Journal metric profile

World Patent Information

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 2.200 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q2 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 64/166 Recorded category rank

World Patent Information JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

World Patent Information is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by ELSEVIER. 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 Q2.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 64 out of 166 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 877 total citations, 32 total articles, 41 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.200, which is 0.300 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 1.300. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.570.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 6.4 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 7.8 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

World Patent Information is identified in this record by print ISSN 0172-2190 and electronic ISSN 1874-690X. 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 nameWorld Patent Information
Abbreviated journalWORLD PAT INF
PublisherELSEVIER
Metric year2025
Overall rank8,733
ISSN0172-2190
eISSN1874-690X
Total cites877
Total articles32
Citable items41
Cited half-life6.4 years
Citing half-life7.8 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.900
5-Year Impact Factor2.200
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.300
Journal Citation Indicator0.570
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ2
JCR category rank64/166
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Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of World Patent Information?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for World Patent Information is 1.900 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is World Patent Information?

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

Who publishes World Patent Information?

World Patent Information 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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