OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Engineering Design is 5. 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
Assessment of product resilience towards the changing customer requirements	40
A novel Kriging-assisted multi-objective optimisation method considering infeasibility ratio under input uncertainty	23
A data-driven adaptive algorithm and decision support design of multisensory information fusion for prognostics and health management applications	22
A risk analysis method for implementation of additive manufacturing	19
Analysing the prosumer opportunity. Prosumer products’ success or failure	19
What’s more important for product design – usability or emotionality? An examination of influencing factors	18
Exploring synergies between AIGC and TRIZ in the optimisation of road cone design through integrated innovation methods	18
Lumos: AI-driven prompt optimisation tool for assisting conceptual design	17
Documenting practice research: constraints and opportunities	16
Combining ChatGPT and knowledge graph for explainable machine learning-driven design: a case study	16
Modularisation of system architecture to improve system recoverability: a unique application of design structure matrix	16
A novel transformer-enhanced and acoustic-based approach for wind turbine blade fault detection with integrated system implementation	16
Factors influencing communication in collaborative design	15
Vivid-persona: customizable persona tool with interactive and immersive experiences	14
Reference model for the development of prototypes based on C-K theory	14
Using linkography to understand the thinking differences of designers between engineering and art backgrounds in the early stages of the design process	14
Research on resource analysis method based on attribute similarity and position weight for conceptual design	13
Understanding long-term behaviour change techniques: a mixed methods study	13
A knowledge graph-based bio-inspired design approach for knowledge retrieval and reasoning	13
Reasoning support for predicting requirement change volatility using complex network metrics	13
Configuring products using NSGA-II: warranty profits, performance–price, and environmental emissions from the contractor perspective	13
Human-robot collaboration assembly personalised safety detection method based on digital twin	12
Fostering the progressive deployment and standardisation of engineering processes – proposal of a dedicated framework for manufacturing SMEs	11
Effect of interdependence on team effectiveness during design problem-solving in first-year engineering	11
An approach to coupling analysis for open architecture product	11

Enhancing the environmental sustainability of product through ecodesign: a systematic review	11
GPB and BAC: two novel models towards building an intelligent motor fault maintenance question answering system	11
BICAD bio-inspired design method and BICAD assistant design tool	10
From theory to practice: a roadmap for applying dual-process theory in design cognition research	9
Integrating AIGC with design: dependence, application, and evolution - a systematic literature review	9
A complex network theory-based changes propagation control approach for variant design of production line	9
Hyperparameter tuning design of performance indicators prediction for hydrogen fuel cells based on Bayesian optimisation with AIGC	9
Delimiting design: expanding the limits of concurrency through set-based concurrent engineering	9
Modularity and new product performance: the role of new product development speed and task uncertainty	9
Local absorption of uncertainty in complex systems using resilient objects	9
Evolving to multi-modal knowledge graphs for engineering design: state-of-the-art and future challenges	9
How best to capture the voice of the customer in new offer design? A Neuro Kano model	9
A model-based systems engineering approach for developing modular system architectures	9
Multiple Life-Cycle Products: A Review of Antecedents, Outcomes, Challenges, and Benefits in a Circular Economy	9
Confirmation dialog box in the physical world: design strategies on tangible confirmation behavior in human-machine interaction	8
Product emotional design method based on image metaphor: a technical note	8
Mastering manufacturing: exploring the influence of engineering designers’ prior experience when using design for additive manufacturing	8
Designing dual ontological products for human factors: a machine learning and harmonistic knowledge-based computational support tool	8
A customer requirements analysis method of considering product scenarios for improving product design	8
Aesthetic shape generation system based on novelty and complexity	8
Intelligent design exploration method for complex engineered system architecture generation	8
Hybrid gene regulatory network for product styling construction in interactive evolutionary design	8
Industrial logistics optimisation in transportation with fuzzing techniques and reverse engineering to secure proprietary traffic control systems	7
Ebb and flow: design fixation and creativity in professional groups	7
Toward sustainable joint optimisation for product family and supply chain configuration with smart contracting consideration	7
Simulation of variation for manual assembly when mis-constraining occurs	6
User-centred design approach with misidentified end-users: case study for smart composite structures	6
The power and potential of Behavioural Design: practice, methodology, and ethics	6
An expert system for analysing the printability and integratability of assembly structures under the context of design for additive manufacturing	6
Optimal scheme of open design based on co-designer involvement and the dynamic FBSC model	6
Knowledge-based product and process design synthesis of additively manufactured non-assembly mechanisms	6
Review of Integrated Design Engineering, Interdisciplinary and Holistic Product Development	6
Core components-oriented modularisation methodology for complex products	6
Extraction and linking of motivation, specification and structure of inventions for early design use	6
Investigating the generation of specific design knowledge: experimental validation of a qualitative modelling method	6
A practical and ready handbook for mechanical designers and design educators? A review of design optimization using MATLAB^® and SOLIDWORKS^® by Krishnan Suresh	5
Advancing engineering design problem-exploring practice: interviews with industry professionals	5
Leveraging deep reinforcement learning for design space exploration with multi-fidelity surrogate model	5
Crashworthiness optimisation and environmental impact assessment of a redesigned passenger coach integrating lean design-for-X framework	5
Computerised design, simulation of meshing and stress analysis of bionic logarithmic spiral spur gear drives	5
AskNatureGPT: an LLM-driven concept generation method based on bio-inspired design knowledge	5
Exploring graduate students’ collaborative problem-solving in engineering design tasks	5
An evolutionary graph of product service system research topics based on bibliometric analysis and topic modelling	5
Value chain design through synergistic optimisation of configuration and operation of value activities: an application case of cold chain logistics	5