Examples
Worked examples
- Is an instance
A clinical researcher checking Cell Reports Medicine's current 2-year JIF on jcr.clarivate.com before selecting a target journal for a translational-medicine manuscript, rather than relying on a single third-party aggregator that may reflect an older JCR release.
- Is an instance
An editor explaining to authors that Cell Reports Medicine's JIF is calculated the same way as every other JCR-indexed title -- total citations in the JCR data year to the journal's prior-two-years' citable items, divided by that item count -- regardless of the journal's clinical/translational focus.
Counter-examples
Looks similar, but isn't
- Not an instance
Treating Cell Reports Medicine's JIF as interchangeable with Cell Reports' JIF because both titles carry the Cell Press "Cell Reports" name -- they are separate JCR-indexed journals with separate editorial boards, separate scopes (Cell Reports Medicine is translational/clinical; Cell Reports is broad life-sciences), and separate, independently computed Impact Factor figures.
- Not an instance
Citing Cell Reports Medicine's CiteScore (a separate Elsevier/Scopus metric with a four-year citation window and a broader document set) as if it were the journal's Clarivate JIF -- the two metrics use different windows, denominators, and source organizations, and routinely diverge in value.
Editorial commentary
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cell Reports Medicine’s current Journal Impact Factor?
Multiple third-party JCR-tracking aggregators converge on a figure of approximately 14.0 for the 2025 JCR data year (Clarivate’s June 2026 release), placing Cell Reports Medicine in JCR Quartile 1. CASRAI was not able to independently confirm this figure against jcr.clarivate.com or Cell Press’s own metrics page at the time of writing, so treat it as a cross-corroborated but secondary-source figure rather than a primary-verified one. For a release-dated figure to cite in a formal context, check jcr.clarivate.com or cell.com/cell-reports-medicine directly.
How is Cell Reports Medicine’s Journal Impact Factor calculated?
It is calculated the same way as every other JCR-indexed journal’s Impact Factor: citations in the JCR data year to the journal’s citable items published in the two preceding years, divided by the number of those citable items. This is standard Clarivate JCR methodology, applied regardless of a journal’s subject focus.
Is Cell Reports Medicine’s Impact Factor the same as Cell Reports’ Impact Factor?
No. Cell Reports Medicine and Cell Reports are separate Cell Press journals with separate editorial boards and separate scopes — Cell Reports Medicine is translational and clinical, while Cell Reports covers life sciences more broadly. Each is indexed separately in the Journal Citation Reports and carries its own independently computed Impact Factor.
How often does Cell Reports Medicine’s Journal Impact Factor change?
Clarivate updates the Journal Citation Reports once a year, in June. Any figure reported for Cell Reports Medicine should be checked against the current release at jcr.clarivate.com, since a number pulled from an earlier release or a third-party aggregator may not reflect the most recent JCR data year.
Can Cell Reports Medicine’s Journal Impact Factor be used to judge an individual article or author?
No. Per DORA (San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment) and CoARA guidance, a journal-level Impact Factor should not be used as a proxy for the quality of any individual article published in the journal or the merit of its authors.
What kind of research does Cell Reports Medicine publish?
Cell Reports Medicine is a Cell Press open-access journal, launched in 2020, that publishes translational and clinical biomedical research — distinct from its broader-scope sister title Cell Reports, which covers life sciences generally.
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