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Design Principles and Practices

Common Ground Research Networks · United States · Est. 2007

ISSN1833-1874

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.121

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.117

Total Worksi

847

Total Citationsi

1,468

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.54

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Visual Arts and Performing Arts.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2007

Annual Volume~ 9 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications847

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Common Ground Research Networks

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1833-1874

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

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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.

Visual Arts and Performing ArtsQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Visual Arts and Performing Arts

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Design Education and PracticeArchitecture and Computational DesignArchitecture, Design, and Social HistoryDigital Media and Visual ArtCreativity in Education and NeuroscienceCrafts, Textile, and DesignArt Education and DevelopmentInnovative Approaches in Technology and Social DevelopmentCultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentArchitecture and Cultural Influences

Frequently asked questions about Design Principles and Practices

Is Design Principles and Practices a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Design Principles and Practices: it is indexed in 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 Principles and Practices?

Design Principles and Practices is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.121.

Is Design Principles and Practices indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Design Principles and Practices is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Design Principles and Practices?