
Call for papers: Transdisciplinary Design Science and Engineering for Social Change
Special Issue Editors
Handling Editor:
Dr Yee Mey Goh
Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Loughborough University, UK
Email: y.goh@lboro.ac.uk
Guest editors:
Professor Linda Newnes
Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath, Bath UK
Dr Susan Lattanzio
Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath, Bath UK
Dr Ella-Mae Hubbard
Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Loughborough University, UK
Dr Adam Cooper
Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy (STEaPP) Department
University College London, UK
List of topics
The topics considered for this special issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Transdisciplinary approaches in design and engineering.
- Transdisciplinary design processes.
- Collaborative methodologies for social change.
- Human-centered design for equitable and sustainable change.
- Cross-disciplinary partnerships and practices.
- Ethical considerations in transdisciplinary research.
- Unconventional stakeholder engagement and communication strategies.
- Systemic design thinking and engineering.
- Evaluation metrics and methods for complex projects.
Milestones of content development and editing the Special Issue
- 31 December 2024: Manuscript submission deadline
- 28 February 2025: First review cycle completed
- 30 April 2025: Submission of the revised draft manuscript for peer review
- 31 May 2025: Second review cycle completed
- 30 June 2025: Submission of the final manuscript for publication
- 31 July 2025: Special Issue published
About the Journal
The Journal of Integrated Design and Process Science (JIDPS) is the official journal of the Society for Design and Process Science (SDPS). This journal publishes research findings covering transdisciplinary notions of design and process with a focus on issues that deal with 1) understanding of design and process crossing boundaries of natural, human, and built environments, 2) principles, methods, and tools, and 3) applications of design and process science to engineering, healthcare and social problems. The journal serves to promote research of transdisciplinary design and process science from different disciplines such as mathematics, computer science, economics, engineering, management science, natural sciences, and social sciences, and health science.
The journal is an archival peer-reviewed technical journal publishing the following papers: 1) research papers, 2) reports on case studies, 3) reports on major design and process projects, 4) design and process standards and proposals, 5) literature review, and 6) discussion and position papers that discuss the works published in the journal or present retrospections on critical and strategic issues in the transdisciplinary design and process science.
Manuscript submission information
- Journal of Integrated Design and Process Science is an international peer-reviewed dual model (subscription and open access based) quarterly journal published by IOS Press/SAGE.
- All submissions are supposed to address significant research, development, and application topics, and to provide rigorously scrutinized and scientifically novel contributions.
- Survey, research, application and vision articles, as well as short communications which delivers sufficient theoretical and/or practical novelty and high quality, are equally welcome.
- Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers).
- All submissions will be anonymously peer reviewed by at least three reviewers. The selection for publication will be made based on the reviewers’ recommendation and the importance of the contribution.
- Authors of all papers are requested to make a statement if they used any constructive and generative artificial intelligence means and support in the entire content development process of the paper, and if they respected all related regulations of the publisher.
- Manuscripts should be submitted online using the journal’s submission management system until the deadline given below.
- The papers submitted to the journal will be published continuously (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. JIDPS pledges to process the submitted papers in the shortest possible review and publication cycle.
- Submissions should be made through the journal's online submission system: editorialmanager.com/jidps - under Section: TE2024. Interested authors can also submit abstracts or inquiries to the Handling Editor via e-mail to determine the suitability of the manuscript to the special issue.
- A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts are available on the Instructions for Authors page. Submitted papers should be well structured and formatted, and should use proper English.
- Queries and information about submissions for this Special Issue should be addressed to the co-guest editors, and not to the editor-in-chief.
- The Article Processing Charge (APC) for open access publication will be according to the various open access schemes offered by the Publisher of the Journal.
Useful links:
• https://www.iospress.com/catalog/journals/journal-of-integrated-design-process-science
• https://www2.cloud.editorialmanager.com/jidps/default2.aspx
• https://www.iospress.com/author-copyright-agreement