Journal metric profile

JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION

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 1.900 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q2 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 197/756 Recorded category rank

JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. 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 Q2.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 197 out of 756 journals in its listed category. A Q2 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 626 total citations, 22 total articles, 23 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 1.900, which is 0.100 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 1.300. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 1.150.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 7.2 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 6.6 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION is identified in this record by print ISSN 1523-6803 and electronic ISSN 2328-9643. 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 nameJOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION
Abbreviated journalJ PUBLIC AFF EDUC
PublisherROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Metric year2025
Overall rank8,303
ISSN1523-6803
eISSN2328-9643
Total cites626
Total articles22
Citable items23
Cited half-life7.2 years
Citing half-life6.6 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor2.000
5-Year Impact Factor1.900
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.300
Journal Citation Indicator1.150
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ2
JCR category rank197/756
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION is 2.000 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION?

JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION is listed in quartile Q2. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION?

JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS EDUCATION is listed as being published by ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS 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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