OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Research in Engineering Design is 2. 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 2021-03-01 to 2025-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Journal transformation, 2022 closure, and reviewers’ gratitude	57
Modularization for the complex product considering the design change requirements	17
Journal innovations, 2021 closure, and reviewers’ gratitude	17
An augmented formulation for robust design optimization of structures using stochastic simulation method	14
Research methods in engineering design: a synthesis of recent studies using a systematic literature review	13
Codesign in resource-limited societies: theoretical perspectives, inputs, outputs and influencing factors	13
‘Earning your scars’: an exploratory interview study of design for manufacturing at hardware startups	11
The research environmental impact disclosure	10
Empirical studies on conceptual design synthesis of multiple-state mechanical devices	9
Novel method for shape complexity evaluation: a threshold from machining to additive manufacturing in the early design phase	8
Towards an automated evaluation of design processes—an algorithm to predict critical situations during concept synthesis	8
Multiple technology infusion assessment: a framework and case study	7
Quantifying the maximum possible improvement in $$2^{k}$$ experiments	7
Analysing Industry 4.0 technology-solution dependencies: a support framework for successful Industry 4.0 adoption in the product generation process	7
How the type of methodology used, when working in a natural environment, affects the designer's creativity	6
266 Fuzzy front-end studies: current state and future directions for new product development	6
M-ARM: An automated systematic approach for generating new variant design options from an existing product family	6
An early-phase design process to enable long-term flexibility in assembly systems	6
“Why couldn’t we do this more often?”: exploring the feasibility of virtual and distributed work in product design engineering	6
A new approach for evaluating experienced assembly complexity based on Multi Expert-Multi Criteria Decision Making method	6
Model design in data science: engineering design to uncover design processes and anomalies	5
Guiding questions for increasing the generation of product ideas to meet changing needs (QuChaNe)	5
Agile methodologies applied to Integrated Concurrent Engineering for spacecraft design	5
Comparing the effect of virtual and in-person instruction on students’ performance in a design for additive manufacturing learning activity	4
Fostering self-efficacy through usability and emotional product design? An explorative study	4

Concepts of change propagation analysis in engineering design	4
CDFA method: a way to assess assembly and installation performance of aircraft system architectures at the conceptual design	4
Lean development and its impacts on the performance of new product processes: an analysis of innovative Brazilian companies	4
Mapping the landscape of product models in embodiment design	4
An exploration of how creativity, functionality, and aesthetics are related in design	4
Product representation via networks methodology for exposing project risks	4
Quantification of “novelty” based on free-energy principle and its application for “aesthetic liking” for industrial products	3
A multi-stakeholder system-based methodology to evaluate the needs of innovation ecosystems	3
Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good: how perfectionism influences human-centred designing engagement and communal design production in civil engineering	3
Development and validity evidence investigation of a design for additive manufacturing self-efficacy scale	3
Method for potential assessment and adaptation for additive manufacturing of conventionally manufactured components	3
Optimize or satisfice in engineering design?	3
Correction: Managing computational complexity using surrogate models: a critical review	3
Front-end issues in product family design: systematic literature review and meta-synthesis	2
The effect of targeting both quantitative and qualitative objectives in generative design tools on the design outcomes	2
What is generative in generative artificial intelligence? A design-based perspective	2
Development of a diagnostic tool for product circularity: a redesign approach	2
Engineering complexity beyond the surface: discerning the viewpoints, the drivers, and the challenges	2
Managing multi-goal design problems using adaptive leveling-weighting-clustering algorithm	2
Eliciting user preference for quantitative vs. emotional information display in eco-feedback designs	2
Towards the definition of assembly-oriented modular product architectures: a systematic review	2
Studying interaction density in co-design sessions involving spatial augmented reality	2
Improving the elicitation of critical customer requirements through an understanding of their sensitivity	2
An underpinning theory and approach to applicability testing of constructive computational mechanisms	2
A systematic approach for product modelling and function integration to support adaptive redesign of product variants	2