Impact Factor9.300
Impact Factor without journal self-cites9.000
Journal Citation Indicator1.400
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rankMay-34
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY?

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

What quartile is COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY?

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

Who publishes COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY?

COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY is listed as being published by ELSEVIER SCI LTD.

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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