Journal metric profile

JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES

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 1.700 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q2 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 22-Aug Recorded category rank

JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by WILEY. 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 database records the JCR category rank as “22-Aug”. Because some imported rank values may require manual verification, readers should confirm the category rank with the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. 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 9,355 total citations, 203 total articles, 204 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 1.700, which is 0.100 points below 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 1.600. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.940.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 12.5 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 9.1 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES is identified in this record by print ISSN 0022-1198 and electronic ISSN 1556-4029. 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 nameJOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES
Abbreviated journalJ FORENSIC SCI
PublisherWILEY
Metric year2025
Overall rank9,201
ISSN0022-1198
eISSN1556-4029
Total cites9,355
Total articles203
Citable items204
Cited half-life12.5 years
Citing half-life9.1 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.800
5-Year Impact Factor1.700
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.600
Journal Citation Indicator0.940
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ2
JCR category rank22-Aug
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES is 1.800 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES?

JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES is listed in quartile Q2. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES?

JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES is listed as being published by WILEY.

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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