Designs Receives an Increased CiteScore of 4.8

We are pleased to share that Designs (ISSN: 2411-9660) has received an increased CiteScore of 4.8 in June 2025. The CiteScore ranks the journal 67 out of 264 titles (Q2) in the “Engineering (miscellaneous)” category, 211 out of 720 titles (Q2) in the “Mechanical Engineering” category, and 122 out of 402 titles (Q2) in the “Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering” category, an impressive achievement for a journal running in Volume 9.

You can find more statistics on https://www.mdpi.com/journal/designs/stats.

The current CiteScores measure the average number of citations within a journal over a four-year window (2021–2024). The Scopus database provides a comprehensive suite of metrics that support informed publishing strategies, research evaluation and enable benchmarking of journal performance.

This achievement reflects the collective efforts of our authors, reviewers, and editors. Together we will continue to track the progress of Designs and its growing impact in engineering designs.