Journal metric profile

Journal of Cotton Research

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 3.200 Longer citation window
JIF Quartile Q2 Subject-category quartile
JIF Rank 99/273 Recorded category rank

Journal of Cotton Research impact factor overview

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Updated August 5, 2026

Impact factor overview

Journal of Cotton Research is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by SPRINGERNATURE. The recorded Journal Impact Factor is 2.400. Its listed JIF quartile is Q2.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JIF rank is 99 out of 273 journals in its listed category. A Q2 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 477 total citations, 25 total articles, 32 citable items. The five-year JIF is 3.200, which is 0.800 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 2.200. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.600.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 3.7 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 8.1 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

Journal of Cotton Research is identified in this record by print ISSN 2096-5044 and electronic ISSN 2523-3254. 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 nameJournal of Cotton Research
Abbreviated journalJ COTTON RES
PublisherSPRINGERNATURE
Metric year2025
Overall rank6,685
ISSN2096-5044
eISSN2523-3254
Total cites477
Total articles25
Citable items32
Cited half-life3.7 years
Citing half-life8.1 years
Impact Factor2.400
5-Year JIF3.200
JIF without self-cites2.200
Journal Citation Indicator0.600
JIF quartileQ2
JIF rank99/273
Record last updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 impact factor of Journal of Cotton Research?

The impact factor recorded in this directory for Journal of Cotton Research is 2.400 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is Journal of Cotton Research?

Journal of Cotton Research is listed in quartile Q2. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes Journal of Cotton Research?

Journal of Cotton Research is listed as being published by SPRINGERNATURE.

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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