Journal metric profile

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY QUARTERLY

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 2.100 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 2.900 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 54/219 Recorded category rank

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY QUARTERLY JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY QUARTERLY is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 2.100, 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 54 out of 219 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 3,919 total citations, 23 total articles, 23 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.900, which is 0.800 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 2.000. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.950.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 24.2 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 13.7 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY QUARTERLY is identified in this record by print ISSN 0190-2725 and electronic ISSN 1939-8999. 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 nameSOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY QUARTERLY
Abbreviated journalSOC PSYCHOL QUART
PublisherSAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Metric year2025
Overall rank7,872
ISSN0190-2725
eISSN1939-8999
Total cites3,919
Total articles23
Citable items23
Cited half-life24.2 years
Citing half-life13.7 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor2.100
5-Year Impact Factor2.900
Impact Factor without journal self-cites2.000
Journal Citation Indicator0.950
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank54/219
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY QUARTERLY?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY QUARTERLY is 2.100 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY QUARTERLY?

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY QUARTERLY is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY QUARTERLY?

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY QUARTERLY is listed as being published by SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC.

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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