Journal metric profile

Improving Schools

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

Improving Schools JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

Improving Schools is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by SAGE PUBLICATIONS 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 562 total citations, 1 total articles, 1 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.000, which is equal to 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 2.000. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.660.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 8.6 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year.

Journal identifiers and verification

Improving Schools is identified in this record by print ISSN 1365-4802 and electronic ISSN 1475-7583. 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 nameImproving Schools
Abbreviated journalIMPROV SCH
PublisherSAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
Metric year2025
Overall rank8,303
ISSN1365-4802
eISSN1475-7583
Total cites562
Total articles1
Citable items1
Cited half-life8.6 years
Citing half-lifeNot available
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor2.000
5-Year Impact Factor2.000
Impact Factor without journal self-cites2.000
Journal Citation Indicator0.660
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ2
JCR category rank197/756
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of Improving Schools?

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

What quartile is Improving Schools?

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

Who publishes Improving Schools?

Improving Schools is listed as being published by SAGE PUBLICATIONS 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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