International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation

Aims & Scope

The International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation is an international publication that provides a forum for discussing the nature and potential of creativity and innovation in design from both theoretical and practical perspectives.

Design creativity and innovation is truly an interdisciplinary academic research field that will interest and stimulate researchers of engineering design, industrial design, architecture, art, and similar areas.

The journal aims to not only promote existing research disciplines but also pioneer a new one that lies in the intermediate area between the domains of systems engineering, information technology, computer science, social science, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, psychology, philosophy, linguistics, and related fields.

The journal covers, but is not restricted to, the following topics: ·Theories on Design Creativity and Innovation ·Cognition of Design Creativity ·Innovative Process ·Inventive Process ·Analogical Reasoning for Design Creativity and Innovation ·Design Synthesis ·Method and Tools for Design Creativity and Innovation ·Representation of Design Creativity and Innovation ·Education for Design Creativity and Innovation ·Concept Generation and Inspiration.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.5
2024	1.20

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	10584

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	128

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.549

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	23

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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, Engineering, Neuroscience, Psychology and Social Sciences, 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.

• The effect of AI-based inspiration on human design ideation

  Citation: 56

  Authors: Jingoog, Mary Lou

• ‘Fixation’ and ‘the pivot’: balancing persistence with flexibility in design and entrepreneurship

  Citation: 48

  Authors: Nathan

• Creativity in Innovation Design: the roles of intuition, synthesis, and hypothesis

  Citation: 47

  Authors: Toshiharu, Yukari

• Inspiration peak: exploring the semantic distance between design problem and textual inspirational stimuli

  Citation: 45

  Authors: Milene, Carlos, Petra

• Design cognition differences when using unstructured, partially structured, and structured concept generation creativity techniques

  Citation: 44

  Authors: John S., Hao, Christopher B.

• Design creativity: refined method for novelty assessment

  Citation: 37

  Authors: Santosh

• Data-intensive evaluation of design creativity using novelty, value, and surprise

  Citation: 37

  Authors: Kazjon, Mary Lou, Douglas, Katherine

• Creativity and parametric design? Comparing designer's cognitive approaches with assessed levels of creativity

  Citation: 32

  Authors: Ju Hyun, Ning, Michael J.

• Interplay of sketching & prototyping in early stage product design

  Citation: 32

  Authors: Qifang, Daniela, Maria

• Perspectives on design creativity and innovation research: 10 years later

  Citation: 31

  Authors: G., Y., G. V., J., N., J. F., H., N., E., J., A., G., M., K., L., P., M. L., D., D., P., R., Srinivasan, M., B., B., A.

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