Artifact

Aims & Scope

Artifact: Journal of Design Practice responds to the growing self-confidence within the design research environment and provides a platform for nurturing and extending the fertile grounds of its contemporary practices.

The aim of the journal is to call for and publish research in the domain of practice-based, constructive and artistic design research at the highest international level.

With every call for papers the journal encourages submissions of research that strives to reach beyond disciplinary and topical boundaries to support exchange and cross-fertilization of insights and methodologies.

Artifact: Journal of Design Practice is a fully Open Access journal that does not charge APCs or submission fees.

Submitted manuscripts are first discussed by the editorial team and, if found fit for further deliberation, manuscripts are then sent for double-blind peer review by anonymous experts from the research community.

Articles are published under a Creative Commons licence (either CC BY or CC BY NC) which allows users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link to the full texts of these articles – download OA licence agreement below for more information on Creative Commons licence options.

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This OA licence agreement must be filled out, signed and attached to any submission via the journal management system

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and Computer Science, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Preservation url
• Apc url

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Arts and Humanities and Computer Science, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal does not charge a mandatory Article Processing Charge (APC). However, optional open access publication may incur fees based on the publisher’s policies.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• RESOLVING INCOMMENSURABLE DEBATES: A PRELIMINARY IDENTIFICATION OF PERSONA KINDS, ATTRIBUTES, AND CHARACTERISTICS

  Citation: 75

  Authors: Ingbert R., M., Michael B.

• The Role of Design Artifacts in Design Theory Construction

  Citation: 68

  Authors: John, Jodi

• LAB, FIELD, GALLERY, AND BEYOND1

  Citation: 29

  Authors: Ilpo, Thomas, Johan

• PLIABILITY AS AN EXPERIENTIAL QUALITY: EXPLORING THE AESTHETICS OF INTERACTION DESIGN

  Citation: 27

  Authors: Jonas

• The Role of Fiction in Experiments within Design, Art & Architecture

  Citation: 25

  Authors: Eva, Thomas, Poul Rind

• Translations: Artifacts from an Actor-Network Perspective

  Citation: 25

  Authors: John

• The True Benefits of Designing Design Methods

  Citation: 22

  Authors: Jung-Joo

• AN ENLARGED PRAGMATIST INQUIRY PARADIGM FOR METHODOLOGICAL PLURALISM IN ACADEMIC DESIGN RESEARCH

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Gavin

• ENACTMENTS IN INTERACTION DESIGN: HOW DESIGNERS MAKE SKETCHES BEHAVE

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Mattias, Henrik

• MAPS FOR DESIGN REFLECTION

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Peter, Kim, Rune