Journal metric profile

PAST & PRESENT

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 2.400 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 3.000 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 2/538 Recorded category rank

PAST & PRESENT JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

PAST & PRESENT is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by OXFORD UNIV PRESS. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 2.400, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q1.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 2 out of 538 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 3,244 total citations, 58 total articles, 58 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 3.000, which is 0.600 points above 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 2.300. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 5.800.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 21 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 22.6 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

PAST & PRESENT is identified in this record by print ISSN 0031-2746 and electronic ISSN 1477-464X. 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 namePAST & PRESENT
Abbreviated journalPAST PRESENT
PublisherOXFORD UNIV PRESS
Metric year2025
Overall rank6,685
ISSN0031-2746
eISSN1477-464X
Total cites3,244
Total articles58
Citable items58
Cited half-life21 years
Citing half-life22.6 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor2.400
5-Year Impact Factor3.000
Impact Factor without journal self-cites2.300
Journal Citation Indicator5.800
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank2/538
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of PAST & PRESENT?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for PAST & PRESENT is 2.400 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is PAST & PRESENT?

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

Who publishes PAST & PRESENT?

PAST & PRESENT is listed as being published by OXFORD UNIV PRESS.

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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