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Strategic Design Research Journal

Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos · Brazil · Est. 2008

ISSN1984-2988

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2025-04-22). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.13

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

440

Total Citationsi

1,964

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.23

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous); Engineering (miscellaneous); Modeling and Simulation.

General Information

Country / RegionBrazil

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2008

Annual Volume~ 17 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications440

Publisher OrgUniversity of Vale do Rio dos Sinos

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2007

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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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1984-2988

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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

139

2019

273

2020

247

2021

2022

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

Engineering (miscellaneous)Q4

Modeling and SimulationQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Engineering (miscellaneous)Modeling and Simulation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social DevelopmentDesign Education and PracticeDiverse academic and cultural studiesSustainable Design and DevelopmentBusiness and Management StudiesInnovative Human-Technology InteractionCultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentService and Product InnovationUniversity-Industry-Government Innovation ModelsCreativity in Education and Neuroscience

Frequently asked questions about Strategic Design Research Journal

Is Strategic Design Research Journal a predatory journal?

Strategic Design Research Journal was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2025-04-22). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Strategic Design Research Journal?

Strategic Design Research Journal is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.13.

Is Strategic Design Research Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Strategic Design Research Journal is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Strategic Design Research Journal?