Journal metric profile

PAPERS IN REGIONAL SCIENCE

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 2.700 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 43/173 Recorded category rank

PAPERS IN REGIONAL SCIENCE JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

PAPERS IN REGIONAL SCIENCE is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by ELSEVIER SCI 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 43 out of 173 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 2,881 total citations, 44 total articles, 44 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.700, which is 0.400 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 1.900. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.640.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 9.2 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 9.6 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

PAPERS IN REGIONAL SCIENCE is identified in this record by print ISSN 1056-8190 and electronic ISSN 1435-5957. 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 namePAPERS IN REGIONAL SCIENCE
Abbreviated journalPAP REG SCI
PublisherELSEVIER SCI LTD
Metric year2025
Overall rank7,030
ISSN1056-8190
eISSN1435-5957
Total cites2,881
Total articles44
Citable items44
Cited half-life9.2 years
Citing half-life9.6 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor2.300
5-Year Impact Factor2.700
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.900
Journal Citation Indicator0.640
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank43/173
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of PAPERS IN REGIONAL SCIENCE?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for PAPERS IN REGIONAL SCIENCE is 2.300 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is PAPERS IN REGIONAL SCIENCE?

PAPERS IN REGIONAL SCIENCE is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes PAPERS IN REGIONAL SCIENCE?

PAPERS IN REGIONAL SCIENCE is listed as being published by ELSEVIER SCI 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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