Journal metric profile

IEEE Photonics Journal

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 Q3 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 192/366 Recorded category rank

IEEE Photonics Journal JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

IEEE Photonics Journal is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC. 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 Q3.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 192 out of 366 journals in its listed category. A Q3 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 11,140 total citations, 343 total articles, 344 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 2.300. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.540.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 5.6 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 6.7 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

IEEE Photonics Journal is identified in this record by print ISSN 1943-0655 and electronic ISSN 1943-0647. 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 nameIEEE Photonics Journal
Abbreviated journalIEEE PHOTONICS J
PublisherIEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
Metric year2025
Overall rank6,685
ISSN1943-0655
eISSN1943-0647
Total cites11,140
Total articles343
Citable items344
Cited half-life5.6 years
Citing half-life6.7 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor2.400
5-Year Impact Factor2.300
Impact Factor without journal self-cites2.300
Journal Citation Indicator0.540
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ3
JCR category rank192/366
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of IEEE Photonics Journal?

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

What quartile is IEEE Photonics Journal?

IEEE Photonics Journal is listed in quartile Q3. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes IEEE Photonics Journal?

IEEE Photonics Journal is listed as being published by IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC.

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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