OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Research in Engineering Design is 2. 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
Journal transformation, 2022 closure, and reviewers’ gratitude	62
Journal innovations, 2021 closure, and reviewers’ gratitude	20
How can patent-based prospective life cycle assessment be used for eco-design?	17
An augmented formulation for robust design optimization of structures using stochastic simulation method	15
‘Earning your scars’: an exploratory interview study of design for manufacturing at hardware startups	13
A product form generative green design method based on consumer aesthetic preference	12
Codesign in resource-limited societies: theoretical perspectives, inputs, outputs and influencing factors	10
Research methods in engineering design: a synthesis of recent studies using a systematic literature review	10
The research environmental impact disclosure	9
Modularization for the complex product considering the design change requirements	9
Novel method for shape complexity evaluation: a threshold from machining to additive manufacturing in the early design phase	9
Quantifying the maximum possible improvement in $$2^{k}$$ experiments	8
Empirical studies on conceptual design synthesis of multiple-state mechanical devices	8
Multiple technology infusion assessment: a framework and case study	7
Analysing Industry 4.0 technology-solution dependencies: a support framework for successful Industry 4.0 adoption in the product generation process	6
An early-phase design process to enable long-term flexibility in assembly systems	6
Model design in data science: engineering design to uncover design processes and anomalies	6
A new approach for evaluating experienced assembly complexity based on Multi Expert-Multi Criteria Decision Making method	6
Concepts of change propagation analysis in engineering design	6
How the type of methodology used, when working in a natural environment, affects the designer's creativity	6
Agile methodologies applied to Integrated Concurrent Engineering for spacecraft design	6
Fostering self-efficacy through usability and emotional product design? An explorative study	5
Lean development and its impacts on the performance of new product processes: an analysis of innovative Brazilian companies	5
Towards an automated evaluation of design processes—an algorithm to predict critical situations during concept synthesis	5
A multi-stakeholder system-based methodology to evaluate the needs of innovation ecosystems	4

Method for potential assessment and adaptation for additive manufacturing of conventionally manufactured components	4
266 Fuzzy front-end studies: current state and future directions for new product development	4
Development and validity evidence investigation of a design for additive manufacturing self-efficacy scale	4
“Why couldn’t we do this more often?”: exploring the feasibility of virtual and distributed work in product design engineering	4
M-ARM: An automated systematic approach for generating new variant design options from an existing product family	4
Optimize or satisfice in engineering design?	4
Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good: how perfectionism influences human-centred designing engagement and communal design production in civil engineering	4
Quantification of “novelty” based on free-energy principle and its application for “aesthetic liking” for industrial products	3
Comparing the effect of virtual and in-person instruction on students’ performance in a design for additive manufacturing learning activity	3
Product representation via networks methodology for exposing project risks	3
CDFA method: a way to assess assembly and installation performance of aircraft system architectures at the conceptual design	3
Mapping the landscape of product models in embodiment design	3
Correction: Managing computational complexity using surrogate models: a critical review	2
Front-end issues in product family design: systematic literature review and meta-synthesis	2
Eliciting user preference for quantitative vs. emotional information display in eco-feedback designs	2
An exploration of how creativity, functionality, and aesthetics are related in design	2
Managing multi-goal design problems using adaptive leveling-weighting-clustering algorithm	2
Studying interaction density in co-design sessions involving spatial augmented reality	2
The effect of targeting both quantitative and qualitative objectives in generative design tools on the design outcomes	2
Engineering complexity beyond the surface: discerning the viewpoints, the drivers, and the challenges	2
An underpinning theory and approach to applicability testing of constructive computational mechanisms	2