Class information for:
Level 2: FUTURES//FORESIGHT//TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE

Basic class information

Class id #P Avg. number of
references
Database coverage
of references
2919 2758 39.8 25%



Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Hierarchy of classes

The table includes all classes above and classes immediately below the current class.



Cluster id Level Cluster label #P
1 4 ECONOMICS//EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH//PSYCHOL 3876184
96 3       ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES//ENERGY POLICY//ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 76325
2919 2             FUTURES//FORESIGHT//TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE 2758
5772 1                   FUTURES//FORESIGHT//SCENARIO PLANNING 1577
26718 1                   FUTURES//EXISTENTIAL RISK//EXPERTISE ENVIRONM HLTH 247
28182 1                   DEEP UNCERTAINTY//SCENARIO DISCOVERY//ADAPTIVE POLICYMAKING 212
31337 1                   ASSOCIATE INT PROGRAM//BLOCK GENE EXPRESSION OR FUNCTION//BUSINESS SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS 154
32944 1                   ASH SALT//WITOTO//ABP MARINE ENVIRONM 132
34207 1                   GLOBAL MODELING//FDN FUS SCI TECHNOL//FUGI GLOBAL MODEL 90 M200PC 114
34864 1                   ABC LEARNING CENTRES//AGR MARKETING//BAI AND PERRONS TEST 105
35926 1                   ANGELO SRAFFA LEGAL STUDIES//COMM FREEDOM TENURE A//MOFURG 89
36742 1                   ACADEMIC ITINERARIES//AFFAIRS COMM//CLUJ HIGHER EDUCATION 74
37569 1                   COSYMMETRY//FAMILY OF EQUILIBRIA//FAMILIES OF EQUILIBRIA 54

Terms with highest relevance score



rank Term termType Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with term
in class
1 FUTURES journal 2502192 25% 33% 683
2 FORESIGHT authKW 706137 4% 51% 124
3 TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE journal 418023 12% 12% 328
4 SCENARIO PLANNING authKW 363436 3% 39% 85
5 PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT WoSSC 259591 41% 2% 1136
6 COSYMMETRY authKW 243534 1% 100% 22
7 SCENARIOS authKW 225862 6% 12% 172
8 TECHNOLOGY FORESIGHT authKW 206366 1% 55% 34
9 BACKCASTING authKW 198041 1% 46% 39
10 DEEP UNCERTAINTY authKW 155496 1% 59% 24

Web of Science journal categories



Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with term
in class
1 Planning & Development 259591 41% 2% 1136
2 Business 24071 17% 0% 479
3 Economics 19188 29% 0% 794
4 Management 6380 11% 0% 298
5 Environmental Studies 3541 7% 0% 184
6 Public Administration 1114 2% 0% 62
7 Social Issues 966 2% 0% 55
8 Environmental Sciences 889 10% 0% 286
9 Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary 714 3% 0% 80
10 Geography 657 2% 0% 68

Address terms



Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
1 AUSTRALIAN FO IGHT 66418 0% 100% 6
2 FINLAND FUTU 62556 1% 27% 21
3 SCENARIO PLANNING FUTURE STUDIES 55349 0% 100% 5
4 FUTU STUDIES KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IFK 49306 0% 64% 7
5 FUTU STUDIES 37669 1% 18% 19
6 EXPERTISE ENVIRONM HLTH 34589 0% 63% 5
7 GLOBAL MODELING 33209 0% 100% 3
8 LIPSOR 33209 0% 100% 3
9 STAT STUDIES ECON KNOWLEDGE 30745 0% 56% 5
10 SCENARIO PLANNING 24905 0% 75% 3

Journals



Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
1 FUTURES 2502192 25% 33% 683
2 TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE 418023 12% 12% 328
3 FUTURIST 44591 1% 10% 39
4 LONG RANGE PLANNING 28644 2% 4% 66
5 TECHNOLOGY ANALYSIS & STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT 19764 2% 4% 42
6 WORLD FUTURES 9053 0% 27% 3
7 BETRIEBSWIRTSCHAFTLICHE FORSCHUNG UND PRAXIS 5806 1% 3% 18
8 CLIMATIC CHANGE 5575 2% 1% 45
9 JOURNAL OF WATER AND CLIMATE CHANGE 5171 0% 4% 11
10 SCIENCE AND PUBLIC POLICY 4305 0% 3% 13

Author Key Words



Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 FORESIGHT 706137 4% 51% 124 Search FORESIGHT Search FORESIGHT
2 SCENARIO PLANNING 363436 3% 39% 85 Search SCENARIO+PLANNING Search SCENARIO+PLANNING
3 COSYMMETRY 243534 1% 100% 22 Search COSYMMETRY Search COSYMMETRY
4 SCENARIOS 225862 6% 12% 172 Search SCENARIOS Search SCENARIOS
5 TECHNOLOGY FORESIGHT 206366 1% 55% 34 Search TECHNOLOGY+FORESIGHT Search TECHNOLOGY+FORESIGHT
6 BACKCASTING 198041 1% 46% 39 Search BACKCASTING Search BACKCASTING
7 DEEP UNCERTAINTY 155496 1% 59% 24 Search DEEP+UNCERTAINTY Search DEEP+UNCERTAINTY
8 STRATEGIC FORESIGHT 142821 1% 65% 20 Search STRATEGIC+FORESIGHT Search STRATEGIC+FORESIGHT
9 FUTURES STUDIES 135640 1% 51% 24 Search FUTURES+STUDIES Search FUTURES+STUDIES
10 SCENARIO DISCOVERY 127623 1% 82% 14 Search SCENARIO+DISCOVERY Search SCENARIO+DISCOVERY

