Design Studies

Papers
(The TQCC of Design Studies is 8. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Inside Front Cover - Editorial Board Page65
Probing metaphors in user narratives to inform design process51
A technical democracy design experiment: Making the UK exam algorithm controversy game49
Researching collaborative housing through design: A case study of co-design workshops involving low-income recent immigrants in Canada48
Inside Front Cover - Editorial Board Page46
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Conceptualizing place attachment affordance: Exploring an affordance-based approach to place attachment41
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Method in their madness: Explaining how designers think and act through the cognitive co-evolution model40
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Mapping affordance dimensions: A design model for enhancing visually impaired persons’ agency in food-mediated recycling34
Charles Peirce's new esthetics: Good design29
Lost in imagined space: A psychoanalysis of participatory design23
Refining adaptive design approaches for color vision deficiency: A systematic review and taxonomy (2000–2025)21
There is no such thing as strategic design19
Decolonising Design Ethics–An Indian view of the nature of impact of designed artefacts19
Design Martinis and Design Machetes: The Unspoken Paradox18
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Inspiration for styling tasks17
The role of expertise in design facilitation practice: A systematic review16
Inside Front Cover - Editorial Board Page16
The generative dance of design inquiry: Exploring Dewey's pragmatism for design research13
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AI-against-design map: A systematic review of 20 years of AI-focused studies in design research12
Heritage Spark: A card-based toolkit for navigating challenges of digitising intangible cultural heritage11
Boundary spanners in co-design networks: Modulating tension and structuring informal power11
Experimental study on improving the quality of interdisciplinary design: Collaborate with AI psychology experts for design develop process11
Decolonial design practices: Creating safe spaces for plural voices on contested pasts, presents, and futures10
Uncovering latent needs in longevity planning: A case study using mixed-methods and system modelling10
The generative function of the occlusion map: Square spirals and the structure of visibility10
Ritual design in digital age: A comprehensive analysis of development and trend10
Exploring the use of speculative design as a participatory approach to more inclusive policy-identification and development in Malaysia9
Enhancing patient healthcare experience: A systematic review of emotional design in medical devices9
Evaluating the efficacy and effectiveness of design methods: A systematic review and assessment framework9
Editorial: Expanding the frontiers of design: A blessing or a curse?8
Sensing place-based ecological knowledge for regenerative development and design8
The refashion circular design strategy — Changing the way we design and manufacture clothes8
Effects of designer involvement in the new product development process: Evidence from Japanese manufacturing companies8
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