Journal metric profile

Journal of Nucleic Acids

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 2.700 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q4 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 264/319 Recorded category rank

Journal of Nucleic Acids JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

Journal of Nucleic Acids 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 Q4.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 264 out of 319 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 501 total citations, 2 total articles, 2 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.700, which is 0.900 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 1.800. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.350.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 14.1 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year.

Journal identifiers and verification

Journal of Nucleic Acids is identified in this record by print ISSN 2090-0201 and electronic ISSN 2090-021X. 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 Nucleic Acids
Abbreviated journalJ NUCLEIC ACIDS
PublisherWILEY
Metric year2025
Overall rank9,201
ISSN2090-0201
eISSN2090-021X
Total cites501
Total articles2
Citable items2
Cited half-life14.1 years
Citing half-lifeNot available
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.800
5-Year Impact Factor2.700
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.800
Journal Citation Indicator0.350
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ4
JCR category rank264/319
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of Journal of Nucleic Acids?

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

What quartile is Journal of Nucleic Acids?

Journal of Nucleic Acids 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 Nucleic Acids?

Journal of Nucleic Acids 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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