UCL Press Journals is pleased to announce its 2025 Journal Impact Factor (JIF) and CiteScore results, with standout performances across the portfolio, including a jump to Q2 for London Review of Education and a CiteScore of 4.0 for UCL Open Environment.

Impact Factor and CiteScore are two of the most widely recognised journal level indicators used within the scholarly community. Based primarily on citation activity, they provide one perspective on how research is being used and discussed within academic communities. This year's results reflect the continued growth of our journals portfolio, with every Journal Impact Factor-indexed journal improving or holding its quartile position, and seven journals receiving their first official CiteScore following indexing in Scopus.

While UCL Press welcomes these encouraging results, we recognise that no single metric can fully capture the quality, influence or value of research. UCL Press is committed to the responsible use of metrics and follows UCL's Bibliometrics Policy and its 11 Principles for the Responsible Use of Bibliometrics. Journal metrics can provide useful information about citation patterns and readership, but they should be considered alongside qualitative assessment and should never be used as a proxy for the quality of individual articles or researchers.

Impact Factor: every journal on the rise

The London Review of Education achieved a standout result, climbing to an Impact Factor of 2.2 and moving up into Q2 of the Education and Educational Research category, up from 1.1 and Q3 last year. It's the strongest quartile movement across the portfolio and a significant milestone for the journal.

Archaeology International recorded an Impact Factor of 0.6, placing in Q3 for the Archaeology category (and for the first time), having stood at 0.1 (Q4) the year before. Jewish Historical Studies also moved into Q3 for the History category, with an Impact Factor of 0.2, compared with 0.1 (Q4) last year. Architecture_MPS also rose to an Impact Factor of 0.6 while holding its Q1 position in the Architecture category, a step up from 0.5 the year before.

CiteScore: seven new journals indexed, plus strong returning results

Following successful indexing in Scopus, seven UCL Press journals received their first official CiteScore this year. This represents an important stage in the development of these journals and increases their visibility and discoverability within the global research landscape.

• UCL Open Environment: 4.0, the highest CiteScore in the portfolio
• History Education Research Journal: 1.3
• International Journal of Social Pedagogy: 1.7
• London Journal of Canadian Studies: 0.5
• Radical Americas: 1.1
• Research for All: 1.8
• The Journal of the Sylvia Townsend Warner Society: 0.3

Architecture_MPS also delivered a strong CiteScore of 1.7, rising from 1.2 last year and building on its Q1 Impact Factor result above. London Review of Education CiteScore saw a slight dip to 3.3, down from 3.6 last year, though this sits alongside the journal's standout Impact Factor jump to Q2, underlining its continued strength and growing readership.

For authors, Editors and readers, inclusion in major indexing services such as Web of Science and Scopus helps to increase the discoverability of published research and makes it easier for scholarship to reach relevant academic communities around the world.

We are pleased to see positive results across the UCL Press journals portfolio this year, including London Review of Education moving into Quartile 2 and seven journals receiving their first CiteScore following inclusion in Scopus. While metrics provide only one way of understanding the reach and visibility of research, these developments reflect growing engagement with the high quality scholarship published across our journals. We remain committed to supporting open, inclusive and responsible scholarly publishing while helping research reach the widest possible audience.

Ian Caswell, Journals Manager, UCL Press

We'd like to thank our editorial boards, authors, reviewers and readers across all our journals for their continued support in helping us reach these milestones.

Readers can explore the full UCL Press journals portfolio at https://journals.uclpress.co.uk/journals.

UCL Press Journals champions inclusive, high-quality publishing in underrepresented and emerging disciplines. As a fully non-commercial publisher, we publish our journals on a Diamond Open Access model – removing financial barriers, upholding the highest editorial and ethical standards and providing expert publishing support at no cost to authors.

UCL Press is also committed to the responsible use of metrics for all journals and published outputs. In line with our statement on the responsible use of metrics, journal level indicators such as Impact Factor and CiteScore are intended to provide contextual information about journals and should not be used to assess the quality of individual publications or researchers. Authors, readers, reviewers and editors are encouraged to evaluate research on its own merits and contribution to knowledge, recognising that metrics represent only one aspect of scholarly impact.

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