Aims & Scope
Design Studies is a leading international academic journal focused on developing understanding of design processes.
It studies design activity across all domains of application, including engineering and product design, architectural and urban design, computer artefacts and systems design.
It therefore provides an interdisciplinary forum for the analysis, development and discussion of fundamental aspects of design activity, from cognition and methodology to values and philosophy.
Design Studies publishes work that is concerned with the process of designing, and is relevant to a broad audience of researchers, teachers and practitioners.
We welcome original, scientific and scholarly research papers reporting studies concerned with the process of designing in all its many fields, or furthering the development and application of new knowledge relating to design process.
Papers should be written to be intelligible and pertinent to a wide range of readership across different design domains.
To be relevant for this journal, a paper has to offer something that gives new insight into or knowledge about the design process, or assists new development of the processes of designing.
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Impact Factor
| Year | Value |
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| 2025 | 4.8 |
SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)
| Year | Value |
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| 2024 | 1.410 |
Quartile
| Year | Value |
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| 2024 | Q1 |
h-index
| Year | Value |
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| 2024 | 116 |
Journal Rank
| Year | Value |
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| 2024 | 2659 |
Journal Citation Indicator
| Year | Value |
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| 2024 | 628 |
Impact Factor Trend
Abstracting & Indexing
Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.
Subjects & Keywords
Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities, Computer Science, Engineering and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.
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.
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Creativity in the design process: co-evolution of problem–solution
Citation: 1325
Authors: Kees, Nigel
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Evolution of design for sustainability: From product design to design for system innovations and transitions
Citation: 606
Authors: Fabrizio, Idil
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Seeing things: consumer response to the visual domain in product design
Citation: 585
Authors: Nathan, James, P.John