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Manuscript Auditing →01Impact factor
Impact factor of The Design Journal (2026)
The impact factor shown here is the 2-year mean citedness: citations received in a year by the papers The Design Journal published in the two previous years, divided by the number of those papers. That is the same formula as the Journal Impact Factor, applied to the open citation data of OpenAlex. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so it also has an official Journal Impact Factor published by Clarivate, which can differ because it counts citations from Web of Science journals only.
Rank in its subject categories
- Artrank 4 of 155 journals
Ranks here compare journals of the same Web of Science category in our data by 2-year citedness; they are not the official JCR rank.
Quartile of The Design Journal
A journal's quartile (Q1 to Q4) is its position within a subject category: Q1 is the top quarter. The official quartiles are published by Clarivate in Journal Citation Reports (by Journal Impact Factor, in Web of Science categories) and by Scimago as the SJR quartile (in Scopus categories). The Design Journal is listed in JCR 2024, so its JCR quartile is in Journal Citation Reports. It is indexed in Scopus, so Scimago shows its SJR quartile. ScholarsColab does not show a quartile until it can show the official one; the impact factor and rank above are calculated from open data.
Citations and papers per year
02Review time
Review time of The Design Journal
Each paper took a different time. The green box holds the middle half of the papers and the dark line is the median; the whiskers reach the fastest 10% and the slowest 10%. Plan with the whole spread, not only the median.
Half of the research articles The Design Journal published between Jan 2025 and Oct 2026 were accepted within 281 days of submission, and the middle half took between 182 and 378 days. This time includes peer review and any revision rounds. Papers that were rejected are not counted, because only published papers carry these dates.
In Art, The Design Journal ranks 7 of 10 journals by review time (1 = fastest). See the fastest-review journals in Art →
03Fee waivers
APC waivers and discounts for The Design Journal
The Design Journal follows the waiver policy of its publisher, Taylor & Francis: 100% waiver for low-income and 50% for lower-middle income countries (World Bank list with a GDP limit), on request. Only the corresponding author's affiliation counts. Co-authors from other countries do not change the waiver.
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Who funds research published in The Design Journal
Funders named most often
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04Indexing
Indexing of The Design Journal
- ISSN
- 1460-6925
- eISSN
- 1756-3062
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis Ltd. all its journals →
- Country
- England
- Language
- English
- Scopus source type
- Journal
- Web of Science categories
- Art
From the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab, updated 1 March 2026. Indexing can change: confirm on the Web of Science Master Journal List or the Scopus source list before submitting. Official Journal Impact Factors and JCR quartiles are published by Clarivate; the impact factor and quartile on this page are calculated from OpenAlex open data (see how the impact factor works).
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05How to submit
How to submit to The Design Journal
- Read the guide for authors. It sets the article types, word limit, reference style and file format that The Design Journal accepts. Open the official guide for authors and submit from the same page.
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06Reviewer comments
Reviewer comments and rejection reasons for The Design Journal
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07Same subject
Art journals with a similar impact factor*
The journals next to The Design Journal when the 103 journals of Art in our data are ranked by impact factor*:
| Rank | Journal | Impact factor* | Indexing | Open access |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Journal of Cultural Heritage | 4.00 | AHCI, SCIE | Subscription |
| 2 | Digital Creativity | 3.08 | AHCI | Subscription |
| 3 | CoDesign | 2.44 | AHCI | Subscription |
| 5 | The British Journal of Aesthetics | 1.42 | AHCI | Subscription |
| 6 | International Journal of Art & Design Education | 1.41 | AHCI, SSCI | Subscription |
| 7 | Art & Perception | 1.28 | ESCI | Subscription |
| 8 | Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism | 1.16 | AHCI | Subscription |
| 9 | International Journal of Conservation Science | 1.10 | ESCI | Subscription |
*Impact factor calculated from OpenAlex open data (2-year citedness), not the official Clarivate value.
08Journal Finder
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No AI or language model is used. Your words are matched against the titles of 156,503 real published journal papers, by our mentors and by other researchers (shown without names); journals are ranked by how many closely matching papers they published. Indexing comes from the SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus and JCR 2024 lists, matched by journal name; the impact factor is calculated from OpenAlex open data, not the official Clarivate value, and no quartile is shown until the official JCR or SJR quartile can be; review time comes from the dates publishers deposit in Crossref (not every publisher deposits them). Always check a journal’s scope and current indexing before submitting.
09Questions
Frequently asked questions
How long is the review time of The Design Journal?
Based on 187 research articles The Design Journal published from Jan 2025 to Oct 2026, the median time from submission to acceptance was 281 days, and half of them were accepted between 182 and 378 days. After acceptance, papers appeared online after a median of 32 days. Source: received and accepted dates deposited by the publisher in Crossref, retrieved October 2026. Individual papers can take longer, especially with major revisions.
What is the impact factor of The Design Journal?
Based on OpenAlex citation data (October 2026), the 2-year impact factor of The Design Journal is 1.96: papers it published in the two previous years were cited 1.96 times on average in a year. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so Clarivate also publishes an official Journal Impact Factor, which can differ.
What is the h-index of The Design Journal?
The h-index of The Design Journal is 50 (OpenAlex, October 2026): 50 of its papers have each been cited at least 50 times. Its i10-index is 479.
What is the quartile of The Design Journal?
A journal's quartile (Q1 to Q4) is its position within a subject category: Q1 is the top quarter. The official quartiles are published by Clarivate in Journal Citation Reports (by Journal Impact Factor, in Web of Science categories) and by Scimago as the SJR quartile (in Scopus categories). The Design Journal is listed in JCR 2024, so its JCR quartile is in Journal Citation Reports. It is indexed in Scopus, so Scimago shows its SJR quartile. ScholarsColab does not show a quartile until it can show the official one; the impact factor and rank above are calculated from open data.
Is The Design Journal indexed in Scopus?
Yes. The Design Journal appears in the Scopus list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is The Design Journal an SCIE journal?
The Design Journal is listed in AHCI of the Web of Science Core Collection, but not in SCIE, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is The Design Journal in Journal Citation Reports (JCR)?
Yes. The Design Journal is listed in JCR 2024, so it has a Journal Impact Factor. For the current impact factor and quartile, check Journal Citation Reports.
Does The Design Journal offer an APC waiver?
The Design Journal follows the policy of Taylor & Francis: 100% waiver for low-income and 50% for lower-middle income countries (World Bank list with a GDP limit), on request. Only the corresponding author's affiliation counts. Co-authors from other countries do not change the waiver. Rules verified 27 October 2026; confirm on the publisher's page.
Who funds research published in The Design Journal?
43% of 200 recent research articles in The Design Journal name a funder in Crossref; the funders named most often are Politecnico di Milano, Eric C. Yim Endowed Professorship in Inclusive Design, Humanities and Social Sciences Research Youth Fund Project of the Ministry of Education of China.
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