Journal metric profile

SOLAR PHYSICS

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 2.400 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q2 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 40/84 Recorded category rank

SOLAR PHYSICS JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

SOLAR PHYSICS is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by SPRINGER. 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 Q2.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 40 out of 84 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 12,332 total citations, 158 total articles, 162 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.400, which is equal to 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 1.800. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.550.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 13.6 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 12.3 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

SOLAR PHYSICS is identified in this record by print ISSN 0038-0938 and electronic ISSN 1573-093X. 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 nameSOLAR PHYSICS
Abbreviated journalSOL PHYS
PublisherSPRINGER
Metric year2025
Overall rank6,685
ISSN0038-0938
eISSN1573-093X
Total cites12,332
Total articles158
Citable items162
Cited half-life13.6 years
Citing half-life12.3 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor2.400
5-Year Impact Factor2.400
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.800
Journal Citation Indicator0.550
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ2
JCR category rank40/84
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of SOLAR PHYSICS?

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

What quartile is SOLAR PHYSICS?

SOLAR PHYSICS is listed in quartile Q2. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes SOLAR PHYSICS?

SOLAR PHYSICS is listed as being published by SPRINGER.

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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