Discipline | futures studies |
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Language | English |
Edited by | Sohail Inayatullah, Jian-Bang Deng |
Publication details | |
History | November 1996-present |
Publisher | Tamkang University Press on behalf of Graduate Institute of Futures Studies, Tamkang University, Tamsui, Taipei (Taiwan) |
Frequency | Quarterly |
Standard abbreviations | |
ISO 4 | J. Futures Stud. |
Indexing | |
ISSN | 1027-6084 |
OCLC no. | 190845334 |
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The Journal of Futures Studies (JFS) is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal in the discipline of futures studies. It is published by Tamkang University Press on behalf of the Graduate Institute of Futures Studies at Tamkang University in Tamsui, Taipei, in Taiwan. [1] [2] The journal is published quarterly, in the months of February, May, August, and November. [3]
JFS was first published in November 1996. [4] Its publication history can be divided into the following periods:
The SCImago Journal Rank database says that the h-index of the journal (restricted to years of coverage 2005–2012) is 7 and the impact factor is about 0.25. [6]
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