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The Journals by Rank Order Cited
Design Studies 152
Design Issues 146
International Journal of Design 85
Design Journal 84
Table 2. Data originally cited in Friedman et al (2008, Annex A)
It was decided to undertake a preliminary search using the qualifier ‘case study’ to
determine articles for further evaluation within this group of publications. Each of the
papers was then read to eradicate any erroneous classification. The definition of a case
study cited by Yin (1993) and Chetty (1996) was used to inform this process:
Indicators Evidence
Phenomena is investigated in a ‘real-life’
context
The boundaries of the phenomena and the
context are blurred
Multiple sources of evidence are used to
explore and understand outcomes to gain
as full an insight as possible
Design Studies
Background material is provided
The ‘case’ is specified and described (e.g.
project, person, product)
Such as documentation, archival records,
interviews, direct observation, participantobservation
and physical artefacts
Table 3. Criteria to define a ‘case study’ drawn from Yin (1993) and Chetty
(1996)
This yielded the following results:
Total number of
articles
searched
‘Case study’
qualifier
Total (meeting
definition)
1,726 (since
1979) 133 121 7%
Design Issues 539 75 48 9%
The Design Journal 307 (since
1997) 34 29
International Journal of
Design 79 (since 2007) 25 25
Table 4. Preliminary Search Results
Percentage
9.5%
31.5%
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