Journal metric profile

Trials

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 Q3 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 125/195 Recorded category rank

Trials JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

Trials is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by BMC. 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 Q3.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 125 out of 195 journals in its listed category. A Q3 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 16,868 total citations, 775 total articles, 785 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 1.900. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.520.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 5.2 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 8.3 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

Trials is identified in this record by electronic ISSN 1745-6215. 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 nameTrials
Abbreviated journalTRIALS
PublisherBMC
Metric year2025
Overall rank8,303
ISSNNot available
eISSN1745-6215
Total cites16,868
Total articles775
Citable items785
Cited half-life5.2 years
Citing half-life8.3 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor2.000
5-Year Impact Factor2.200
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.900
Journal Citation Indicator0.520
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ3
JCR category rank125/195
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

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

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

What quartile is Trials?

Trials is listed in quartile Q3. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes Trials?

Trials is listed as being published by BMC.

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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