About this journal
Aims and scope
Aims and Scope
Design for Health is an international refereed journal covering all aspects of design in the context of health and wellbeing. The Journal is published three times a year and provides a global forum for researchers, educators, practitioners and policy makers who work at the intersections of design, health, science, creative practice, wellbeing and related fields.
It invites high quality, original submissions that make a contribution to knowledge and practice in the context of the design of interventions, products and services that positively impact on health and healthcare, promote dignity, and enhance quality of life in a range of settings.
The Journal recognises that ‘health’ is multifaced and welcomes debates and sharing of perspectives that contribute to our evolving understandings of ‘health’ through research and practice.
The Journal publishes work that engages design and creative practice methods and tools within research to understand issues, desires and needs, and to visualize, embody and prototype new possibilities and sustainable future scenarios that benefit people and communities. Creative practices can include (but are not limited to) design disciplines, architecture and the built environment, visual and performing arts, creative writing, and contemporary crafts.We invite submissions which explore:
• Interventions, products, services, and technologies across all stages of life, and in a range of physical contexts and settings (including healthcare, community, domestic, and urban spaces);
• Theory, methods, ethics, evaluation, knowledge mobilization;
• Boundaries and roles within design and healthcare practice, and exemplars of professional practice;
• Circular design and sustainable practices and development in relation to health and wellbeing;
• Public health and policy, public engagement, inclusion, and community development, for example urban health;
• The opportunities and challenges of intersectional / interdisciplinary / multidisciplinary working;
• Speculative work and design fiction which imagines future scenarios around health and wellbeing to provoke and stimulate dialogue;
• Relevant and rigorously conducted reviews which reveal new insights.
Submitting to this journal
As well as reporting on research projects, we welcome commentary pieces (by invitation) and position papers which explore relevant and emerging topics in design for health.
Submission types are: Standard Paper; Commentary or Position Paper; PhD During COVID-19 report; Book/Exhibition Review; Visual Essay; Case Study.
We encourage submissions from researchers at different stages of their careers, including early career researchers.
This journal does not generally publish papers primarily focused on arts and music therapy, or historical research; please contact the editorial team for guidance (please contact [email protected] in the first instance).
Please note that this journal only publishes manuscripts in English.
Papers are accepted on the understanding that they have not been published elsewhere and are not currently being considered by other journals for publication. Submission of a paper will imply that, if accepted for publication, the paper will not be published in the same form in any language without the consent of the publisher.
Design for Health is affiliated with the Design4Health conference, established in 2011.Authors may choose to publish gold open access in this journal.
Read the Instructions for Authors .
Peer review policyTaylor & Francis is committed to peer-review integrity and upholding the highest standards of review. Once a standard papers has been assessed for suitability by the editor, it will then be double anonymized peer-reviewed by independent, anonymous expert referees. Review procedures for other submission types may vary. Find out more about what to expect during peer review and read our guidance on publishing ethics.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 48K annual downloads/views
Speed/acceptance
- 98 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 76% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
For general enquiries, please email [email protected].
Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Paul Chamberlain, Sheffield Hallam University, UK [email protected]
Co-Editors
Dr Claire Craig, Sheffield Hallam University, UK [email protected]
Prof. Paul Atkinson, Sheffield Hallam University, UK [email protected]
Assistant Editor
Kirsty Christer, Sheffield Hallam University, UK [email protected]
Editorial Board
Evangelia Chrysikou, The Bartlett Real Estate Institute UCL, UKP John Clarkson, University of Cambridge, UK
Ian Gwilt, University of South Australia, Australia
Gail Kenning, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Christopher Lim, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee, UK
Barbara Piškur, Zuyd University, NL
Graham Pullin, University of Dundee, UK
Steve Reay, Auckland University of Technology, NZ
Kevin C Tseng, Chang Gung University, TW
Amy Wagenfeld, Western Michigan University, USA
Jayne Wallace, Northumbria University, UK
Emilene Zitkus, School of Design and Creative Arts, Loughborough University, UK
Advisory Board
Kirsty Christer, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Evangelia Chrysikou, The Bartlett Real Estate Institute UCL, UK
Claire Craig, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Michael Koon Boon Tan, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Open access
Design for Health is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
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