Journal metric profile

INVESTIGATIVE RADIOLOGY

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 8.000 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 6.500 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 9/212 Recorded category rank

INVESTIGATIVE RADIOLOGY JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

INVESTIGATIVE RADIOLOGY is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 8.000, 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 9 out of 212 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 7,246 total citations, 87 total articles, 96 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 6.500, which is 1.500 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 6.700. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 2.460.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 6.7 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 6.7 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

INVESTIGATIVE RADIOLOGY is identified in this record by print ISSN 0020-9996 and electronic ISSN 1536-0210. 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 nameINVESTIGATIVE RADIOLOGY
Abbreviated journalINVEST RADIOL
PublisherLIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
Metric year2025
Overall rank856
ISSN0020-9996
eISSN1536-0210
Total cites7,246
Total articles87
Citable items96
Cited half-life6.7 years
Citing half-life6.7 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor8.000
5-Year Impact Factor6.500
Impact Factor without journal self-cites6.700
Journal Citation Indicator2.460
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank9/212
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of INVESTIGATIVE RADIOLOGY?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for INVESTIGATIVE RADIOLOGY is 8.000 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is INVESTIGATIVE RADIOLOGY?

INVESTIGATIVE RADIOLOGY is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes INVESTIGATIVE RADIOLOGY?

INVESTIGATIVE RADIOLOGY is listed as being published by LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS.

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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