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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
An exploration of how creativity, functionality, and aesthetics are related in design	52
Improving reliability engineering in product development based on design theory: the case of FMEA in the semiconductor industry	22
Modularization for the complex product considering the design change requirements	14
Product family lean improvement based on matching deep mining of customer group preference	13
Biomimetics from practical feedback to an interdisciplinary process	13
A fuzzy mapping method for Kansei needs interpretation considering the individual Kansei variance	13
Employing machine learning techniques to assess requirement change volatility	12
Concepts of change propagation analysis in engineering design	12
Frameworks for reverse logistics and sustainable design integration under a sustainability perspective: a systematic literature review	11
Codesign in resource-limited societies: theoretical perspectives, inputs, outputs and influencing factors	10
A new approach for evaluating experienced assembly complexity based on Multi Expert-Multi Criteria Decision Making method	9
Changeability and agility enablers in one-of-a-kind product development and design processes	9
Comparing the effect of virtual and in-person instruction on students’ performance in a design for additive manufacturing learning activity	8
A concept map to support the planning and evaluation of artifacts in the initial phases of PSS design	8
Feedback systems in the design and development process	8
“Why couldn’t we do this more often?”: exploring the feasibility of virtual and distributed work in product design engineering	7
266 Fuzzy front-end studies: current state and future directions for new product development	7
The relationship between personal intrinsic factors towards a design problem and the degree of novelty and circularity	6
Coordination of verification activities with incentives: a two-firm model	6
How do you play that makerspace game? An ethnographic exploration of the habitus of engineering makerspaces	5
Development of a diagnostic tool for product circularity: a redesign approach	5
Improving the engineering design process by simulating iteration impact with ASM2.0	5
Obsolescence, rarefaction and their propagation	5
A multi-stakeholder system-based methodology to evaluate the needs of innovation ecosystems	5
Organizing the fragmented landscape of multidisciplinary product development: a mapping of approaches, processes, methods and tools from the scientific literature	5

Design for circularity and durability: an integrated approach from DFX guidelines	5
Agile methodologies applied to Integrated Concurrent Engineering for spacecraft design	5
Innovative design on the shop floor of the Saint-Nazaire Airbus factory	4
Engineering complexity beyond the surface: discerning the viewpoints, the drivers, and the challenges	4
Managing multi-goal design problems using adaptive leveling-weighting-clustering algorithm	4
Guiding questions for increasing the generation of product ideas to meet changing needs (QuChaNe)	4
A systematic approach for product modelling and function integration to support adaptive redesign of product variants	4
A modeling framework to support the implementation of engineering changes in designing complex products	3
Front-end issues in product family design: systematic literature review and meta-synthesis	3
Analysing Industry 4.0 technology-solution dependencies: a support framework for successful Industry 4.0 adoption in the product generation process	3
Beyond assembly features: systematic review of the core concepts and perspectives towards a unified approach to assembly information representation	3
Towards an integrated design methodology for mechatronic systems	3
Studying interaction density in co-design sessions involving spatial augmented reality	3
How the type of methodology used, when working in a natural environment, affects the designer's creativity	3
Cross-disciplinary system value overview towards value-oriented design	3
Utilizing the uncertainty-based MADM-optimization approach to find robust-reliable design parameters for a platform-based product by considering aleatory uncertainties and human judgment effect	3
Lean development and its impacts on the performance of new product processes: an analysis of innovative Brazilian companies	3
Research methods in engineering design: a synthesis of recent studies using a systematic literature review	3
Engineering design principles as patterns of relationships in frame creation	3
A methodology to determine the resilience of a system to obsolescence during the design phase	2
Eliciting user preference for quantitative vs. emotional information display in eco-feedback designs	2
Multiple technology infusion assessment: a framework and case study	2
Understanding design education with a bibliometric approach: a story of 50 years	2
What distinguishes a model of systems engineering from other models of designing? An ontological, data-driven analysis	2
Quantification of “novelty” based on free-energy principle and its application for “aesthetic liking” for industrial products	2
The research environmental impact disclosure	2
Integration of product architecture and supply chain under currency exchange rate fluctuation	2
Towards the definition of assembly-oriented modular product architectures: a systematic review	2
Development and validity evidence investigation of a design for additive manufacturing self-efficacy scale	2