Journal metric profile

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL 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 3.500 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 4.400 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 20/107 Recorded category rank

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL 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 3.500, 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 20 out of 107 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 56,624 total citations, 520 total articles, 543 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 4.400, 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 3.400. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 1.070.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 11.6 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 10.4 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES is identified in this record by print ISSN 0962-8452 and electronic ISSN 1471-2954. 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 namePROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Abbreviated journalP ROY SOC B-BIOL SCI
PublisherROYAL SOC
Metric year2025
Overall rank3,784
ISSN0962-8452
eISSN1471-2954
Total cites56,624
Total articles520
Citable items543
Cited half-life11.6 years
Citing half-life10.4 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor3.500
5-Year Impact Factor4.400
Impact Factor without journal self-cites3.400
Journal Citation Indicator1.070
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank20/107
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES is 3.500 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES?

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL 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 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES?

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL 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.