Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Archives of Design Research
ISSN 1226-8046 · eISSN 2288-2987 · Korean Society of Design Science
Archives of Design Research: fully open access; median 107 days to acceptance (93 articles, last 24 months); 84 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Archives of Design Research is published by Korean Society of Design Science. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Design Education and Practice, Digital Media and Visual Art and Cultural and Communication Design Research, together about 32.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Design Education and PracticeEngineering11.8%
- Digital Media and Visual ArtComputer Science10.7%
- Cultural and Communication Design ResearchArts and Humanities10.3%
- Innovative Human-Technology InteractionComputer Science9.9%
- Usability and User Interface DesignComputer Science7.9%
- Color perception and designPsychology7.6%
- Architecture, Modernity, and DesignEngineering5.3%
- Architecture, Design, and Social HistoryArts and Humanities4.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visual Arts and Performing Arts | Q1 | 96/697 | 86th |
| Architecture | Q2 | 94/210 | 55th |
| Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design | Q3 | 98/131 | 25th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.21LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- h-index
- 17OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 46OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.12OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,592 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 63 | 63 | 376 |
| 2025 | 84 | 84 | 414 |
| 2024 | 89 | 89 | 309 |
| 2023 | 80 | 80 | 279 |
| 2022 | 69 | 69 | 219 |
| 2021 | 61 | 61 | 172 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
107 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 61 days – 141 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 53 days (93 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 166 days
- Sample
- 93 articles with submission and acceptance dates (168 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Korean Society of Design Science
- ISSN
- 1226-8046
- Electronic ISSN
- 2288-2987
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Archives of Design Research
How long does peer review take at Archives of Design Research?
Based on the dates recorded on 93 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 107 days (interquartile range 61–141 days). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Archives of Design Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Archives of Design Research is indexed in Scopus.
Is Archives of Design Research open access, and what is the APC?
Archives of Design Research is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .