Journal metric profile

CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

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 7.700 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 10.100 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 14/177 Recorded category rank

CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 7.700, 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 14 out of 177 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 8,542 total citations, 0 total articles, 69 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 10.100, which is 2.400 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 7.600. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.950.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 5.9 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 6.4 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY is identified in this record by print ISSN 0738-8551 and electronic ISSN 1549-7801. 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 nameCRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY
Abbreviated journalCRIT REV BIOTECHNOL
PublisherTAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Metric year2025
Overall rank914
ISSN0738-8551
eISSN1549-7801
Total cites8,542
Total articles0
Citable items69
Cited half-life5.9 years
Citing half-life6.4 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor7.700
5-Year Impact Factor10.100
Impact Factor without journal self-cites7.600
Journal Citation Indicator0.950
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank14/177
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY is 7.700 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY?

CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY?

CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY is listed as being published by TAYLOR & FRANCIS 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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