A Collection of Scholarly Journals

The Design Principles & Practices Journal Collection offers an interdisciplinary forum to explore the meaning and purpose of design. In professional and disciplinary terms, the network traverses a broad sweep to construct a trans-disciplinary dialogue, which encompasses a wide array of design paradigms and practices. We move between theoretical reflection on the nature of design and case studies of design practice, and from research-based perspectives to the experience-based perspectives of design insiders. We seek to build an epistemic community to make linkages across disciplinary, geographic, and cultural boundaries. The journal collection is defined by our Research Network scope and concerns and motivated to build strategies for action framed by our shared themes and tensions.

  • Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal—Annual Review (Gold Open Access)
  • The International Journal of Design Education (Hybrid)
  • The International Journal of Design in Society (Hybrid)
  • The International Journal of Design Management and Professional Practice (Hybrid)
  • The International Journal of Designed Objects (Hybrid)
  • The International Journal of Visual Design (Hybrid)

Our Model

We are working to change the way in which knowledge is produced, validated, and shared within member-based Research Networks.

Intellectual Excellence

We take research integrity seriously, following standards and best practices established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). We’re also active members of key industry associations: Association of American Publishers, Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers, The Society for Scholarly Publishing, and Crossref.

Wide Reach

We are committed to expanding the visibility, reach, and impact of research from the Design Principles & Practices Research Network. Journals in the Design Principles & Practices Journal Collection can be found in numerous databases, accessible via the libraries of institutional subscribers, and in the CGScholar Bookstore for current Research Network Members.

Participatory Process

Decisions of what is published come from reviewers that are Members of the Research Network ensuring the knowledge is validated in horizontal social knowledge relations. Review scores are based on a clearly articulated rubric, and the result is a peer-review process that is scrupulously fair in its assessments while at the same time offering carefully structured and constructive feedback that enhances the quality of the published article.

Inclusive

A publishing process that is without prejudice to institutional affiliation, stage in career, national origins, or disciplinary perspectives. If the article is excellent, and has been systematically and independently assessed as such, it will be published.

Accessibility

Authors and reviewers, as Research Network members, gain subscriber access to the journal collection, ensuring that the product of their labor is also accessible to them.

Open Access Options

We fully support the general principles of open and accessible research and seek to work collaboratively with all stakeholders in this time of disruptive change. We offer a variety of Open Access options to make your research accessible and make accessibility affordable.

Call for Papers and Rolling Deadlines

We issue a call for papers on a quarterly basis, but authors can submit at any time.

Submission Timeline

Submission Round 1 15 January
Submission Round 2 15 April
Submission Round 3 15 July
Submission Round 4 15 October

Rights Agreement Pathways

You can submit a manuscript and complete its peer review at no cost. After peer review, you’ll be notified that your work has entered the Rights Agreement phase, where you’ll select an appropriate contract.

We are a purpose-driven, member-based scholarly community. Annual Membership* to the Research Network includes 30,000 Points for use in the Rights Agreement phase towards publication fees.

Points do not expire, and you can have multiple Memberships across different Research Networks. This allows for accumulating enough points to cover any type of Rights Agreement.

All Rights Reserved

+ Green Open Access

Green Open Access

  • Authors are permitted to submit the Accepted Manuscript (AM) version of their manuscript with a CC-BY or CC-BY-ND license, if required, to their funding body or institution for inclusion in their funding body or institution's database, archive or designated repository. This is the version of the paper accepted for publication after changes resulting from peer review but before editing, formatting, and production of the final PDF by CGRN staff.

Member + Green Open Access Included
Non-Member + Green Open Access $250 USD

Open Access

(CC-BY-NC-ND)

Open Access (CC BY-NC-ND)

Member (CC BY-NC-ND) $225 USD **
Non-Member (CC BY-NC-ND) $525 USD

Gold Open Access

(CC-BY)

Gold Open Access (CC-BY)

  • Creative Commons License (Attribution 4.0 International)
  • Allows Archiving, Distribution, and Re-use, with attribution
  • Anyone may archive the article
  • Anyone may distribute the article
  • Anyone may re-use the article, including commercial use

Member (CC-BY) $425 USD **
Non-Member (CC-BY) $725 USD

Submit Your Article

Use the buttons below to submit your manuscript for review to one of the journals in the Collection.

Or you can use the generic portal in CGPublisher, the journal management tool used by our Research Network, to submit. If you do, select this Research Network and your desired journal in Article Basics.

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