Journal metric profile

PLASMID

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 2.200 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 2.000 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q3 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 110/191 Recorded category rank

PLASMID JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

PLASMID is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 2.200, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q3.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 110 out of 191 journals in its listed category. A Q3 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 1,469 total citations, 7 total articles, 8 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.000, which is 0.200 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 0.560.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 14 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 10 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

PLASMID is identified in this record by print ISSN 0147-619X and electronic ISSN 1095-9890. 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 namePLASMID
Abbreviated journalPLASMID
PublisherACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
Metric year2025
Overall rank7,420
ISSN0147-619X
eISSN1095-9890
Total cites1,469
Total articles7
Citable items8
Cited half-life14 years
Citing half-life10 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor2.200
5-Year Impact Factor2.000
Impact Factor without journal self-cites2.100
Journal Citation Indicator0.560
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ3
JCR category rank110/191
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of PLASMID?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for PLASMID is 2.200 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is PLASMID?

PLASMID is listed in quartile Q3. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes PLASMID?

PLASMID is listed as being published by ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE.

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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