Journal History
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2017 |
The inaugural issue was released. Designs was published as a quarterly journal. |
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2018 |
Designs announced the first edition of the Travel Award. |
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2020 |
Designs was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier). |
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2021 |
Designs received its first CiteScore (2020) of 2.1, ranked Q2 in "Engineering, miscellaneous". |
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2022 |
Designs adopted a bimonthly publication schedule. |
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2023 |
Designs announced the first edition of the Best Paper Award. |
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2024 |
Designs was indexed in Ei Compendex (Elsevier). |
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2026 |
Designs received its 2025 CiteScore (5.7), ranked Q1 in “Engineering (miscellaneous)”. |
Editor-in-Chief
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2017–2021 |
Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Hamid Reza Karimi |
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2022–present |
Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Joshua M. Pearce |
Section Editor-in-Chief
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2020–2025 |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Sebastian Thiede for the section on Smart Manufacturing System Design |
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2021–present |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Wenbin Yu for the section on Mechanical Engineering Design Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. King Jet Tseng for the section on Electrical Engineering Design Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Carlos Chastre for the section on Civil Engineering Design Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Ruxandra Botez for the section on Vehicle Engineering Design Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Mohammad Hassan Khooban for the section on Energy System Design |
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2022–present |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Elisabetta Sieni for the section on Bioengineering Design |
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2025–present |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Mahdi Bodaghi for the section on Smart Manufacturing System Design |
