Journal metric profile

Child Indicators 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 2.100 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 2.800 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 51/271 Recorded category rank

Child Indicators Research JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

Child Indicators Research is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by SPRINGER. 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 51 out of 271 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 2,667 total citations, 100 total articles, 106 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.800, which is 0.700 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 1.800. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 1.070.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 4.9 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 8.7 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

Child Indicators Research is identified in this record by print ISSN 1874-897X and electronic ISSN 1874-8988. 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 nameChild Indicators Research
Abbreviated journalCHILD INDIC RES
PublisherSPRINGER
Metric year2025
Overall rank7,872
ISSN1874-897X
eISSN1874-8988
Total cites2,667
Total articles100
Citable items106
Cited half-life4.9 years
Citing half-life8.7 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor2.100
5-Year Impact Factor2.800
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.800
Journal Citation Indicator1.070
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank51/271
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

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

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for Child Indicators Research is 2.100 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is Child Indicators Research?

Child Indicators 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 Child Indicators Research?

Child Indicators Research is listed as being published by SPRINGER.

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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