Journal profile
MD Journal
ISSN 2532-5507 · eISSN 2531-9477 · Alfonso Acocella · Italy
MD Journal: fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 14 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
MD Journal is published by Alfonso Acocella. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Architecture, Modernity, and Design, Cultural and Communication Design Research and Sustainable Design and Development, together about 29.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Il progetto della rivista scientifica MD Journal intende proporsi come strumento di condivisione della ricerca universitaria del design.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Architecture, Modernity, and DesignEngineering14%
- Cultural and Communication Design ResearchArts and Humanities7.9%
- Sustainable Design and DevelopmentEngineering7.5%
- Design Education and PracticeEngineering6.3%
- Architecture, Design, and Social HistoryArts and Humanities6.3%
- Architecture and Computational DesignEngineering6%
- Crafts, Textile, and DesignArts and Humanities5.2%
- Graphic Design and TypographyArts and Humanities4.8%
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.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 277 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | 14 | 1 |
| 2024 | 33 | 33 | 7 |
| 2023 | 24 | 24 | 3 |
| 2022 | 30 | 30 | 11 |
| 2021 | 32 | 32 | 8 |
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 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 250 | No | CC BY-NC-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access
From issue 21, an open access model with an editorial services contribution for accepted contributions after double blind peer review. Model summary
a partire dal numero 21 la rivista adotta un modello open access che prevede, per i contributi accettati a seguito di regolare procedura di double blind peer review, un contributo ai servizi editoriali.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
New findings are verified through peer reviewing within the scientific community. Model summary
verifica (attraverso il peer reviewing) le nuove acquisizioni confrontandosi con la comunità scientifica di riferimento.
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
- Alfonso Acocella
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- English, Italian
- ISSN
- 2532-5507
- Electronic ISSN
- 2531-9477
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- 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 MD Journal
How long does peer review take at MD Journal?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 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 MD Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, MD Journal is indexed in DOAJ.
Is MD Journal open access, and what is the APC?
MD Journal is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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: .