Journal profile · Social Sciences-Education
International Journal of Designs for Learning
ISSN 2159-449X · Association for Educational Communications and Technology · United States
International Journal of Designs for Learning: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 27 weeks (community reports); 48 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Designs for Learning is published by Association for Educational Communications and Technology. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Design Education and Practice, Online and Blended Learning and Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods, together about 29.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Education. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
International Journal of Designs for Learning is a multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed, open access journal dedicated to publishing descriptions of artifacts, environments, and experiences created to promote and support learning in all contexts by designers in any field. Published biannually, the journal provides a venue for designers to share their knowledge-in-practice through rich representations of their designs and detailed discussion of decision-making. The journal supports the production of high-quality precedent materials and promotes and demonstrate the value of doing so. Audiences for the journal include designers, teachers, students of design, and scholars studying the practice of design. The IJDL Library of Congress ISSN is 2159-449X.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Education
Editor-in-chief Elizabeth BolingPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 30, Japan 2, Germany 1, Canada 1, Egypt 1 (35 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Design Education and PracticeEngineering11.6%
- Online and Blended LearningSocial Sciences10.2%
- Innovative Teaching and Learning MethodsPsychology8%
- Educational Games and GamificationPsychology7.8%
- Science Education and PedagogySocial Sciences6.9%
- Educational Technology and E-LearningComputer Science6.5%
- Teaching and Learning ProgrammingComputer Science4.8%
- Problem and Project Based LearningSocial Sciences4.7%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | Q4 | 1356/1698 | 20th |
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
- 0.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.28LetPub ·
- h-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 39OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.51OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 348 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19 | 19 | 150 |
| 2025 | 48 | 48 | 158 |
| 2024 | 36 | 36 | 182 |
| 2023 | 22 | 22 | 219 |
| 2022 | 18 | 18 | 166 |
| 2021 | 35 | 35 | 154 |
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 27 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 40 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
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-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
- Page charges
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
- Submission fee
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
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)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 9,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
Article types accepted1, with length limits
- reviewAll manuscripts are reviewed by at least one of the editorial team members (desk-accept/reject process) to determine suitability to enter the anonymous peer-rev…main text ≤ 250 words · abstract ≤ 250 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Self-archiving
- AI use Policy on Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) and Large Language Models (LLMs)-Based Tools
GenAI tools cannot be listed as authors. Model summary
General Guiding Principle Authors bear full ethical and professional responsibility for any content developed with the assistance of technology—whether that technology is as simple as paper and pencil or as advanced as multi-billion-dollar Generative AI/Large Language Models (LLMs)-based tools, or anything in between. These tools/technologies must be used in ways that respect academic integrity an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. Model summary
Copyright © 2026 by the International Journal of Designs for Learning, a publication of the Association of Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) and Indiana University. Permission to make digital or hard copies of portions of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee, provided that the copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that co…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. IJDL permits any user to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose. Except as ot…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Review Process and Publication
Desk-accept/reject process before anonymous peer review. Model summary
All manuscripts are reviewed by at least one of the editorial team members (desk-accept/reject process) to determine suitability to enter the anonymous peer-review process. If a manuscript is deemed out of scope or not formatted as a design case, the editorial team may desk-reject a manuscript with feedback to the author to either support a subsequent submission or to identify another relevant ven…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Green open access / repository deposit allowed immediately. Model summary
Authors may deposit a copy of their published IJDL submission in their affiliated institutional repository immediately upon publication.
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
- Association for Educational Communications and Technology
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2159-449X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 17, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Designs for Learning
How long does peer review take at International Journal of Designs for Learning?
Authors report an average review time of about 27 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of International Journal of Designs for Learning?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 9,000 words; Reference style: APA. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of International Journal of Designs for Learning based?
Of the 35 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (30), Japan (2) and Germany (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index International Journal of Designs for Learning?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Designs for Learning is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is International Journal of Designs for Learning open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Designs for Learning 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: .