Journal metric profile

DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

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

Impact Factor 2.400 2025 metric year
5-Year JIF 2.700 Longer citation window
JIF Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JIF Rank 15/181 Recorded category rank

DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY impact factor overview

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Updated August 5, 2026

Impact factor overview

DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by ELSEVIER SCI LTD. The recorded Journal Impact Factor is 2.400. Its listed JIF quartile is Q1.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JIF rank is 15 out of 181 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 10,115 total citations, 145 total articles, 146 citable items. The five-year JIF is 2.700, which is 0.300 points above 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 2.300. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 1.080.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 8.6 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 9.4 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY is identified in this record by print ISSN 0145-305X and electronic ISSN 1879-0089. 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 nameDEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY
Abbreviated journalDEV COMP IMMUNOL
PublisherELSEVIER SCI LTD
Metric year2025
Overall rank6,685
ISSN0145-305X
eISSN1879-0089
Total cites10,115
Total articles145
Citable items146
Cited half-life8.6 years
Citing half-life9.4 years
Impact Factor2.400
5-Year JIF2.700
JIF without self-cites2.300
Journal Citation Indicator1.080
JIF quartileQ1
JIF rank15/181
Record last updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 impact factor of DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY?

The impact factor recorded in this directory for DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY is 2.400 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY?

DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY?

DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY is listed as being published by ELSEVIER SCI LTD.

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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