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Design Issues

MIT PRESS · United States · Est. 1984

ISSN1531-4790

SJR Q3✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (AHCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.149

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.265

Total Worksi

1,587

Total Citationsi

49,400

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.75

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Architecture; Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous); Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1984

Annual Volume~ 43 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,587

Publisher OrgThe MIT Press

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

MIT PRESS

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1531-4790

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

356

2019

591

2020

180

2021

167

2022

152

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q3

Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided DesignQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Architecture

Scopus Categories

Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided DesignArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Design Education and PracticeCrafts, Textile, and DesignCultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentInnovative Human-Technology InteractionArchitecture and Computational DesignArt, Politics, and ModernismVisual Culture and Art TheoryArt, Technology, and CultureDigital Media and Visual ArtInnovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development

Frequently asked questions about Design Issues

Is Design Issues a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Design Issues: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Design Issues?

Design Issues is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.75.

Is Design Issues indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Design Issues is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Design Issues?