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Design Studies

ISSN 0142-694X · 1872-6909

Publisher: Elsevier

Scopus · Q1ABDC AWoS · SCIEONOS

Is Design Studies indexed in Scopus? Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1979–2026, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 11.8.

Is Design Studies in Web of Science? Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.

What is the ABDC rating of Design Studies? It is rated A in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Other commerce, management, tourism and services.

Is Design Studies open access? No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.

11.8
CiteScore 2025
Scopus
Q1
Best quartile
98th percentile
A
ABDC rating
JQL 2025
3
Indexed in
major indexes
ABDCAustralian Business Deans Council 2025
Rating
A
Unchanged since 2022 vs ABDC 2022
Year of inception
1979
Field of research
Other commerce, management, tourism and services (3599)
Publisher (per ABDC)
Elsevier
A = next 15–25% — among the highest citation metrics in its field.
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DOAJDirectory of Open Access Journals (live)
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FT50Financial Times research list
Not listed in FT50.
UT DallasUTD top-100 business research
Not listed in UT Dallas.
ONOS · SubscriptionOne Nation One Subscription — full-text access
This journal is part of the ONOS national subscription — readers at an ONOS-subscribed Indian institution get full-text access to its articles at no cost.
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ONOS · APC coveredOne Nation One Subscription (Govt of India)
Not in the ONOS APC-supported list.
Publishing in this journal is not centrally APC-funded under One Nation One Subscription.

Official sources & links

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