Journal metric profile

Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis

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 2.200 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q2 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 234/617 Recorded category rank

Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS. 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 234 out of 617 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 522 total citations, 31 total articles, 31 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.200, which is 0.400 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 1.500. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.670.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 5.6 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 8.4 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis is identified in this record by print ISSN 2194-5888 and electronic ISSN 2152-2812. 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 Benefit-Cost Analysis
Abbreviated journalJ BENEFIT-COST ANAL
PublisherCAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
Metric year2025
Overall rank9,201
ISSN2194-5888
eISSN2152-2812
Total cites522
Total articles31
Citable items31
Cited half-life5.6 years
Citing half-life8.4 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.800
5-Year Impact Factor2.200
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.500
Journal Citation Indicator0.670
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ2
JCR category rank234/617
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis?

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

What quartile is Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis?

Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis 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 Benefit-Cost Analysis?

Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis is listed as being published by CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS.

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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