Journal of Futures Studies

The Journal of Futures Studies is a globally-oriented, trans-disciplinary refereed journal. Its mission is to develop high-quality, futures-oriented research and thinking, based on the evolving knowledge base of Futures Studies / Foresight. The Journal’s approach is: – Trans-disciplinary – Epistemologically diverse, seeking articles from empirical, interpretative, critical and action learning research traditions, and; – Multi-methods based, including, for example, methods such as emerging issues analysis, scenario and alternative futures development and analysis, age-cohort analysis, causal layered analysis, visioning and backcasting; As well as refereed articles, the Journal publishes essays, book reviews, symposia and art on the following topics: – Epistemologically focused futures studies on the construction of possible, probable and preferable futures; – Methodological innovation in futures studies, including not only integrated, layered, and critical approaches, but also empirical, interpretive or action-learning based approaches; – Applied Futures (for example, case studies in using and practicing futures thinking for organizational change, development and transformation); – Alternative futures on a variety of subjects (see topic categories below). The journal is published by the Graduate Institute of Futures Studies, Tamkang University, Tamsui, Taipei, Taiwan.

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Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

Category	Year	Quartile
Decision Sciences (miscellaneous)	2006	Q4
Decision Sciences (miscellaneous)	2007	Q3
Decision Sciences (miscellaneous)	2008	Q3
Decision Sciences (miscellaneous)	2009	Q3
Decision Sciences (miscellaneous)	2010	Q4
Decision Sciences (miscellaneous)	2011	Q3
Decision Sciences (miscellaneous)	2012	Q3
Decision Sciences (miscellaneous)	2013	Q3
Decision Sciences (miscellaneous)	2014	Q3
Decision Sciences (miscellaneous)	2015	Q3
Decision Sciences (miscellaneous)	2016	Q3
Decision Sciences (miscellaneous)	2017	Q4
Decision Sciences (miscellaneous)	2018	Q4
Decision Sciences (miscellaneous)	2019	Q3
Decision Sciences (miscellaneous)	2020	Q3
Decision Sciences (miscellaneous)	2021	Q3
Decision Sciences (miscellaneous)	2022	Q2
Decision Sciences (miscellaneous)	2023	Q3
Development	2006	Q3
Development	2007	Q3
Development	2008	Q2
Development	2009	Q2
Development	2010	Q3
Development	2011	Q3
Development	2012	Q2
Development	2013	Q3
Development	2014	Q2
Development	2015	Q2
Development	2016	Q3
Development	2017	Q3
Development	2018	Q3
Development	2019	Q3
Development	2020	Q3
Development	2021	Q2
Development	2022	Q2
Development	2023	Q2
History and Philosophy of Science	2006	Q2
History and Philosophy of Science	2007	Q2
History and Philosophy of Science	2008	Q2
History and Philosophy of Science	2009	Q2
History and Philosophy of Science	2010	Q3
History and Philosophy of Science	2011	Q2
History and Philosophy of Science	2012	Q2
History and Philosophy of Science	2013	Q2
History and Philosophy of Science	2014	Q2
History and Philosophy of Science	2015	Q2
History and Philosophy of Science	2016	Q2
History and Philosophy of Science	2017	Q2
History and Philosophy of Science	2018	Q3
History and Philosophy of Science	2019	Q2
History and Philosophy of Science	2020	Q2
History and Philosophy of Science	2021	Q2
History and Philosophy of Science	2022	Q1
History and Philosophy of Science	2023	Q2

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
2006	0.191
2007	0.200
2008	0.336
2009	0.267
2010	0.209
2011	0.258
2012	0.289
2013	0.295
2014	0.358
2015	0.388
2016	0.276
2017	0.248
2018	0.160
2019	0.306
2020	0.277
2021	0.346
2022	0.423
2023	0.358

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
2005	47
2006	42
2007	43
2008	35
2009	56
2010	50
2011	49
2012	54
2013	38
2014	34
2015	37
2016	35
2017	38
2018	28
2019	46
2020	39
2021	31
2022	37
2023	35

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	0.191
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	0.202
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	0.258
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	0.251
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	0.313
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	0.353
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	0.416
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	0.636
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	0.529
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	0.709
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	0.423
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	0.403
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	0.299
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	0.558
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	0.660
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	0.881
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	1.236
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	1.203
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	0.191
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	0.202
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	0.258
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	0.250
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	0.276
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	0.362
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	0.400
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	0.516
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	0.496
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	0.762
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	0.422
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	0.387
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	0.245
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	0.584
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	0.679
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	1.027
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	1.241
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	0.944
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	0.191
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	0.202
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	0.247
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	0.256
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.242
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	0.330
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	0.333
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	0.456
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	0.576
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	0.750
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	0.465
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	0.375
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	0.205
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	0.591
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	0.743
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	0.988
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	0.986
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	0.882

