World Futures
Impact Factor & Key Scientometrics

World Futures
Overview

Impact Factor

NA

H Index

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Impact Factor

0.531

I. Basic Journal Info

Country

United Kingdom
Journal ISSN: 2604027
Publisher: Gordon & Breach
History: 1962-1977, 1979-1995, 2006-2007, 2009-2021
Journal Hompage: Link
How to Get Published:

Research Categories

Scope/Description:

The journal provides a venue for leading edge creative transdisciplinary contributions. It encourages the application of new ways of thinking and approaches that draw on the intersection of the natural sciences the social sciences and the humanities. World Futures welcomes critiques of limiting assumptions as well as the development of new perspectives on human nature consciousness society and the nature of the universe. The journal is focused on the exploration articulation and application of human potentialities and the implications for building a sustainable and humanistic future. It accepts articles research notes and book reviews and invites essays relevant to its aim in all fields of interest from the sciences to the humanities.

II. Science Citation Report (SCR)



World Futures
SCR Impact Factor

World Futures
SCR Journal Ranking

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SCImago SJR Rank

SCImago Journal Rank (SJR indicator) is a measure of scientific influence of scholarly 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.

World Futures
Scopus 2-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Scopus 3-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Scopus 4-Year Impact Factor Trend

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World Futures
Impact Factor History

2-year 3-year 4-year
  • 2023 Impact Factor
    1 0.925 0.853
  • 2022 Impact Factor
    0.873 0.737 0.779
  • 2021 Impact Factor
    0.531 0.683 0.681
  • 2020 Impact Factor
    0.658 0.645 0.568
  • 2019 Impact Factor
    0.901 0.818 0.769
  • 2018 Impact Factor
    0.521 0.516 0.648
  • 2017 Impact Factor
    0.492 0.625 0.585
  • 2016 Impact Factor
    0.776 0.608 0.488
  • 2015 Impact Factor
    0.525 0.374 0.329
  • 2014 Impact Factor
    0.205 NA NA
  • 2013 Impact Factor
    0.167 NA NA
  • 2012 Impact Factor
    0.323 NA NA
  • 2011 Impact Factor
    0.417 NA NA
  • 2010 Impact Factor
    0.143 NA NA
  • 2009 Impact Factor
    0.235 NA NA
  • 2008 Impact Factor
    0.235 NA NA
  • 2007 Impact Factor
    0 NA NA
  • 2006 Impact Factor
    0 NA NA
  • 2005 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2004 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2003 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2002 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2001 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2000 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
Note: impact factor data for reference only

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Impact Factor

Impact factor (IF) is a scientometric factor based on the yearly average number of citations on articles published by a particular journal in the last two years. A journal impact factor is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field. Find out more: What is a good impact factor?


III. Other Science Influence Indicators

Any impact factor or scientometric indicator alone will not give you the full picture of a science journal. There are also other factors such as H-Index, Self-Citation Ratio, SJR, SNIP, etc. Researchers may also consider the practical aspect of a journal such as publication fees, acceptance rate, review speed. (Learn More)

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H-Index

The h-index is an author-level metric that attempts to measure both the productivity and citation impact of the publications of a scientist or scholar. The index is based on the set of the scientist's most cited papers and the number of citations that they have received in other publications

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World Futures
H-Index History