Making Design Research Visible

Design research now has an established history extending over more than 60 years. The current robust state of the field indictaes that there has been real development and consolidation, including the establishment of academic journals. Most significantly, design is now recognised as an academic discipline. Disciplines need good journals in order to flourish – research has to be made visible.

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Open Research Online (The Open University)
Published
2025-04-27
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1
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Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
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Field-Weighted Citation Impact
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Making Design Research Visible

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Abstract

Design research now has an established history extending over more than 60 years. The current robust state of the field indictaes that there has been real development and consolidation, including the establishment of academic journals. Most significantly, design is now recognised as an academic discipline. Disciplines need good journals in order to flourish – research has to be made visible.

Open Research Online (The Open University)
Openalex Percentile: Top 10%
Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
1.94
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