Journal metric profile

GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

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 1.700 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 2.200 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q2 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 48/181 Recorded category rank

GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 1.700, 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 48 out of 181 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 10,401 total citations, 93 total articles, 99 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.200, which is 0.500 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 1.600. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.840.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 12.4 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 11.7 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY is identified in this record by print ISSN 0016-6480 and electronic ISSN 1095-6840. 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 nameGENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY
Abbreviated journalGEN COMP ENDOCR
PublisherACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
Metric year2025
Overall rank9,720
ISSN0016-6480
eISSN1095-6840
Total cites10,401
Total articles93
Citable items99
Cited half-life12.4 years
Citing half-life11.7 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.700
5-Year Impact Factor2.200
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.600
Journal Citation Indicator0.840
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ2
JCR category rank48/181
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY is 1.700 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY?

GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY is listed in quartile Q2. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY?

GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY is listed as being published by ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE.

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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