Journal History

2017

The inaugural issue was released. Designs was published as a quarterly journal.

2018

Designs announced the first edition of the Travel award.

2020

Designs was indexed in Scopus.
Designs established the following sections:
Mechanical Engineering;
Electrical Engineering;
Aerospace, Vehicles, and Civil Engineering Design Automation;
Bioengineering and Energy Systems Bioengineering Design;
Smart Manufacturing Systems and Factories
.

2021

Designs received its first CiteScore (2020) of 2.1, ranked CiteScore - Q2 in "Engineering, miscellaneous".
Designs established the following sections:
Mechanical Engineering Design;
Electrical Engineering Design;
Civil Engineering Design;
Bioengineering Design;
Smart Manufacturing System Design;
Vehicle Engineering Design;
Energy System Design.

2022

Designs adopted a bimonthly publication schedule.

2023

Designs announced the first edition of the Best Paper award.
Designs published its 500th paper.

2024

Designs was indexed in Ei Compendex (Elsevier).

Editor-in-Chief

2017–2021

Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Hamid Reza Karimi

2022–present

Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Joshua M. Pearce

Section Editor-in-Chief

2020–present

Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Sebastian Thiede for the section on Smart Manufacturing Systems and Factories

2021–present

Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Wenbin Yu for the section on Mechanical Engineering Design

Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. King Jet Tseng for the section on Electrical Engineering Design

Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Carlos Chastre for the section on Civil Engineering Design

Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Ruxandra Botez for the section on Vehicle Engineering Design

Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Mohammad Hassan Khooban for the section on Energy System Design

2022–present

Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Elisabetta Sieni for the section on Bioengineering Design

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