Journal metric profile

PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION

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 2.300 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q2 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 20/41 Recorded category rank

PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION JCR impact factor overview

Automatically generated from the journal record shown on this page.

Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by IOP Publishing 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 Q2.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 20 out of 41 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 11,173 total citations, 241 total articles, 241 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.300, 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 2.000. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.770.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 9.8 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 10.7 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION is identified in this record by print ISSN 0741-3335 and electronic ISSN 1361-6587. 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 namePLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION
Abbreviated journalPLASMA PHYS CONTR F
PublisherIOP Publishing Ltd
Metric year2025
Overall rank7,030
ISSN0741-3335
eISSN1361-6587
Total cites11,173
Total articles241
Citable items241
Cited half-life9.8 years
Citing half-life10.7 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor2.300
5-Year Impact Factor2.300
Impact Factor without journal self-cites2.000
Journal Citation Indicator0.770
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ2
JCR category rank20/41
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION is 2.300 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION?

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

Who publishes PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION?

PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION is listed as being published by IOP Publishing 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.

Additional records from the same publisher or with a similar listed JCR Impact Factor.