Journal metric profile

International & Comparative Law Quarterly

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 2.000 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 2.100 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 48/434 Recorded category rank

International & Comparative Law Quarterly JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

International & Comparative Law Quarterly is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 2.000, 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 48 out of 434 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 1,529 total citations, 27 total articles, 27 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.100, 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 1.900. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 2.260.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 14.3 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 9.9 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

International & Comparative Law Quarterly is identified in this record by print ISSN 0020-5893 and electronic ISSN 1471-6895. 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 nameInternational & Comparative Law Quarterly
Abbreviated journalINT COMP LAW Q
PublisherCAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
Metric year2025
Overall rank8,303
ISSN0020-5893
eISSN1471-6895
Total cites1,529
Total articles27
Citable items27
Cited half-life14.3 years
Citing half-life9.9 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor2.000
5-Year Impact Factor2.100
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.900
Journal Citation Indicator2.260
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank48/434
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of International & Comparative Law Quarterly?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for International & Comparative Law Quarterly is 2.000 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is International & Comparative Law Quarterly?

International & Comparative Law Quarterly is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes International & Comparative Law Quarterly?

International & Comparative Law Quarterly is listed as being published by CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS.

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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