Journal metric profile

PHYSICAL REVIEW E

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 13/61 Recorded category rank

PHYSICAL REVIEW E JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

PHYSICAL REVIEW E is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by AMER PHYSICAL SOC. 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 13 out of 61 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 102,320 total citations, 1,662 total articles, 1,701 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 1.900. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.830.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 13.1 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 12.1 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

PHYSICAL REVIEW E is identified in this record by print ISSN 2470-0045 and electronic ISSN 2470-0053. 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 namePHYSICAL REVIEW E
Abbreviated journalPHYS REV E
PublisherAMER PHYSICAL SOC
Metric year2025
Overall rank6,685
ISSN2470-0045
eISSN2470-0053
Total cites102,320
Total articles1,662
Citable items1,701
Cited half-life13.1 years
Citing half-life12.1 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor2.400
5-Year Impact Factor2.300
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.900
Journal Citation Indicator0.830
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank13/61
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of PHYSICAL REVIEW E?

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

What quartile is PHYSICAL REVIEW E?

PHYSICAL REVIEW E is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes PHYSICAL REVIEW E?

PHYSICAL REVIEW E is listed as being published by AMER PHYSICAL SOC.

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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