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International Journal of Design is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4.9), WoS AHCI/SCIE/SSCI, DOAJ. Published by Chinese Institute of Design.
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ISSN 1991-3761Verify ISSN ↗1994-036XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Chinese Institute of Design
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visual Arts and Performing Arts | 11 / 697 | 98th | Q1 |
| Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) | 69 / 692 | 90th | Q1 |
| Social Sciences (all) | 45 / 286 | 84th | Q1 |
| Engineering (all) | 88 / 351 | 75th | Q1 |
| Computer Science Applications | 383 / 1022 | 62nd | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2007–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.9.
International Journal of Design is Q1 in Visual Arts and Performing Arts (rank 11 of 697), Q1 in Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) (rank 69 of 692) and Q1 in Social Sciences (all) (rank 45 of 286), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
International Journal of Design is indexed in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index and Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 4.9, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 98th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.442, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 59.
International Journal of Design is published by Chinese Institute of Design. Its print ISSN is 1991-3761 and its online ISSN is 1994-036X.
Yes — indexed in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index and Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
International Journal of Design has an h-index of 26 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.9, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #497 of 630 Scopus journals in Visual Arts and Performing Arts.
International Journal of Design published 1 papers in 2020; its busiest recent year was 2012 with 10. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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