Design Science

Cover of Design Science, Volume 11, 2025: blocks of red, yellow, dark blue and beige divided by white bands, with the red title "Design Science" and "An International Journal" in black at the top.
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An international open access journal published by Cambridge University Press since 2015. It publishes original quantitative and qualitative research on the creation of artefacts and systems and how they are embedded in physical, virtual, psychological, economic and social environments, written to be accessible to scholars across many disciplines. It accepts articles in English and charges article processing fees, with fee waivers available on request.
Design Science is an international open access journal publishing original quantitative and qualitative research in the creation of artifacts and systems, and their embedding in our physical, virtual, psychological, economic, and social environment. Peer reviewed by an international editorial board, Design Science aims to serve as the archival venue of science-based design knowledge across multiple disciplines. The Journal will facilitate communication across diverse fields and will serve as a bridge across several communities, publishing original research with a strong emphasis on accessibility by scholars from a diversity of disciplines.

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In the Framework

  • Observations Component
  • Procedures Component
  • Outcomes Component
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