Journal metric profile

PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

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 3.700 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 4.700 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 28/135 Recorded category rank

PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by ROYAL SOC. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 3.700, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q1.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 28 out of 135 journals in its listed category. A Q1 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 27,779 total citations, 242 total articles, 289 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 4.700, which is 1.000 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 3.600. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 1.040.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 9.9 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 7.9 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES is identified in this record by print ISSN 1364-503X and electronic ISSN 1471-2962. 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 namePHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES
Abbreviated journalPHILOS T R SOC A
PublisherROYAL SOC
Metric year2025
Overall rank3,440
ISSN1364-503X
eISSN1471-2962
Total cites27,779
Total articles242
Citable items289
Cited half-life9.9 years
Citing half-life7.9 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor3.700
5-Year Impact Factor4.700
Impact Factor without journal self-cites3.600
Journal Citation Indicator1.040
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank28/135
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES is 3.700 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES?

PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES?

PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES is listed as being published by ROYAL SOC.

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.

Additional records from the same publisher or with a similar listed JCR Impact Factor.