This study investigates the scenarios, being developed with the objective of investigating the approaches on scenarios in the researches published in national newspapers, thus paving the for new bodies of research. A bibliometric and sociometric research was carried out, with no time limitation, in 84 articles. The research is characterized as descriptive regarding the objectives, documentary regarding the proceedings and quantitative regarding the problem approach. As a result, the existence of bodies of research about Prospective Scenarios stands out. The most prominent authors in Brazil are Claudio Antonio Rojo and James Terence Coulter Wright, being considered central authors in their network, considering the number of bonds of these authors in relation to others. KEY-WORDS: Prospective tools. Project risk management. Innovation and technology institutes.