Journal metric profile

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

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 30.200 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 32.600 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 1/171 Recorded category rank

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by ANNUAL REVIEWS. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 30.200, 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 1 out of 171 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 18,806 total citations, 0 total articles, 23 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 32.600, which is 2.400 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 30.000. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 3.020.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 15.7 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 13.9 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics is identified in this record by print ISSN 0066-4189 and electronic ISSN 1545-4479. 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 nameAnnual Review of Fluid Mechanics
Abbreviated journalANNU REV FLUID MECH
PublisherANNUAL REVIEWS
Metric year2025
Overall rank80
ISSN0066-4189
eISSN1545-4479
Total cites18,806
Total articles0
Citable items23
Cited half-life15.7 years
Citing half-life13.9 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor30.200
5-Year Impact Factor32.600
Impact Factor without journal self-cites30.000
Journal Citation Indicator3.020
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank1/171
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics is 30.200 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics?

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics?

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics is listed as being published by ANNUAL REVIEWS.

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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