Design Studies

Papers
(The TQCC of Design Studies is 9. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Sampling in design research: Eight key considerations52
Where next for design research? Understanding research impact and theory building34
Mixed reality in design prototyping: A systematic review31
A cautionary tale about the impact of AI on human design teams31
The life cycle of creative ideas: Towards a dual-process theory of ideation30
Staging negotiation spaces: A co-design framework26
Design anthropology for emerging technologies: Trust and sharing in autonomous driving futures21
Method content theory: Towards a new understanding of methods in design21
Design performance and designer preference in an interactive, data-driven conceptual building design scenario21
Quality in research through design projects: Recommendations for evaluation and enhancement20
Conceptualization and operationalization of empathy in design research20
Prototyping strategies for stakeholder engagement during front-end design: Design practitioners’ approaches in the medical device industry19
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in design studies: Methodological considerations, challenges, and recommendations19
Investigating users’ reactions to surprising products18
Crafters, explorers, innovators, and co-creators: Narratives in designers’ identity work17
Cognitive strategies in solution mapping: How engineering designers identify problems for technological solutions17
Languaging design methods17
Decoding the agility of artificial intelligence-assisted human design teams16
Parametric modeling tools in small architectural offices: Towards an adapted design process model16
Understanding representation: Contrasting gesture and sketching in design through dual-process theory16
A conceptual framework for multidisciplinary design research with example application to agent-based modeling15
The impact of confirmation bias on reasoning and visual attention during analysis in engineering design: An eye tracking study15
Editorial: Design Research Notes14
Making design research relevant for design practice: What is in the way?13
Characterization of concept generation for engineering design through temporal brain network analysis13
Developing critical documentation practices for design researchers13
Intermediation in design as a practice of institutioning and commoning13
Design multiple: How different configurations of participation matter in design practice13
Read the full patent or just the claims? Mitigating design fixation and design distraction when reviewing patent documents12
Participation in design research12
The design risks framework: Understanding metacognition for iteration12
Problem framing and cognitive style: Impacts on design ideation perceptions12
A systematic review of empirical studies on multidisciplinary design collaboration: Findings, methods, and challenges12
Situated emotion and its constructive role in collaborative design: A mixed-method study of experienced designers11
Formulating design research questions: A framework11
Design and responsible research innovation in the additive manufacturing industry11
Sticky notes against corporate hierarchies in South Korea: An ethnography of workplace collaboration and design co-creation10
The relationship between divergent thinking and ideation in the conceptual design process10
Prototyping to elicit user requirements for product development: Using head-mounted augmented reality when designing interactive devices10
Articulating care and responsibility in design: A study on the reasoning processes guiding health innovators' ‘care-making’ practices9
Analysing frequent natural language expressions from design conversations9
Tactile co-design tools for complex interdisciplinary problem exploration in healthcare settings9
Decolonising design in peacebuilding contexts9
Exploring tutor-student interactions in a novel virtual design studio9
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