Futures

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0016-3287eISSN1873-6378

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.426

H-Indexi

169

SNIPi

1.611

Total Worksi

6,675

Total Citationsi

162,317

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.50

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Economics; Regional & Urban Planning; Business and International Management; Development; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Frequency10 No. A Year (Monthly Except Jan. And Aug.), Jan./Feb 1990-

StatusActive

Total Publications6,675

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0016-3287 / 1873-6378

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

105

3.4k

2019

114

2020

186

3.8k

2021

126

2.5k

2022

173

2.4k

2023

156

1.4k

2024

153

471

2025

109

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Business and International ManagementQ1

DevelopmentQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EconomicsRegional & Urban Planning

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceDevelopmentBusiness and International Management

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Sustainability and Climate Change GovernanceComplex Systems and Decision MakingHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEducational Robotics and Engineering

Frequently asked questions about Futures

Is Futures a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Futures: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Futures?

Futures is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 3.50.

Is Futures indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Futures is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Futures?