Journal metric profile

JOURNAL OF SOCIAL AND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS

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 2.900 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 14/66 Recorded category rank

JOURNAL OF SOCIAL AND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

JOURNAL OF SOCIAL AND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD. 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 14 out of 66 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 6,671 total citations, 157 total articles, 158 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.900, which is 0.600 points above 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 2.200. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 1.010.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 8.4 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 10.4 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

JOURNAL OF SOCIAL AND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS is identified in this record by print ISSN 0265-4075 and electronic ISSN 1460-3608. 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 nameJOURNAL OF SOCIAL AND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
Abbreviated journalJ SOC PERS RELAT
PublisherSAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
Metric year2025
Overall rank7,030
ISSN0265-4075
eISSN1460-3608
Total cites6,671
Total articles157
Citable items158
Cited half-life8.4 years
Citing half-life10.4 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor2.300
5-Year Impact Factor2.900
Impact Factor without journal self-cites2.200
Journal Citation Indicator1.010
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank14/66
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of JOURNAL OF SOCIAL AND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS?

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

What quartile is JOURNAL OF SOCIAL AND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS?

JOURNAL OF SOCIAL AND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes JOURNAL OF SOCIAL AND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS?

JOURNAL OF SOCIAL AND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS is listed as being published by SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD.

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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