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Journal of Futures Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 1.7), formerly ABDC C, WoS ESCI. Published by Tamkang University.
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ISSN 1027-6084Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Tamkang University
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| History and Philosophy of Science | 53 / 254 | 79th | Q1 |
| Development | 191 / 314 | 39th | Q3 |
| Decision Sciences (all) | 37 / 43 | 15th | Q4 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2005–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 1.7.
Journal of Futures Studies is Q1 in History and Philosophy of Science (rank 53 of 254), Q3 in Development (rank 191 of 314) and Q4 in Decision Sciences (all) (rank 37 of 43), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Futures Studies is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 1.7, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 79th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.378, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 29.
Journal of Futures Studies is published by Tamkang University. Its ISSN is 1027-6084.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
It was rated C in the 2016 ABDC list but is not in the current 2025 Journal Quality List.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Futures Studies has an h-index of 14 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #204 of 233 Scopus journals in History and Philosophy of Science.
Journal of Futures Studies published 2 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2014 with 12. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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