Contemporary Clinical Trials

pISSN: 1551-7144eISSN: 1559-2030• JCR: CONTEMP CLIN TRIALSElsevier BVUnited States
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2026 Impact Factor

1.9

Released June 2026 · Based on 2025 citation data

No change vs last year

Impact Factor History

  1. Metric year 2025

    Released

    1.9
  2. Metric year 2024

    1.9

JCR Category Rankings

Journal Citation Reports category rankings
CategoryIndexesQuartile
MEDICINE, RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTALSCIEQ3
PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACYSCIEQ3
Q3
JCR Quartile
B3
CAS Block

Contemporary Clinical Trials current release and JCR quartile

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Ranking position in Medicine

Ranked #3,579 in Medicine by impact factor and #568 among Q3 Medicine journals. This context helps compare Contemporary Clinical Trials against journals publishing in the same field.

#3,579
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Contemporary Clinical Trials publication trend

Published 1,219 papers across the last 5 recorded years with a current impact factor of 1.9.

2026 vs 2025: -248
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Journal Details

Total Articles
3,962
H-Index
92
Open Access
Hybrid
APC
$2,900 USD
Subject Areas
Statistics and ProbabilityEconomics and EconometricsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Article Volume

2022
311
2023
262
2024
272
2025
311
2026
63
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