Journal metric profile

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

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 2.300 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 2.000 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 33/434 Recorded category rank

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 2.300, 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 33 out of 434 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 2,675 total citations, 27 total articles, 29 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.000, which is 0.300 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 1.640.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 23.2 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 7.5 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW is identified in this record by print ISSN 0002-9300 and electronic ISSN 2161-7953. 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 nameAMERICAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
Abbreviated journalAM J INT LAW
PublisherCAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
Metric year2025
Overall rank7,030
ISSN0002-9300
eISSN2161-7953
Total cites2,675
Total articles27
Citable items29
Cited half-life23.2 years
Citing half-life7.5 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor2.300
5-Year Impact Factor2.000
Impact Factor without journal self-cites2.100
Journal Citation Indicator1.640
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank33/434
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW is 2.300 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW?

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW?

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW is listed as being published by CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS.

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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