OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Design Studies is 10. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	74
Co-designing a solution against late-life loneliness with older adults through journalistic research in a newspaper	52
Design thinking: What just happened?	38
Formulating design research questions: A framework	33
Participation in design research	32
Framing under power asymmetries: A cross-level examination of the early-stage product design process	31
Tactile co-design tools for complex interdisciplinary problem exploration in healthcare settings	30
Timely and timeless framing of the new MINI Cooper	25
Design anthropological approaches in collaborative museum curation	23
Book Review: Designing and Democracy	23
Function and forethought in design	22
Inside Front Cover - Editorial Board Page	21
Inside Front Cover - Editorial Board Page	20
Probing metaphors in user narratives to inform design process	19
Constructing accounts of decision-making in sustainable design: A discursive psychology analysis	18
From ‘if only’ to ‘what if’: An ethnographic study into design thinking and organizational change	18
A programming grammar for robotic fabrication: Incorporating material agency into clay textures	17
Co-producing, curating and reconfiguring dwelling patterns: A design anthropological approach for sustainable dwelling futures in residential suburbs	16
Objectivation in design team conversation	16
Editorial: Design Research Notes	16
A technical democracy design experiment: Making the UK exam algorithm controversy game	16
The design entrepreneur: How adaptive cognition and formal design training create entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intention	15
Design thinking for the everyday aestheticisation of urban renewable energy	15
Transforming mature design management to better firm performance: The importance of top management involvement	15
Editorial Board	15

Conceptualization and operationalization of empathy in design research	14
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in design studies: Methodological considerations, challenges, and recommendations	14
The generative dance of design inquiry: Exploring Dewey's pragmatism for design research	13
Beyond boundaries: Charting the future of Design Studies	12
Where Schön and Simon agree: The rationality of design	12
From an ethics of the eyes to ethics of the bodies: Rethinking ethics in design research through sensory practices	12
Editorial: Design Anthropology	12
Quality and qualities of design studies, design research and design	11
Inside Front Cover - Editorial Board Page	11
Inside Front Cover - Editorial Board Page	10
Editorial Board	10
Uncertainty and disciplinary difference: Mapping attitudes towards uncertainty across discipline boundaries	10