Journal metric profile

LEGISLATIVE STUDIES QUARTERLY

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 2.300 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 71/322 Recorded category rank

LEGISLATIVE STUDIES QUARTERLY JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

LEGISLATIVE STUDIES QUARTERLY is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by WILEY. 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 71 out of 322 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 1,606 total citations, 39 total articles, 39 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.300, which is 0.100 points below 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 2.100. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.870.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 13.9 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 11.2 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

LEGISLATIVE STUDIES QUARTERLY is identified in this record by print ISSN 0362-9805 and electronic ISSN 1939-9162. 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 nameLEGISLATIVE STUDIES QUARTERLY
Abbreviated journalLEGIS STUD QUART
PublisherWILEY
Metric year2025
Overall rank6,685
ISSN0362-9805
eISSN1939-9162
Total cites1,606
Total articles39
Citable items39
Cited half-life13.9 years
Citing half-life11.2 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor2.400
5-Year Impact Factor2.300
Impact Factor without journal self-cites2.100
Journal Citation Indicator0.870
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank71/322
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of LEGISLATIVE STUDIES QUARTERLY?

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

What quartile is LEGISLATIVE STUDIES QUARTERLY?

LEGISLATIVE STUDIES QUARTERLY is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes LEGISLATIVE STUDIES QUARTERLY?

LEGISLATIVE STUDIES QUARTERLY is listed as being published by WILEY.

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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