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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Journal innovations, 2021 closure, and reviewers’ gratitude	24
The effect of sketch and render quality and design experience on concept evaluation in engineering design	21
Product representation via networks methodology for exposing project risks	13
Multiple technology infusion assessment: a framework and case study	13
An early-phase design process to enable long-term flexibility in assembly systems	13
Optimize or satisfice in engineering design?	11
Mapping the landscape of product models in embodiment design	10
Development of a diagnostic tool for product circularity: a redesign approach	9
A proposal for an operational methodology to assist the ranking-aggregation problem in manufacturing	9
Changeability and agility enablers in one-of-a-kind product development and design processes	8
A methodology to determine the resilience of a system to obsolescence during the design phase	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	7
Dormant deficiency: a novel concept to direct cause–effect CAD model analysis	7
Modelling engineering interfaces in big science collaborations at CERN: an interaction-based model	7
Understanding design education with a bibliometric approach: a story of 50 years	7
A general class of algebraic inequalities for generating new knowledge and optimising the design of systems and processes	6
‘Earning your scars’: an exploratory interview study of design for manufacturing at hardware startups	6
AI-artifacts in engineering change management – a systematic literature review	6
Comparing parallel and iterative prototyping strategies during engineering design	6
Design for circularity and durability: an integrated approach from DFX guidelines	6
Quantifying the maximum possible improvement in $$2^{k}$$ experiments	5
Empirical studies on conceptual design synthesis of multiple-state mechanical devices	5
Lean development and its impacts on the performance of new product processes: an analysis of innovative Brazilian companies	5
Research methods in engineering design: a synthesis of recent studies using a systematic literature review	5

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