Journal metric profile

CAMBRIDGE JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS

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 2.100 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 2.200 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q2 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 202/617 Recorded category rank

CAMBRIDGE JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS JCR impact factor overview

This profile summarizes the journal metrics and publication information available in the current directory record.

Page reviewed August 6, 2026

CAMBRIDGE JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS metric snapshot

CAMBRIDGE JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS has a bibliometric profile in this directory for 2025. The publisher recorded for the journal is OXFORD UNIV PRESS. Its listed Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor is 2.100. The five-year Journal Impact Factor is 2.200, giving a second citation window for comparison. The journal is recorded in quartile Q2 for its listed JCR category.

Category position and quartile

The recorded JCR category position is 202 out of 617 journals. Based on that rank position, the journal sits within approximately the top 33% of the listed category. Its listed quartile is Q2. Category ranks and quartiles are field-specific and are not measures of the quality of an individual article.

How the citation indicators compare

The five-year Journal Impact Factor (2.200) is 0.100 points higher than the standard Journal Impact Factor (2.100). Without journal self-citations, the Impact Factor is 1.900, a difference of 0.200 points from the listed standard value. The Journal Citation Indicator (JCI) is recorded as 0.670. These measures use different definitions or citation windows, so they are most useful when read together rather than treated as interchangeable scores.

Citation and publication counts

For 2025, the directory record for CAMBRIDGE JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS lists total cites: 3,713; total articles: 47; citable items: 47. These fields describe different parts of the JCR record and should not be combined into an article-level quality score.

Citation half-life profile

The cited half-life is 13.4 years, indicating the median age of items that contributed citations to the journal in the reporting framework. The citing half-life is 18.3 years, indicating the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Identifiers and verification

CAMBRIDGE JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS is identified in this directory by print ISSN 0309-166X and electronic ISSN 1464-3545. The publisher is recorded as OXFORD UNIV PRESS. When making submission, library, or research-evaluation decisions, verify the title and identifiers against the journal publisher and the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports record.

Complete journal information

Use this table to verify the individual metric values, identifiers and publication details stored for this journal.

Journal nameCAMBRIDGE JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS
Abbreviated journalCAMB J ECON
PublisherOXFORD UNIV PRESS
Metric year2025
Overall rank7,872
ISSN0309-166X
eISSN1464-3545
Total cites3,713
Total articles47
Citable items47
Cited half-life13.4 years
Citing half-life18.3 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor2.100
5-Year Impact Factor2.200
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.900
Journal Citation Indicator0.670
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ2
JCR category rank202/617
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of CAMBRIDGE JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for CAMBRIDGE JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS is 2.100 for the 2025 metric year.

What are the JCR quartile and category rank of CAMBRIDGE JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS?

CAMBRIDGE JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS is listed with quartile Q2 and category rank 202/617. These values are category-specific and should be verified against the official JCR record when used for formal assessment.

What is the five-year Journal Impact Factor of CAMBRIDGE JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS?

The five-year Journal Impact Factor recorded for CAMBRIDGE JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS is 2.200. It uses a longer citation window than the standard Journal Impact Factor.

Who publishes CAMBRIDGE JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS?

CAMBRIDGE JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS is listed in this directory as being published by OXFORD UNIV PRESS.

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