Journal metric profile

STATISTICAL METHODS IN MEDICAL RESEARCH

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 1.900 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 2.500 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 36/167 Recorded category rank

STATISTICAL METHODS IN MEDICAL RESEARCH JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

STATISTICAL METHODS IN MEDICAL RESEARCH 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 1.900, 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 36 out of 167 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 8,483 total citations, 123 total articles, 131 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.500, which is 0.600 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 0.650.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 7.6 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 11.5 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

STATISTICAL METHODS IN MEDICAL RESEARCH is identified in this record by print ISSN 0962-2802 and electronic ISSN 1477-0334. 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 nameSTATISTICAL METHODS IN MEDICAL RESEARCH
Abbreviated journalSTAT METHODS MED RES
PublisherSAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
Metric year2025
Overall rank8,733
ISSN0962-2802
eISSN1477-0334
Total cites8,483
Total articles123
Citable items131
Cited half-life7.6 years
Citing half-life11.5 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.900
5-Year Impact Factor2.500
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.800
Journal Citation Indicator0.650
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank36/167
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of STATISTICAL METHODS IN MEDICAL RESEARCH?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for STATISTICAL METHODS IN MEDICAL RESEARCH is 1.900 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is STATISTICAL METHODS IN MEDICAL RESEARCH?

STATISTICAL METHODS IN MEDICAL RESEARCH is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes STATISTICAL METHODS IN MEDICAL RESEARCH?

STATISTICAL METHODS IN MEDICAL RESEARCH 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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