Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Future Anterior
ISSN 1549-9715 · eISSN 1934-6026 · University of Minnesota Press
Future Anterior: subscription journal; 15 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Future Anterior is published by University of Minnesota Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation, Historical Architecture and Urbanism and Architecture, Modernity, and Design, together about 53.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Future Anterior approaches historic preservation from a position of critical inquiry, rigorous scholarship, and theoretical analysis. The journal is an important international forum for the critical examination of historic preservation, spurring challenges of its assumptions, goals, methods, and results. As the first journal in American academia devoted to the study and advancement of historic preservation, it provides a much-needed bridge between architecture and history. The journal also features provocative theoretical reflections on historic preservation from the point of view of art, philosophy, law, geography, archeology, planning materials science, cultural anthropology, and conservation. Future Anterior is essential reading for anyone interested in historic preservation and its role in current cultural debates. For a full list of present and past issues and the associated table of contents, please see the Future Anterior page on Project MUSE.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cultural Heritage Management and PreservationArts and Humanities31.3%
- Historical Architecture and UrbanismArts and Humanities11.6%
- Architecture, Modernity, and DesignEngineering11%
- Urban Development and Cultural HeritageSocial Sciences7.3%
- Cultural Identity and HeritageArts and Humanities5.7%
- Philosophy, History, and HistoriographyArts and Humanities3.7%
- Memory, Trauma, and CommemorationPsychology3.3%
- Conservation Techniques and StudiesArts and Humanities3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Arts Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Architecture | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visual Arts and Performing Arts | Q4 | 570/697 | 18th |
| History | Q4 | 1672/1936 | 13th |
| Conservation | Q4 | 101/108 | 6th |
| Architecture | Q4 | 200/210 | 5th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
AHCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, OCLC
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.16LetPub ·
- h-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 3.45%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 12LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 400 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 2025 | 15 | 0 | 49 |
| 2024 | 12 | 5 | 66 |
| 2023 | 11 | 0 | 63 |
| 2022 | 22 | 4 | 47 |
| 2021 | 22 | 1 | 57 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- ISSN
- 1549-9715
- Electronic ISSN
- 1934-6026
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Future Anterior
Which databases index Future Anterior?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Future Anterior is indexed in AHCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Future Anterior open access, and what is the APC?
Future Anterior is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .