Journal metric profile

JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

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 1.400 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q3 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 138/187 Recorded category rank

JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by IOP Publishing 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 Q3.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 138 out of 187 journals in its listed category. A Q3 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 18,852 total citations, 838 total articles, 870 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 1.400, which is 0.400 points below 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 1.400. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.320.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 7.7 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 9.5 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS is identified in this record by print ISSN 0021-4922 and electronic ISSN 1347-4065. 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 nameJAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
Abbreviated journalJPN J APPL PHYS
PublisherIOP Publishing Ltd
Metric year2025
Overall rank9,201
ISSN0021-4922
eISSN1347-4065
Total cites18,852
Total articles838
Citable items870
Cited half-life7.7 years
Citing half-life9.5 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.800
5-Year Impact Factor1.400
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.400
Journal Citation Indicator0.320
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ3
JCR category rank138/187
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS?

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

What quartile is JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS?

JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS is listed in quartile Q3. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS?

JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS is listed as being published by IOP Publishing 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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