Journal metric profile

Research in Cold and Arid Regions

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 33/67 Recorded category rank

Research in Cold and Arid Regions JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

Research in Cold and Arid Regions is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by KEAI 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 33 out of 67 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 140 total citations, 29 total articles, 30 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 2.200. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.530.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 1.6 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 7.7 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

Research in Cold and Arid Regions is identified in this record by print ISSN 2097-1583 and electronic ISSN 2949-7302. 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 nameResearch in Cold and Arid Regions
Abbreviated journalRES COLD ARID REG
PublisherKEAI PUBLISHING LTD
Metric year2025
Overall rank7,030
ISSN2097-1583
eISSN2949-7302
Total cites140
Total articles29
Citable items30
Cited half-life1.6 years
Citing half-life7.7 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor2.300
5-Year Impact Factor2.300
Impact Factor without journal self-cites2.200
Journal Citation Indicator0.530
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ2
JCR category rank33/67
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of Research in Cold and Arid Regions?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for Research in Cold and Arid Regions is 2.300 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is Research in Cold and Arid Regions?

Research in Cold and Arid Regions is listed in quartile Q2. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes Research in Cold and Arid Regions?

Research in Cold and Arid Regions is listed as being published by KEAI 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.

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