Journal metric profile

THIRD WORLD QUARTERLY

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 2.500 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q2 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 27/65 Recorded category rank

THIRD WORLD QUARTERLY JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

THIRD WORLD QUARTERLY is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. 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 27 out of 65 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 6,296 total citations, 89 total articles, 89 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.500, which is 0.700 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 0.600.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 9 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 7.8 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

THIRD WORLD QUARTERLY is identified in this record by print ISSN 0143-6597 and electronic ISSN 1360-2241. 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 nameTHIRD WORLD QUARTERLY
Abbreviated journalTHIRD WORLD Q
PublisherROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Metric year2025
Overall rank9,201
ISSN0143-6597
eISSN1360-2241
Total cites6,296
Total articles89
Citable items89
Cited half-life9 years
Citing half-life7.8 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.800
5-Year Impact Factor2.500
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.700
Journal Citation Indicator0.600
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ2
JCR category rank27/65
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of THIRD WORLD QUARTERLY?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for THIRD WORLD QUARTERLY is 1.800 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is THIRD WORLD QUARTERLY?

THIRD WORLD QUARTERLY is listed in quartile Q2. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes THIRD WORLD QUARTERLY?

THIRD WORLD QUARTERLY is listed as being published by ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, 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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