Design Studies
Design Studies is a journal indexed in SJR in Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) and Social Sciences (miscellaneous) with an H index of 116. It has an SJR impact factor of 1,41 and it has a best quartile of Q1. It is published in English. It has an SJR impact factor of 1,41.
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SJR Impact
1,41
H-index
116
Docs (year)
19
Docs 3y
100
Total refs
1152
Cites 3y
628
Citable 3y
95
Cites/Doc 2y
6.54
Ref/Doc
60.63
Immediate OA
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Embargoed OA
NPD
Non OA / Submission
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Best articles by citations
Creativity in the design process: co-evolution of problem–solution
The situated function–behaviour–structure framework
Metrics for measuring ideation effectiveness
Seeing things: consumer response to the visual domain in product design
Evolution of design for sustainability: From product design to design for system innovations and transitions
Kinds of seeing and their functions in designing
Describing the creative design process by the integration of engineering design and cognitive psychology literature
What do architects and students perceive in their design sketches? A protocol analysis
A heuristic method for identifying modules for product architectures
Biologically inspired design: process and products
Personas and user-centered design: How can personas benefit product design processes?
Thinking in design teams - an analysis of team communication
An approach to the analysis of design protocols
A comparison of freshman and senior engineering design processes