Journal metric profile

JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY

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 1.900 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 1.800 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q3 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 8-Jun Recorded category rank

JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY JCR impact factor overview

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

Page reviewed August 6, 2026

JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY metric snapshot

JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY has a bibliometric profile in this directory for 2025. The publisher recorded for the journal is WILEY. Its listed Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor is 1.900. The five-year Journal Impact Factor is 1.800, giving a second citation window for comparison. The journal is recorded in quartile Q3 for its listed JCR category.

Category position and quartile

The JCR category rank stored in this record is “8-Jun”. Readers should verify non-standard imported rank formats against the official JCR record. Its listed quartile is Q3. 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 (1.800) is 0.100 points lower than the standard Journal Impact Factor (1.900). Without journal self-citations, the Impact Factor is 1.500, a difference of 0.400 points from the listed standard value. The Journal Citation Indicator (JCI) is recorded as 0.850. 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 JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY lists total cites: 5,967; total articles: 98; citable items: 101. 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 17.6 years, indicating the median age of items that contributed citations to the journal in the reporting framework. The citing half-life is 9.1 years, indicating the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Identifiers and verification

JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY is identified in this directory by print ISSN 0022-2720 and electronic ISSN 1365-2818. The publisher is recorded as WILEY. 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 nameJOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY
Abbreviated journalJ MICROSC-OXFORD
PublisherWILEY
Metric year2025
Overall rank8,733
ISSN0022-2720
eISSN1365-2818
Total cites5,967
Total articles98
Citable items101
Cited half-life17.6 years
Citing half-life9.1 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.900
5-Year Impact Factor1.800
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.500
Journal Citation Indicator0.850
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ3
JCR category rank8-Jun
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

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

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY is 1.900 for the 2025 metric year.

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

JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY is listed with quartile Q3 and category rank 8-Jun. 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 JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY?

The five-year Journal Impact Factor recorded for JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY is 1.800. It uses a longer citation window than the standard Journal Impact Factor.

Who publishes JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY?

JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY is listed in this directory as being published by WILEY.

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