Journal metric profile

SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS

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 2.900 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 3.000 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q2 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 52/137 Recorded category rank

SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 2.900, 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 52 out of 137 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 4,221 total citations, 87 total articles, 92 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 3.000, which is 0.100 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 2.600. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.700.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 8.1 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 5.5 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS is identified in this record by print ISSN 1368-4973 and electronic ISSN 1472-3263. 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 nameSEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS
Abbreviated journalSEX TRANSM INFECT
PublisherBMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
Metric year2025
Overall rank5,149
ISSN1368-4973
eISSN1472-3263
Total cites4,221
Total articles87
Citable items92
Cited half-life8.1 years
Citing half-life5.5 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor2.900
5-Year Impact Factor3.000
Impact Factor without journal self-cites2.600
Journal Citation Indicator0.700
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ2
JCR category rank52/137
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS is 2.900 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS?

SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS is listed in quartile Q2. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS?

SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS is listed as being published by BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP.

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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