OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Research in Engineering Design is 3. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Journal innovations, 2021 closure, and reviewers’ gratitude	67
The effect of sketch and render quality and design experience on concept evaluation in engineering design	23
Multiple technology infusion assessment: a framework and case study	21
An early-phase design process to enable long-term flexibility in assembly systems	16
Optimize or satisfice in engineering design?	13
Mapping the landscape of product models in embodiment design	12
Development of a diagnostic tool for product circularity: a redesign approach	10
Product representation via networks methodology for exposing project risks	10
A proposal for an operational methodology to assist the ranking-aggregation problem in manufacturing	10
A methodology to determine the resilience of a system to obsolescence during the design phase	9
Changeability and agility enablers in one-of-a-kind product development and design processes	8
What is generative in generative artificial intelligence? A design-based perspective	8
What distinguishes a model of systems engineering from other models of designing? An ontological, data-driven analysis	8
Understanding design education with a bibliometric approach: a story of 50 years	7
Modelling engineering interfaces in big science collaborations at CERN: an interaction-based model	7
Comparing parallel and iterative prototyping strategies during engineering design	6
AI-artifacts in engineering change management – a systematic literature review	6
Design for circularity and durability: an integrated approach from DFX guidelines	6
Dormant deficiency: a novel concept to direct cause–effect CAD model analysis	6
A general class of algebraic inequalities for generating new knowledge and optimising the design of systems and processes	6
Agile methodologies applied to Integrated Concurrent Engineering for spacecraft design	5
Research methods in engineering design: a synthesis of recent studies using a systematic literature review	5
Lean development and its impacts on the performance of new product processes: an analysis of innovative Brazilian companies	5
‘Earning your scars’: an exploratory interview study of design for manufacturing at hardware startups	5
Quantifying the maximum possible improvement in $$2^{k}$$ experiments	5

Empirical studies on conceptual design synthesis of multiple-state mechanical devices	5
How the type of methodology used, when working in a natural environment, affects the designer's creativity	4
Module partition for complex products based on stable overlapping community detection and overlapping component allocation	4
Towards the definition of assembly-oriented modular product architectures: a systematic review	4
A new method to prioritize the QFDs’ engineering characteristics inspired by the Law of Comparative Judgment	4
Quantification of “novelty” based on free-energy principle and its application for “aesthetic liking” for industrial products	4
M-ARM: An automated systematic approach for generating new variant design options from an existing product family	4
The relationship between personal intrinsic factors towards a design problem and the degree of novelty and circularity	4
Studying interaction density in co-design sessions involving spatial augmented reality	4
Evaluating the effectiveness of functional decomposition in early-stage design: development and application of problem space exploration metrics	3
Feedback systems in the design and development process	3
Innovative design on the shop floor of the Saint-Nazaire Airbus factory	3
The impacts of non-perceptual cognition (NPC) on design process and ideation	3
Aspects of information maturity in design and development	3
Eliciting user preference for quantitative vs. emotional information display in eco-feedback designs	3
Codesign in resource-limited societies: theoretical perspectives, inputs, outputs and influencing factors	3
How do you play that makerspace game? An ethnographic exploration of the habitus of engineering makerspaces	3