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	2005	0
Self Cites	2006	7
Self Cites	2007	9
Self Cites	2008	19
Self Cites	2009	8
Self Cites	2010	11
Self Cites	2011	12
Self Cites	2012	19
Self Cites	2013	13
Self Cites	2014	16
Self Cites	2015	33
Self Cites	2016	10
Self Cites	2017	7
Self Cites	2018	6
Self Cites	2019	10
Self Cites	2020	13
Self Cites	2021	21
Self Cites	2022	25
Self Cites	2023	23
Total Cites	2005	0
Total Cites	2006	9
Total Cites	2007	18
Total Cites	2008	34
Total Cites	2009	30
Total Cites	2010	37
Total Cites	2011	51
Total Cites	2012	62
Total Cites	2013	79
Total Cites	2014	70
Total Cites	2015	96
Total Cites	2016	46
Total Cites	2017	41
Total Cites	2018	27
Total Cites	2019	59
Total Cites	2020	76
Total Cites	2021	116
Total Cites	2022	144
Total Cites	2023	101

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	2005	0
External Cites per document	2006	0.043
External Cites per document	2007	0.101
External Cites per document	2008	0.114
External Cites per document	2009	0.183
External Cites per document	2010	0.194
External Cites per document	2011	0.277
External Cites per document	2012	0.277
External Cites per document	2013	0.431
External Cites per document	2014	0.383
External Cites per document	2015	0.500
External Cites per document	2016	0.330
External Cites per document	2017	0.321
External Cites per document	2018	0.191
External Cites per document	2019	0.485
External Cites per document	2020	0.563
External Cites per document	2021	0.841
External Cites per document	2022	1.026
External Cites per document	2023	0.729
Cites per document	2005	0.000
Cites per document	2006	0.191
Cites per document	2007	0.202
Cites per document	2008	0.258
Cites per document	2009	0.250
Cites per document	2010	0.276
Cites per document	2011	0.362
Cites per document	2012	0.400
Cites per document	2013	0.516
Cites per document	2014	0.496
Cites per document	2015	0.762
Cites per document	2016	0.422
Cites per document	2017	0.387
Cites per document	2018	0.245
Cites per document	2019	0.584
Cites per document	2020	0.679
Cites per document	2021	1.027
Cites per document	2022	1.241
Cites per document	2023	0.944

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
2005	8.51
2006	11.90
2007	23.26
2008	22.86
2009	3.57
2010	2.00
2011	0.00
2012	7.41
2013	10.53
2014	14.71
2015	10.81
2016	14.29
2017	13.16
2018	14.29
2019	26.09
2020	23.08
2021	32.26
2022	18.92
2023	28.57

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	2005	0
Non-citable documents	2006	0
Non-citable documents	2007	2
Non-citable documents	2008	6
Non-citable documents	2009	6
Non-citable documents	2010	29
Non-citable documents	2011	28
Non-citable documents	2012	29
Non-citable documents	2013	7
Non-citable documents	2014	4
Non-citable documents	2015	3
Non-citable documents	2016	1
Non-citable documents	2017	7
Non-citable documents	2018	7
Non-citable documents	2019	7
Non-citable documents	2020	3
Non-citable documents	2021	3
Non-citable documents	2022	2
Non-citable documents	2023	0
Citable documents	2005	0
Citable documents	2006	47
Citable documents	2007	87
Citable documents	2008	126
Citable documents	2009	114
Citable documents	2010	105
Citable documents	2011	113
Citable documents	2012	126
Citable documents	2013	146
Citable documents	2014	137
Citable documents	2015	123
Citable documents	2016	108
Citable documents	2017	99
Citable documents	2018	103
Citable documents	2019	94
Citable documents	2020	109
Citable documents	2021	110
Citable documents	2022	114
Citable documents	2023	107

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	2005	0
Uncited documents	2006	40
Uncited documents	2007	74
Uncited documents	2008	107
Uncited documents	2009	94
Uncited documents	2010	108
Uncited documents	2011	108
Uncited documents	2012	113
Uncited documents	2013	107
Uncited documents	2014	96
Uncited documents	2015	79
Uncited documents	2016	76
Uncited documents	2017	77
Uncited documents	2018	91
Uncited documents	2019	71
Uncited documents	2020	64
Uncited documents	2021	57
Uncited documents	2022	59
Uncited documents	2023	56
Cited documents	2005	0
Cited documents	2006	7
Cited documents	2007	15
Cited documents	2008	25
Cited documents	2009	26
Cited documents	2010	26
Cited documents	2011	33
Cited documents	2012	42
Cited documents	2013	46
Cited documents	2014	45
Cited documents	2015	47
Cited documents	2016	33
Cited documents	2017	29
Cited documents	2018	19
Cited documents	2019	30
Cited documents	2020	48
Cited documents	2021	56
Cited documents	2022	57
Cited documents	2023	51