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title: "Futures: citation metrics, topics and most-cited papers"
description: "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."
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# Futures

- 1 paper in the last 7 days
- category: Management
- publisher: Elsevier BV
- ISSN 0016-3287
- Journal website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/futures
- ISSN portal: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/0016-3287
- OpenAlex: https://openalex.org/S130638383

Back to the ranking: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/journals.md

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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

*Citation metrics (OpenAlex)*

| 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](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/journal-metrics/management.md) |

*Papers per year and the citations the journal's papers received that year (OpenAlex)*

| 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 |

2-year mean citedness is OpenAlex's count of citations per paper a journal published in the two previous years, an open counterpart to the journal impact factor (which counts only Web of Science citations); the h-index and i10-index cover all its papers. The figures come from OpenAlex (CC0) and are read again monthly.

Official metrics such as the Journal Impact Factor (Clarivate) and CiteScore (Scopus) are licensed by their owners and not copied here; the publisher shows them on the journal's website. Journal website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/futures

## The last 36 months

*Papers by publication date, Nov 2023 to Oct 2026*

| Nov 23–Oct 24 | Nov 24–Oct 25 | Nov 25–Oct 26 | 36 months |
|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 |

*Most frequent keywords, Nov 2023 to Oct 2026*

| # | 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](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/ai-ethics.md) | 1 |
| 10 | AI governance | 1 |

*Papers, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-28 | [Socio-techno-ecological imaginaries: A framework for understanding future-making for and with ecology](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2026.103966) | [Futures](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/futures.md) | Lenn Gorissen, Kornelia Konrad, Esther Turnhout | University of Twente |
| 2026-10-26 | [Conflicting extractive futures: Exploring sociotechnical imaginaries of lithium mining in Portugal](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2026.103965) | [Futures](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/futures.md) | António Carvalho | Centro de Estudos Sociais; University of Coimbra |
| 2026-10-24 | [Futurology in law and human rights: Envisioning digital rights and future-proofing democracy](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2026.103964) | [Futures](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/futures.md) | Bernardo Carvalho de Mello | Newcastle University |
| 2026-10-24 | [Narrative Futures: How narrating different futures shapes collective action of Fridays for Future](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2026.103961) | [Futures](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/futures.md) | Karoline Augenstein, André Schmale | University of Wuppertal |
| 2026-10-24 | [What letter was excluded: LGBTQ + survival and the rainbow of future possibilities](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2026.103963) | [Futures](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/futures.md) | Jaypee S. Yongco | Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology |
| 2026-10-19 | [When foresight meets action research: A methodological approach to wicked problems](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2026.103960) | [Futures](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/futures.md) | Sophie Michel, Jean‐Philippe Bootz, Amélie Boutinot et al. | EM Strasbourg Business School; Humans and management in society; Université de Strasbourg; … |
| 2026-10-18 | [Rethinking anticipation in the age of generative AI: Toward a theory of hybrid anticipation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2026.103958) | [Futures](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/futures.md) | Taejun Lee | KDI School of Public Policy and Management |
| 2026-10-14 | [Toward an integrated epistemology of futures thinking: A meta-synthetic taxonomy of foresight methodologies](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2026.103957) | [Futures](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/futures.md) | Jude Dzevela Kong, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi | University of Toronto; Sol Plaatje University |
| 2026-10-13 | [Autonomous alternative reality manufacturing machines (AARMM): A futures concept for anticipatory governance of AI-mediated information ecosystems](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2026.103956) | [Futures](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/futures.md) | Nikola Schmidt | Institute of International Relations Prague |
| 2026-10-13 | [Editorial Board](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2026.103946) | [Futures](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/futures.md) |  |  |
| 2026-10-13 | [Dimensioning the Sponge City. Underground politics of water infrastructure imagineering in Lyon (France)](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2026.103955) | [Futures](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/futures.md) | Geoffrey Mollé, Émeline Comby, Anne Honegger-Rivière et al. | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; Université de Lyon; Environnement, ville, société; … |
| 2026-10-13 | [Co-producing sociotechnical and spatial imaginaries on the MOSE megaproject: Media frames of continuity, stability and transformation in Venice](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2026.103954) | [Futures](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/futures.md) | Henna Kakko, Hanna-Mari Husu, Ilona Bontenbal | Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology |
| 2026-10-11 | [From classroom confidence to workplace readiness: Reimagining future skills development in higher education](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2026.103950) | [Futures](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/futures.md) | Anneli Lorenz, Eneli Kindsiko, Helen Poltimäe | University of Tartu |
| 2026-10-10 | [Colonizing futures: A case study on the interplay between responsibilities and anticipation in energy policy-making processes in the Netherlands](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2026.103953) | [Futures](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/futures.md) | Simone Haarbosch, Sietske A. Veenman, Gijs Jansen | Radboud University Nijmegen |
| 2026-10-08 | [Plural futures, binary sex system: Gender assumptions in core futures studies monographs](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2026.103949) | [Futures](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/futures.md) | Vangelis Liotzis | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens |
| 2026-10-07 | [Perception and application of strategic foresight within the banking sector in Morocco: Exploration of banks labeled CSR by the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2026.103942) | [Futures](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/futures.md) | Jalila Bouanani El Idrissi, Salwa Ladraa, Sylvaine Mercuri Chapuis | Université Hassan II Mohammedia; University of Hassan II Casablanca; Université catholique de lyon; … |
| 2026-10-06 | [Visions of quantum computing: An ethical assessment](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2026.103941) | [Futures](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/futures.md) | Eline J. de Jong, Armin Grunwald | QuSoft; Institute of Physics; University of Amsterdam; … |

## 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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  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
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