CoDesign-International Journal of CoCreation in Design and the Arts

CoDesign-International Journal of CoCreation in Design and the Arts is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 1 of Arts in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Innovative Human-Technology Interaction, Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development and Design Education and Practice, together about 53.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The aims of CoDesign are: to report new research and scholarship into principles, procedures and techniques relevant to collaboration in design or that relate to its theoretical underpinnings; to act as an international forum for sharing findings from research into issues relating to collaborative design; to encourage a flow of information across the boundaries of the disciplines contributing to research into design collaboration, its contexts and consequences; to stimulate ideas and promote discussion in support of the creation of new knowledge and understanding about collaborative design. CoDesign is inclusive, encompassing collaborative, co-operative, participatory, socio-technical and community design. Research in any design domain that presents findings concerned specifically with collaboration elements is of relevance to the Journal. Research papers that present theory, report empirical studies, and describe and evaluate collaborative and participatory design methods, tools and techniques are welcomed provided they clearly present a new contribution to our current understanding. Papers reflecting on practical experience of collaborative design are also welcomed with the same proviso. Topics may include collaborative design theory; collaborative design methods, techniques and tools; methods for studying collaborative design; studies of collaborative design; innovations in technology to support collaboration in design; managing or enabling collaborative design; handling of design issues (e.g. resilience, inclusivity, competing or incommensurate stakeholder values, conflicting expectations or requirements, contention over resources or power inequalities). All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts. Authors may choose to publish gold open access in this journal.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): ART

Editor-in-chief Liesbeth HuybrechtsPublisher website

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Australia 3, Denmark 3, United States 1, Sweden 1, New Zealand 1 (9 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CAS Journal Ranking

JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website

• CiteScore Q1 · 2025

Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website

Database indexing

AHCIScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

INSPECPublisher website

Other: EBSCO, OCLC, British Library Inside, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, EBSCO Databases, Electronic Collections Online, Ergonomics Abstracts, New Jour, OCLC ArticleFirst, Zetoc

As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.

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.

Impact

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

2.4Publisher website · 2026-10-01

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

3.4Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CiteScore 2026-06

5.6LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

5.6Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SJR 2026-06

0.6LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR (publisher) 2025

0.6Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SNIP 2026-06

1.77LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP (publisher) 2025

1.77Publisher website · 2026-10-01

h-index

63OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

313OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

2.33OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

20.8%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

25.15%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

88LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher)

242,000Publisher website · 2026-10-01

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.

Other sources

Acceptance rate (publisher)

24%Publisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to first decision

31 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

First decision after review

103 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Acceptance to publication

14 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Peer review

Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website

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.

A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

ISSN

1571-0882

Electronic ISSN

1745-3755

Latest issue on the website

Volume 22, Issue 3 (2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗LetPub
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website