Journal metric profile

CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY

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 2.800 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 2.800 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q2 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 24/58 Recorded category rank

CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by SPRINGER LONDON LTD. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 2.800, 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 24 out of 58 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 12,825 total citations, 305 total articles, 350 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.800, which is equal to 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 2.700. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.780.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 6.3 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 7 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY is identified in this record by print ISSN 0770-3198 and electronic ISSN 1434-9949. 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 nameCLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY
Abbreviated journalCLIN RHEUMATOL
PublisherSPRINGER LONDON LTD
Metric year2025
Overall rank5,426
ISSN0770-3198
eISSN1434-9949
Total cites12,825
Total articles305
Citable items350
Cited half-life6.3 years
Citing half-life7 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor2.800
5-Year Impact Factor2.800
Impact Factor without journal self-cites2.700
Journal Citation Indicator0.780
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ2
JCR category rank24/58
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY is 2.800 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY?

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

Who publishes CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY?

CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY is listed as being published by SPRINGER LONDON 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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