Journal History | Designs

2017	The inaugural issue was released. Designs was published as a quarterly journal.
2018	Designs announced the first edition of the Travel Award.
2020	Designs was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier). Designs established the following sections: Mechanical Engineering; Electrical Engineering; Aerospace, Vehicles, and Civil Engineering Design Automation; Bioengineering and Energy Systems Bioengineering Design; Smart Manufacturing Systems and Factories.
2021	Designs received its first CiteScore (2020) of 2.1, ranked Q2 in "Engineering, miscellaneous". Designs established the following sections: Mechanical Engineering Design; Electrical Engineering Design; Civil Engineering Design; Bioengineering Design; Smart Manufacturing System Design; Vehicle Engineering Design; Energy System Design.
2022	Designs adopted a bimonthly publication schedule.
2023	Designs announced the first edition of the Best Paper Award. Designs published its 500th paper.
2024	Designs was indexed in Ei Compendex (Elsevier).

Editor-in-Chief

2017–2021	Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Hamid Reza Karimi
2022–present	Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Joshua M. Pearce

2020–2025	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Sebastian Thiede for the section on Smart Manufacturing System Design
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
2022–present	Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Elisabetta Sieni for the section on Bioengineering Design
2025–present	Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Mahdi Bodaghi for the section on Smart Manufacturing System Design