Core articles

The table includes core articles in the class. The following variables is taken into account for the relevance score of an article in a cluster c:
(1) Number of references referring to publications in the class.
(2) Share of total number of active references referring to publications in the class.
(3) Age of the article. New articles get higher score than old articles.
(4) Citation rate, normalized to year.



Rank Reference # ref.
in cl.
Shr. of ref. in
cl.
Citations
1 AMER, M , DAIM, TU , JETTER, A , (2013) A REVIEW OF SCENARIO PLANNING.FUTURES. VOL. 46. ISSUE . P. 23-40 48 77% 73
2 VAN VLIET, M , KOK, K , (2015) COMBINING BACKCASTING AND EXPLORATORY SCENARIOS TO DEVELOP ROBUST WATER STRATEGIES IN FACE OF UNCERTAIN FUTURES.MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION STRATEGIES FOR GLOBAL CHANGE. VOL. 20. ISSUE 1. P. 43 -74 39 81% 4
3 KWAKKEL, JH , HAASNOOT, M , WALKER, WE , (2016) COMPARING ROBUST DECISION-MAKING AND DYNAMIC ADAPTIVE POLICY PATHWAYS FOR MODEL-BASED DECISION SUPPORT UNDER DEEP UNCERTAINTY.ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE. VOL. 86. ISSUE . P. 168 -183 38 72% 0
4 ROHRBECK, R , BATTISTELLA, C , HUIZINGH, E , (2015) CORPORATE FORESIGHT: AN EMERGING FIELD WITH A RICH TRADITION.TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE. VOL. 101. ISSUE . P. 1 -9 46 58% 0
5 LU, LYY , HSIEH, CH , LIU, JS , (2016) DEVELOPMENT TRAJECTORY AND RESEARCH THEMES OF FORESIGHT.TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE. VOL. 112. ISSUE . P. 347 -356 42 61% 0
6 MAIER, HR , GUILLAUME, JHA , VAN DELDEN, H , RIDDELL, GA , HAASNOOT, M , KWAKKEL, JH , (2016) AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE, DEEP UNCERTAINTY, SCENARIOS, ROBUSTNESS AND ADAPTATION: HOW DO THEY FIT TOGETHER?.ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE. VOL. 81. ISSUE . P. 154 -164 40 49% 4
7 RHISIART, M , MILLER, R , BROOKS, S , (2015) LEARNING TO USE THE FUTURE: DEVELOPING FORESIGHT CAPABILITIES THROUGH SCENARIO PROCESSES.TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE. VOL. 101. ISSUE . P. 124 -133 34 72% 2
8 KWAKKEL, JH , CUNNINGHAM, SC , (2016) IMPROVING SCENARIO DISCOVERY BY BAGGING RANDOM BOXES.TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE. VOL. 111. ISSUE . P. 124 -134 30 81% 0
9 RICKARDS, L , WISEMAN, J , EDWARDS, T , BIGGS, C , (2014) THE PROBLEM OF FIT: SCENARIO PLANNING AND CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR.ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING C-GOVERNMENT AND POLICY. VOL. 32. ISSUE 4. P. 641 -662 47 49% 9
10 VARUM, CA , MELO, C , (2010) DIRECTIONS IN SCENARIO PLANNING LITERATURE - A REVIEW OF THE PAST DECADES.FUTURES. VOL. 42. ISSUE 4. P. 355-369 35 63% 67

Classes with closest relation at Level 2



Rank Class id link
1 4087 KNOWLEDGE EMBEDDED DATABASE SYSTEMS//POLYTETRAHYDROFURAN DIOLS//FUTURES
2 2784 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABILITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION//EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT//ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION RESEARCH
3 1732 GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS//ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS//SUSTAINABILITY TRANSITIONS
4 2668 LIGHT POLLUTION//DMSP OLS//NIGHTTIME LIGHTS
5 2550 BAYESIAN NETWORKS//FUZZY COGNITIVE MAPS//INFLUENCE DIAGRAMS
6 624 RESEARCH POLICY//JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER//PATENTS
7 1123 ECOSYSTEM SERVICES//EMERGY//ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
8 881 VULNERABILITY//DISASTERS//ADAPTIVE CAPACITY
9 3015 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REVIEW//STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT//IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND PROJECT APPRAISAL
10 2415 SYSTEMS RESEARCH AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE//SYSTEMIC PRACTICE AND ACTION RESEARCH//SYSTEMS PRACTICE

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