# Journal Metrics - Full Platform Guide > Journal Metrics helps researchers search and compare 22,643 journal records across 241 subject subfields. It shows the Journal Metrics Score — a 2-year citation average computed from OpenAlex (CC0) data, current snapshot August 2026 and based on 2025 citation data — alongside exact ISSN checks, subfield quartile, CAS block, publisher context, field browsing, country browsing, and educational publishing guides. ## What The Site Is For Journal Metrics is built for researchers, graduate students, librarians, and editors who need a fast way to check journal metrics before comparing publication venues. The primary workflow is exact-title lookup: search a journal name, abbreviation, or ISSN, open the journal record, then compare the Journal Metrics Score, subfield quartile, CAS block, publisher, open access status, article-volume context, and similar journals. The Journal Metrics Score is the two-year mean citedness of a journal: citations in the most recent complete year to works published in the two prior years, divided by the number of those works, computed from OpenAlex data. Quartiles rank journals within each OpenAlex subfield by score. Journal Metrics is an independent site. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Clarivate, Elsevier, or the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and it does not display Journal Citation Reports data. All journal metrics on this site are computed from OpenAlex (CC0) data. For high-stakes publication decisions, users should verify the exact title and ISSN against the publisher page and official database access available through their institution. ## Core Product Areas ### Journal Metrics Score Search URL: https://www.journalmetrics.org/ The homepage provides search across 22,643 journal records in 241 subject subfields. Users can search by journal title, abbreviation, or ISSN. Results link to canonical journal detail pages under `/journal/[slug]`, where the record includes the Journal Metrics Score, subfield quartile, CAS block, ISSN, publisher details, country, open access context, article-volume history when available, similar journals, and related guides. Important query patterns: - journal metrics search - journal metrics score - journal citation score checker - journal quartile finder - journal ranking lookup - [journal name] journal metrics ### Journal Detail Pages Canonical pattern: `https://www.journalmetrics.org/journal/[slug]` Each journal page is designed to answer exact-title metric searches. The page asks users to match the exact title and ISSN before using the metric in a journal shortlist or submission decision. Journal pages also explain that quartile, article volume, publisher, and similar journals should be used as context rather than as a single-number publication decision. Representative records: - https://www.journalmetrics.org/journal/nature - https://www.journalmetrics.org/journal/science - https://www.journalmetrics.org/journal/jama-journal-of-the-american-medical-association - https://www.journalmetrics.org/journal/jama-network-open - https://www.journalmetrics.org/journal/ieee-access - https://www.journalmetrics.org/journal/applied-and-environmental-microbiology - https://www.journalmetrics.org/journal/science-advances - https://www.journalmetrics.org/journal/journal-of-molecular-structure ### Journal Explorer By Field URL: https://www.journalmetrics.org/journal-explorer The explorer groups journals by field so users can browse and compare journals within a research context instead of relying only on a global score ranking. Field pages include Medicine, Engineering, Computer Science, Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy, Environmental Science, Social Sciences, and other categories. High-intent field pages: - https://www.journalmetrics.org/journal-explorer/medicine - https://www.journalmetrics.org/journal-explorer/engineering - https://www.journalmetrics.org/journal-explorer/computer-science - https://www.journalmetrics.org/journal-explorer/physics-astronomy - https://www.journalmetrics.org/journal-explorer/environmental-science ### Q1 Journal Pages Pattern: `https://www.journalmetrics.org/journal-explorer/[category]/q1` Q1 pages provide narrower top-quartile discovery for users searching for terms like `Q1 medicine journals`, `Q1 engineering journals`, and `top Q1 journals by citation score`. Priority Q1 pages: - https://www.journalmetrics.org/journal-explorer/medicine/q1 - https://www.journalmetrics.org/journal-explorer/engineering/q1 - https://www.journalmetrics.org/journal-explorer/computer-science/q1 - https://www.journalmetrics.org/journal-explorer/physics-astronomy/q1 ### Journals By Country URL: https://www.journalmetrics.org/journal-countries Country pages support publisher-location and regional discovery intent. They are useful when users search for journals from a specific country or need to compare local and international publication venues before opening exact title records. Example patterns: - United States journals by citation score - United Kingdom journals by citation score - China journals by citation score - Germany journals by citation score - Japan journals by citation score ### Educational Guides URL: https://www.journalmetrics.org/blog The blog contains durable research guides that explain how to use journal metrics responsibly. These pages support workflow queries, reduce dependence on thin exact-match pages, and create useful internal links to journal records and field pages. Important guides: - https://www.journalmetrics.org/how-to-use - https://www.journalmetrics.org/methodology - https://www.journalmetrics.org/blog/how-to-verify-journal-indexing - https://www.journalmetrics.org/blog/journal-selection-criteria-guide - https://www.journalmetrics.org/what-is-a-good-journal-metrics-score - https://www.journalmetrics.org/nature-journal-metrics - https://www.journalmetrics.org/science-journal-metrics ## Trust, Methodology, And Limits Important trust pages: - https://www.journalmetrics.org/methodology - https://www.journalmetrics.org/editorial-policy - https://www.journalmetrics.org/about - https://www.journalmetrics.org/disclaimer - https://www.journalmetrics.org/contact Use Journal Metrics as a navigational and comparison aid. Exact submission decisions should also check the publisher page, official journal database records available through institutional access, indexing status, scope, article type fit, publication fees, open access policy, and editorial requirements. ## Crawler And Sitemap Notes Canonical host: https://www.journalmetrics.org Primary sitemap: - https://www.journalmetrics.org/sitemap.xml Split diagnostic sitemaps: - https://www.journalmetrics.org/sitemap-index.xml - https://www.journalmetrics.org/sitemap-static.xml - https://www.journalmetrics.org/sitemap-blog.xml - https://www.journalmetrics.org/sitemap-categories.xml - https://www.journalmetrics.org/sitemap-journals.xml Robots file: - https://www.journalmetrics.org/robots.txt LLM summaries: - https://www.journalmetrics.org/llms.txt - https://www.journalmetrics.org/llms-full.txt