Journal metric profile

Quarterly Journal of Political Science

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 1.800 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 2.300 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q2 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 120/322 Recorded category rank

Quarterly Journal of Political Science JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

Quarterly Journal of Political Science is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by NOW PUBLISHERS INC. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 1.800, 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 120 out of 322 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 930 total citations, 15 total articles, 15 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.300, which is 0.500 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 1.700. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.960.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 10.3 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 13.1 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

Quarterly Journal of Political Science is identified in this record by print ISSN 1554-0626 and electronic ISSN 1554-0634. 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 nameQuarterly Journal of Political Science
Abbreviated journalQ J POLIT SCI
PublisherNOW PUBLISHERS INC
Metric year2025
Overall rank9,201
ISSN1554-0626
eISSN1554-0634
Total cites930
Total articles15
Citable items15
Cited half-life10.3 years
Citing half-life13.1 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.800
5-Year Impact Factor2.300
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.700
Journal Citation Indicator0.960
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ2
JCR category rank120/322
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of Quarterly Journal of Political Science?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for Quarterly Journal of Political Science is 1.800 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is Quarterly Journal of Political Science?

Quarterly Journal of Political Science is listed in quartile Q2. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes Quarterly Journal of Political Science?

Quarterly Journal of Political Science is listed as being published by NOW PUBLISHERS INC.

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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