Quality perceptions of design journals: the design scholars' perspective

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Title: Quality perceptions of design journals: the design scholars' perspective
Author(s): Gemser, Gerda; de Bont, Cees; Hekkert, Paul; Friedman, Ken
Abstract: The primary objectives of this study were to identify a set of journals that report on industrial design research and to propose quality rankings of those journals. Based on an online survey, design journals were assessed in terms of two quality metrics: popularity and indexed average rank position. We find that both general and specialized design journals are highly valued and that geographic origin and academic background can be related with journal rankings. The results of the study offer a guide to both evaluators and those evaluated when judging or selecting research outlets.
Publication type: Journal article
Research centre: Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Design
Source: Design Studies, Vol. 33, no. 1 (Jan 2012), pp. 4-23
Publication year: 2012
FOR Code(s): 0806 Information Systems; 1203 Design Practice and Management
Keyword(s): Academic journals; Design journals; Design research; Industrial design; Journal quality; Journal ranking
Publisher: Elsevier
ISSN: 0142-694X
Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.destud.2011.09.001
Peer reviewed