A content analysis of FAR and FARC discussions and votes for FFAs identified three main reasons for
changes in their IQ evaluations and their loss of FA quality status (see Table 2). The analysis showed that
86% of FFAs were demoted because of continuously increasing FA quality requirements. The first
consistent set of IQ criteria was developed in early 2004 and has been redefined several times since then
[20]. The article trajectories reflected these changes by showing surges of editorial activity matching the
timing of the criteria changes, and the FAR and FARC review processes triggered by those changes.