Journal metric profile

Foot and Ankle Surgery

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 2.200 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q2 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 62/139 Recorded category rank

Foot and Ankle Surgery JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

Foot and Ankle Surgery is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by ELSEVIER. 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 62 out of 139 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 2,830 total citations, 90 total articles, 104 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.200, which is 0.200 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 0.910.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 5 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 8 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

Foot and Ankle Surgery is identified in this record by print ISSN 1268-7731 and electronic ISSN 1460-9584. 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 nameFoot and Ankle Surgery
Abbreviated journalFOOT ANKLE SURG
PublisherELSEVIER
Metric year2025
Overall rank8,303
ISSN1268-7731
eISSN1460-9584
Total cites2,830
Total articles90
Citable items104
Cited half-life5 years
Citing half-life8 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor2.000
5-Year Impact Factor2.200
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.800
Journal Citation Indicator0.910
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ2
JCR category rank62/139
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of Foot and Ankle Surgery?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for Foot and Ankle Surgery is 2.000 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is Foot and Ankle Surgery?

Foot and Ankle Surgery is listed in quartile Q2. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes Foot and Ankle Surgery?

Foot and Ankle Surgery is listed as being published by ELSEVIER.

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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