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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Journal innovations, 2021 closure, and reviewers’ gratitude	22
The effect of sketch and render quality and design experience on concept evaluation in engineering design	17
An early-phase design process to enable long-term flexibility in assembly systems	15
Multiple technology infusion assessment: a framework and case study	14
Optimize or satisfice in engineering design?	11
Product representation via networks methodology for exposing project risks	11
Mapping the landscape of product models in embodiment design	10
Development of a diagnostic tool for product circularity: a redesign approach	10
A proposal for an operational methodology to assist the ranking-aggregation problem in manufacturing	9
A methodology to determine the resilience of a system to obsolescence during the design phase	8
Modelling engineering interfaces in big science collaborations at CERN: an interaction-based model	8
What is generative in generative artificial intelligence? A design-based perspective	8
Changeability and agility enablers in one-of-a-kind product development and design processes	8
Comparing parallel and iterative prototyping strategies during engineering design	7
Understanding design education with a bibliometric approach: a story of 50 years	7
Dormant deficiency: a novel concept to direct cause–effect CAD model analysis	7
A general class of algebraic inequalities for generating new knowledge and optimising the design of systems and processes	7
What distinguishes a model of systems engineering from other models of designing? An ontological, data-driven analysis	7
‘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
Empirical studies on conceptual design synthesis of multiple-state mechanical devices	6
Design for circularity and durability: an integrated approach from DFX guidelines	6
Lean development and its impacts on the performance of new product processes: an analysis of innovative Brazilian companies	6
Research methods in engineering design: a synthesis of recent studies using a systematic literature review	6
Quantifying the maximum possible improvement in $$2^{k}$$ experiments	6

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