Futures
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Key findings#
- Futures has a 2-year mean citedness of 4.81 and an h-index of 173 in OpenAlex, #38 of 56 tracked management journals by citedness.
- In 2025 it published 153 papers, and its papers received 11,911 citations.
- Futures published 17 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03), ranking #68 of 480 journals.
- Leading institutions: Institut Universitaire de France (2), University of Twente (1) and Centro de Estudos Sociais (1).
- Countries: Netherlands (3), France (3) and Germany (2).
- From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, Futures published 17 papers (0 a month on average, by publication date in OpenAlex).
- Its most frequent keywords over that period were “anticipatory governance” (3), “futures studies” (3) and “sociotechnical imaginaries” (3).
Citation metrics# Management journals →
20162025
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| 2-year mean citedness | 4.81 |
| h-index | 173 |
| i10-index | 2,486 |
| Papers in OpenAlex | 6,733 |
| Citations in OpenAlex | 170,271 |
| Rank among tracked management journals | #38 of 56 |
| Year | Papers | Citations received |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | 152 | 8,390 |
| 2025 | 153 | 11,911 |
| 2024 | 156 | 11,106 |
| 2023 | 172 | 10,921 |
| 2022 | 127 | 9,849 |
| 2021 | 155 | 10,359 |
| 2020 | 114 | 9,151 |
| 2019 | 105 | 8,247 |
| 2018 | 122 | 7,230 |
| 2017 | 97 | 6,259 |
| 2016 | 103 | 5,766 |
The last 36 months#
Nov 23Oct 26
| Nov 23–Oct 24 | Nov 24–Oct 25 | Nov 25–Oct 26 | 36 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | anticipatory governance | 3 |
| 2 | futures studies | 3 |
| 3 | sociotechnical imaginaries | 3 |
| 4 | anticipation | 2 |
| 5 | lock-in | 2 |
| 6 | scenario planning | 2 |
| 7 | strategic foresight | 2 |
| 8 | AI and society | 1 |
| 9 | AI ethics | 1 |
| 10 | AI governance | 1 |
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Futures. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/journals/futures
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author = {{Scholar4AI}},
title = {Futures},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/journals/futures}},
urldate = {2026-11-03},
note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}