Journal metric profile

Evidence & Policy

Impact factor, five-year JIF, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

Impact Factor 2.500 2025 metric year
5-Year JIF 2.500 Longer citation window
JIF Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JIF Rank 41/271 Recorded category rank

Evidence & Policy impact factor overview

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Updated August 5, 2026

Impact factor overview

Evidence & Policy is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by POLICY PRESS. The recorded Journal Impact Factor is 2.500. Its listed JIF quartile is Q1.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JIF rank is 41 out of 271 journals in its listed category. A Q1 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 1,018 total citations, 27 total articles, 29 citable items. The five-year JIF is 2.500, which is equal to the listed two-year JIF. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The JIF without journal self-citations is recorded as 2.100. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 1.020.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 6 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 6.9 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

Evidence & Policy is identified in this record by print ISSN 1744-2648 and electronic ISSN 1744-2656. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal nameEvidence & Policy
Abbreviated journalEVID POLICY
PublisherPOLICY PRESS
Metric year2025
Overall rank6,322
ISSN1744-2648
eISSN1744-2656
Total cites1,018
Total articles27
Citable items29
Cited half-life6 years
Citing half-life6.9 years
Impact Factor2.500
5-Year JIF2.500
JIF without self-cites2.100
Journal Citation Indicator1.020
JIF quartileQ1
JIF rank41/271
Record last updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 impact factor of Evidence & Policy?

The impact factor recorded in this directory for Evidence & Policy is 2.500 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is Evidence & Policy?

Evidence & Policy is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes Evidence & Policy?

Evidence & Policy is listed as being published by POLICY PRESS.

Can a journal impact factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. A journal impact factor is a journal-level citation average. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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