Proceedings of the Design Society

ISSN 2732-527x · Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom · active 2021–2026

Metrics

Scimago quartile (2025): —
Cites per paper (2y): 1.6
SJR: 0.343
h-index: 24

“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric (how the two differ). Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline. What the other figures mean: journal quartile, SJR, h-index and article processing charge.

Data as of 1 November 2026 (venue index build).

Scimago Journal Rank 2025

In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Proceedings of the Design Society is listed in 4 subject categories without a quartile.

Scimago 2025 quartile and rank of Proceedings of the Design Society in each subject category
Subject category	Quartile	Rank in category
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design	—	—
Computer Science Applications	—	—
Modeling and Simulation	—	—
Software	—	—

Cites per document (2 years, Scopus): 1.68
Documents indexed in 2025 (Scopus): 342

The quartile is the one Scimago prints for each category; “—” in the Quartile column means Scimago prints no quartile for that category. Rank is the journal's position by SJR among the journals Scimago lists in that category (#1 is the highest); “—” in the Rank column means we hold no rank consistent with the printed quartile, or none at all. The document count is what Scopus indexed that year, which can be lower than a journal's full output. Source: SCImago Journal Rank 2025 edition, from Scopus data (scimagojr.com, CC BY-NC).

Proceedings of the Design Society has SJR 0.343 (Scimago) and an h-index of 24 (OpenAlex). Listed in Scopus.

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Indexing & access

Indexed in: Scopus
Access status:: hybrid. Where this comes from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic — confirm on the journal’s own site, especially regarding any article processing charge.

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Scope

designeducationpracticemechanicalengineeringmanufacturingoptimizationindustrialproductdevelopmentcustomizationmanagement

Frequently asked

Is Proceedings of the Design Society a predatory journal?

Our screening does not flag Proceedings of the Design Society. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in Scopus, which is a positive signal.

Is Proceedings of the Design Society indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?

Per our venue index, Proceedings of the Design Society appears in: Scopus. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.

What is the impact factor of Proceedings of the Design Society?

Papers in Proceedings of the Design Society are cited about 1.6 times each within two years of publication, with an h-index of 24. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.

Is Proceedings of the Design Society open access?

Our index records its access status as "hybrid". Where this is derived from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic, so confirm on the journal's own site — particularly if an article processing charge matters to you.