Journal metric profile

Physical Review Accelerators and Beams

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 1.800 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 1.700 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q3 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 13/22 Recorded category rank

Physical Review Accelerators and Beams JCR impact factor overview

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

Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Physical Review Accelerators and Beams metric snapshot

Physical Review Accelerators and Beams has a bibliometric profile in this directory for 2025. The publisher recorded for the journal is AMER PHYSICAL SOC. Its listed Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor is 1.800. The five-year Journal Impact Factor is 1.700, giving a second citation window for comparison. The journal is recorded in quartile Q3 for its listed JCR category.

Category position and quartile

The recorded JCR category position is 13 out of 22 journals. Based on that rank position, the journal sits within approximately the top 59% of the listed category. 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 (1.700) is 0.100 points lower than the standard Journal Impact Factor (1.800). Without journal self-citations, the Impact Factor is 1.400, a difference of 0.400 points from the listed standard value. The Journal Citation Indicator (JCI) is recorded as 0.550. 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 Physical Review Accelerators and Beams lists total cites: 2,788; total articles: 169; citable items: 176. 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 4.9 years, indicating the median age of items that contributed citations to the journal in the reporting framework. The citing half-life is 9.7 years, indicating the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Identifiers and verification

Physical Review Accelerators and Beams is identified in this directory by electronic ISSN 2469-9888. The publisher is recorded as AMER PHYSICAL SOC. 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 namePhysical Review Accelerators and Beams
Abbreviated journalPHYS REV ACCEL BEAMS
PublisherAMER PHYSICAL SOC
Metric year2025
Overall rank9,201
ISSNNot available
eISSN2469-9888
Total cites2,788
Total articles169
Citable items176
Cited half-life4.9 years
Citing half-life9.7 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.800
5-Year Impact Factor1.700
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.400
Journal Citation Indicator0.550
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ3
JCR category rank13/22
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of Physical Review Accelerators and Beams?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for Physical Review Accelerators and Beams is 1.800 for the 2025 metric year.

What are the JCR quartile and category rank of Physical Review Accelerators and Beams?

Physical Review Accelerators and Beams is listed with quartile Q3 and category rank 13/22. 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 Physical Review Accelerators and Beams?

The five-year Journal Impact Factor recorded for Physical Review Accelerators and Beams is 1.700. It uses a longer citation window than the standard Journal Impact Factor.

Who publishes Physical Review Accelerators and Beams?

Physical Review Accelerators and Beams is listed in this directory as being published by AMER PHYSICAL SOC.

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