Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Disegno
ISSN 2533-2899 · UID · Italy
Disegno: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 41 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Disegno is published by UID. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Architecture and Art History Studies, Architecture, Modernity, and Design and Architecture and Computational Design, together about 50.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Visual Arts and Performing Arts. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The journal diségno is included in the list of Class A journals of the National Agency for the Evaluation of the University System and Research - ANVUR for the following academic fields of the non-bibliometric Area 08 - Civil Engineering and Architecture:08/C1 - Design and technological planning of architecture08/D1 - Architectural design08/E1 - DrawingThe journal diségno is indexed on Scopus.Registration at Napoli Law Court No. 6/26 on 10th March, 2026. The journal diségno publishes essays on theoretical topics and advanced research outcomes concerning the scientific-disciplinary area of graphic representation, promoting advanced dialogue in the fields of architecture, engineering, design, landscape, cultural heritage, archaeology, and cultural and creative industries. The journal also deals with Drawing in the broadest sense as a cognitive medium of formal structure, as a tool for the analysis, transmission, fruition and dissemination of cultural heritage and existing values, tangible and intangible, with possible interrelationships between the hard sciences and the humanities. Each issue also features the columns: “Editorial” written by the Editorial Director of the journal; “Cover,” an introductory essay on the issue's theme drafted by the issue's editor(s); “Image,” a drawing evoking the issue's theme, accompanied by a short commentary essay written by a scholar belonging to the cultural area of the journal; “Readings/Rereadings,” a critical review of a book that has been relevant to the theme of the issue or is particularly relevant to the history of the cultural area of the journal; “Reviews,” critical reviews of recently published monographs and edited works by scholars belonging to the cultural area of the journal; “Events,” critical reviews of national and international conferences/seminars/workshops held or sponsored by UID; “The UID Library,” a showcase of scholarly publishing reports. Each issue is the result of an open call that is published about eight months before its release: the first issue of the year, coming out in June, is the result of a call published in the previous October; the second issue of the year, coming out in December, is the result of a call published in the previous March. The first issue of the year concerns a specific but sufficiently broad topic, deduced from the areas of the declaratory of SSD ICAR/17 - Drawing, now SSD CEAR-10/A belonging to GSD 08/CEAR-10 - Drawing, declined according to the principles of topicalit
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Architecture and Art History StudiesArts and Humanities27.7%
- Architecture, Modernity, and DesignEngineering16.5%
- Architecture and Computational DesignEngineering6.1%
- 3D Surveying and Cultural HeritageEarth and Planetary Sciences5%
- Architecture, Art, EducationArts and Humanities4.7%
- Visual Culture and Art TheoryArts and Humanities4.4%
- Cultural Heritage Management and PreservationArts and Humanities4.1%
- Historical Art and Architecture StudiesArts and Humanities4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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 | Q2 | 194/697 | 72nd |
| Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) | Q2 | 335/692 | 51st |
| Architecture | Q3 | 124/210 | 41st |
| Social Sciences (miscellaneous) | Q3 | 551/744 | 26th |
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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.24LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.82LetPub ·
- h-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.11OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 558 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 61 | 61 | 6 |
| 2025 | 41 | 41 | 15 |
| 2024 | 72 | 72 | 17 |
| 2023 | 59 | 59 | 40 |
| 2022 | 63 | 63 | 26 |
| 2021 | 64 | 64 | 35 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review
- Peer review
Double-blind peer review by two anonymous reviewers. Model summary
Each full paper will be evaluated by two anonymous reviewers (double-blind peer review).
Source ↗Publisher website ·
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- UID
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- English, Italian
- ISSN
- 2533-2899
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Disegno
How long does peer review take at Disegno?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 weeks. 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 Disegno?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Disegno is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Disegno open access, and what is the APC?
Disegno is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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: .