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International Journal of Designs for Learning

Indiana University Office of Scholarly Publishing · United States

eISSN2159-449X

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.197

H-Indexi

Aims & Scope

The International Journal of Designs for Learning (IJDL) is a multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed online journal, dedicated to publishing descriptions of artifacts, environments and experiences created to promote and support learning in all contexts by designers in any field. The journal provides a venue for designers to share their knowledge-in-practice through rich representations of their designs and detailed discussion of decision-making. The aim of the journal is to support the production of high-quality precedent materials and to promote and demonstrate the value of doing so. Audiences for the journal include designers, teachers and students of design and scholars studying the practice of design.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications—

Publisher OrgAssociation for Educational Communications and Technology

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewAnonymous peer review

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-SA

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

IU Libraries

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Indiana University Office of Scholarly Publishing

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2159-449X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Anonymous peer review

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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?

IU Libraries

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

EducationQ4

Subject Classification

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Teaching and Learning ProgrammingInnovative Teaching and Learning MethodsEducational Games and GamificationDesign Education and PracticeOnline and Blended LearningMobile Learning in EducationDigital Storytelling and EducationExperimental Learning in EngineeringInnovative Teaching MethodsBiomedical and Engineering Education

Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Designs for Learning

Is International Journal of Designs for Learning a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Journal of Designs for Learning: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, 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 International Journal of Designs for Learning?

International Journal of Designs for Learning is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.197.

Is International Journal of Designs for Learning indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Journal of Designs for Learning is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.