Journal metric profile

JOURNAL OF INTERFERON AND CYTOKINE RESEARCH

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 2.600 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q4 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 149/183 Recorded category rank

JOURNAL OF INTERFERON AND CYTOKINE RESEARCH JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

JOURNAL OF INTERFERON AND CYTOKINE RESEARCH is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by MARY ANN LIEBERT, 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 Q4.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 149 out of 183 journals in its listed category. A Q4 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 3,465 total citations, 39 total articles, 52 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.600, which is 0.800 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 0.350.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 12.3 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 7.1 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

JOURNAL OF INTERFERON AND CYTOKINE RESEARCH is identified in this record by print ISSN 1079-9907 and electronic ISSN 1557-7465. 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 INTERFERON AND CYTOKINE RESEARCH
Abbreviated journalJ INTERF CYTOK RES
PublisherMARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
Metric year2025
Overall rank9,201
ISSN1079-9907
eISSN1557-7465
Total cites3,465
Total articles39
Citable items52
Cited half-life12.3 years
Citing half-life7.1 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.800
5-Year Impact Factor2.600
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.700
Journal Citation Indicator0.350
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ4
JCR category rank149/183
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of JOURNAL OF INTERFERON AND CYTOKINE RESEARCH?

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

What quartile is JOURNAL OF INTERFERON AND CYTOKINE RESEARCH?

JOURNAL OF INTERFERON AND CYTOKINE RESEARCH is listed in quartile Q4. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes JOURNAL OF INTERFERON AND CYTOKINE RESEARCH?

JOURNAL OF INTERFERON AND CYTOKINE RESEARCH is listed as being published by MARY ANN LIEBERT, 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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