Journal metric profile

INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

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 2.100 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 2.700 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 24/181 Recorded category rank

INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 2.100, 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 24 out of 181 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 6,853 total citations, 140 total articles, 142 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.700, which is 0.600 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 2.000. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 1.390.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 10.1 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 11.2 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY is identified in this record by print ISSN 1540-7063 and electronic ISSN 1557-7023. 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 nameINTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY
Abbreviated journalINTEGR COMP BIOL
PublisherOXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
Metric year2025
Overall rank7,872
ISSN1540-7063
eISSN1557-7023
Total cites6,853
Total articles140
Citable items142
Cited half-life10.1 years
Citing half-life11.2 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor2.100
5-Year Impact Factor2.700
Impact Factor without journal self-cites2.000
Journal Citation Indicator1.390
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank24/181
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY is 2.100 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY?

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

Who publishes INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY?

INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY is listed as being published by OXFORD UNIV PRESS 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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