Journal metric profile

Infection Prevention in Practice

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 Q3 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 230/419 Recorded category rank

Infection Prevention in Practice JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

Infection Prevention in Practice 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 Q3.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 230 out of 419 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 551 total citations, 64 total articles, 75 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 1.900. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.500.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 3.3 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 6.6 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

Infection Prevention in Practice is identified in this record by print ISSN 2590-0889 and electronic ISSN 2590-0889. 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 nameInfection Prevention in Practice
Abbreviated journalINFECT PREV PRACT
PublisherELSEVIER
Metric year2025
Overall rank8,733
ISSN2590-0889
eISSN2590-0889
Total cites551
Total articles64
Citable items75
Cited half-life3.3 years
Citing half-life6.6 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.900
5-Year Impact Factor2.200
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.900
Journal Citation Indicator0.500
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ3
JCR category rank230/419
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of Infection Prevention in Practice?

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

What quartile is Infection Prevention in Practice?

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

Who publishes Infection Prevention in Practice?

Infection Prevention in Practice 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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