This document discusses challenges in publishing design-based research. It notes that design-based research studies are complex with multiple study cycles and use mixed methods. It recommends clearly documenting the evolution of the design and theory through multiple iterations. The document also addresses challenges like articulating how theoretical conjectures inform the design intervention and how the design and testing/evaluation are aligned. It emphasizes the need to tell the design process story and show how outcomes informed major design moves and results. Finally, it discusses challenges like lack of journal space to fully report on iterative design-based studies.