Journal profile · ARCHITECTURE
Journal of Interior Design
ISSN 1071-7641 · eISSN 1939-1668 · Wiley-Blackwell
Journal of Interior Design: CAS Zone 3 · Arts (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.5 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,650; review about 211 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); acceptance rate 24.2% (journal website); 20 articles in 2025; indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Interior Design is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 3 of Arts in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Architecture, Design, and Social History, Educational Environments and Student Outcomes and Architecture, Art, Education, together about 51.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Interior Design is a scholarly, refereed publication dedicated to a pluralistic exploration of the interior environment. The Journal seeks to move the discipline forward by welcoming scholarly inquiry from diverse and interdisciplinary approaches, perspectives, and methods that actively explore and analyze the evolving definition of the interior. The Journal’s publications investigate the interior relative to design, human perception, behavior, and experience, at all scales and for all conditions. Scholarship published in the Journal shapes, informs, and defines interior design education, practice, research, criticism, and theory. (Revised February 2021)Submit your manuscript today at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/interiordesign.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ARCHITECTURE
Editor-in-chief Mary AnnePublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 64, Australia 5, Canada 2, New Zealand 2, South Korea 1 (75 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Architecture, Design, and Social HistoryArts and Humanities39.1%
- Educational Environments and Student OutcomesSocial Sciences6.9%
- Architecture, Art, EducationArts and Humanities5.7%
- Design Education and PracticeEngineering5.5%
- Architecture, Modernity, and DesignEngineering5.5%
- Urban Green Space and HealthEnvironmental Science4.2%
- Color perception and designPsychology3.1%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering2.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Arts Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Architecture | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Arts Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Architecture | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Arts Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Arts | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Architecture | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
AHCIScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.06LetPub ·
- h-index
- 29OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 175OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.55OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 53.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 20.51%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 15LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,003 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 20 | 10 | 19 |
| 2024 | 8 | 1 | 8 |
| 2023 | 20 | 6 | 75 |
| 2022 | 29 | 7 | 154 |
| 2021 | 29 | 4 | 155 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
211 dayssubmission to acceptance
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 24.2%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 28.7 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 211 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 77 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single-anonymous peer reviewPublisher website · model-extracted
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,650 / GBP 2,676 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted4
- catalystA Catalyst essay presents scholarship that sparks change.Length not stated
- invited perspectivesInvited Perspectives: A position on current issues that impact interior design. Typically an invitation sent by Editor.Length not stated
- lettersLetters: Responses to ideas published in JID or presented at design conferences.Length not stated
- visual essaysVisual Essays Articles presenting creative scholarship take the form of visual essays which are known to communicate ideas using an image-word relationship.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review, Plagiarism
- Peer review
Anonymous review process; each manuscript reviewed by two reviewers and the Editor. Model summary
The Journal of Interior Design follows an anonymous review process. Each manuscript is reviewed by two reviewers and the Editor.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Uses iThenticate Professional Plagiarism Prevention to ensure originality of published research. Model summary
The Journal employs iThenticate Professional Plagiarism Prevention to better ensure the originality of published research and scholarship using the most comprehensive scholarly comparison database.
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 1071-7641
- Electronic ISSN
- 1939-1668
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Interior Design
What CAS zone is Journal of Interior Design in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Interior Design is in Zone 3 of Arts, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Architecture. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Arts. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Interior Design?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.5; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 4, h-index 29.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Interior Design?
The publisher reports about 211 days (submission to acceptance); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 24.2%. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Interior Design based?
Of the 75 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (64), Australia (5) and Canada (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Interior Design?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Interior Design is indexed in AHCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Interior Design open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Interior Design is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,650.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-28). Last updated: .