Design Issues

Aims & Scope

The first American academic journal to examine design history, theory, and criticism, Design Issues provokes inquiry into the cultural and intellectual issues surrounding design.

Regular features include theoretical and critical articles by professional and scholarly contributors, extensive book and exhibition reviews, and visual sequences.

Special guest-edited issues concentrate on particular themes, such as design history, human-computer interface, service design, organization design, design for development, and product design methodology.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.9
2024	0.40

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.231

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	46

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	19478

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	78

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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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.

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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.

• Wicked Problems in Design Thinking

  Citation: 1843

  Authors: Richard

• Designerly Ways of Knowing: Design Discipline Versus Design Science

  Citation: 680

  Authors: Nigel

• Incremental and Radical Innovation: Design Research vs. Technology and Meaning Change

  Citation: 438

  Authors: Donald A., Roberto

• Design Things and Design Thinking: Contemporary Participatory Design Challenges

  Citation: 407

  Authors: Erling, Pelle, Per-Anders

• Design Research and the New Learning

  Citation: 341

  Authors: Richard

• Information and Persuasion: Rivals or Partners?

  Citation: 322

  Authors: Katherine

• Co-Design as a Process of Joint Inquiry and Imagination

  Citation: 316

  Authors: Marc

• Abductive Thinking and Sensemaking: The Drivers of Design Synthesis

  Citation: 273

  Authors: Jon

• On the Essential Contexts of Artifacts or on the Proposition That "Design Is Making Sense (Of Things)"

  Citation: 252

  Authors: Klaus

• Investigating Design: A Review of Forty Years of Design Research

  Citation: 238

  Authors: Nigan

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