OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Engineering Design is 5. 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
Assessment of product resilience towards the changing customer requirements	27
Analysing the prosumer opportunity. Prosumer products’ success or failure	25
A novel Kriging-assisted multi-objective optimisation method considering infeasibility ratio under input uncertainty	25
A novel transformer-enhanced and acoustic-based approach for wind turbine blade fault detection with integrated system implementation	24
Modularisation of system architecture to improve system recoverability: a unique application of design structure matrix	23
Lumos: AI-driven prompt optimisation tool for assisting conceptual design	22
A data-driven adaptive algorithm and decision support design of multisensory information fusion for prognostics and health management applications	21
What’s more important for product design – usability or emotionality? An examination of influencing factors	19
Exploring synergies between AIGC and TRIZ in the optimisation of road cone design through integrated innovation methods	19
A risk analysis method for implementation of additive manufacturing	19
Documenting practice research: constraints and opportunities	18
Combining ChatGPT and knowledge graph for explainable machine learning-driven design: a case study	18
Using linkography to understand the thinking differences of designers between engineering and art backgrounds in the early stages of the design process	16
GPB and BAC: two novel models towards building an intelligent motor fault maintenance question answering system	15
Reasoning support for predicting requirement change volatility using complex network metrics	15
Understanding long-term behaviour change techniques: a mixed methods study	15
Reference model for the development of prototypes based on C-K theory	15
Vivid-persona: customizable persona tool with interactive and immersive experiences	15
Design Research Notes II	13
A knowledge graph-based bio-inspired design approach for knowledge retrieval and reasoning	13
Enhancing the environmental sustainability of product through ecodesign: a systematic review	13
Configuring products using NSGA-II: warranty profits, performance–price, and environmental emissions from the contractor perspective	13
Investigating intelligent generation of multimodal creative stimuli in conceptual design: strategies and implications	13
Human-robot collaboration assembly personalised safety detection method based on digital twin	13
An approach to coupling analysis for open architecture product	12

Effect of interdependence on team effectiveness during design problem-solving in first-year engineering	12
Research on resource analysis method based on attribute similarity and position weight for conceptual design	12
BICAD bio-inspired design method and BICAD assistant design tool	11
Fostering the progressive deployment and standardisation of engineering processes – proposal of a dedicated framework for manufacturing SMEs	11
Multiple Life-Cycle Products: A Review of Antecedents, Outcomes, Challenges, and Benefits in a Circular Economy	10
Hyperparameter tuning design of performance indicators prediction for hydrogen fuel cells based on Bayesian optimisation with AIGC	10
A complex network theory-based changes propagation control approach for variant design of production line	10
Evolving to multi-modal knowledge graphs for engineering design: state-of-the-art and future challenges	10
Integrating AIGC with design: dependence, application, and evolution - a systematic literature review	10
Sustainable design of bamboo weaving products based on style generative adversarial network and Grasshopper technology	10
A model-based systems engineering approach for developing modular system architectures	10
Local absorption of uncertainty in complex systems using resilient objects	10
How best to capture the voice of the customer in new offer design? A Neuro Kano model	9
Mastering manufacturing: exploring the influence of engineering designers’ prior experience when using design for additive manufacturing	9
Modularity and new product performance: the role of new product development speed and task uncertainty	9
Confirmation dialog box in the physical world: design strategies on tangible confirmation behavior in human-machine interaction	9
Delimiting design: expanding the limits of concurrency through set-based concurrent engineering	9
Intelligent design exploration method for complex engineered system architecture generation	8
Ebb and flow: design fixation and creativity in professional groups	8
From theory to practice: a roadmap for applying dual-process theory in design cognition research	8
Designing dual ontological products for human factors: a machine learning and harmonistic knowledge-based computational support tool	8
A customer requirements analysis method of considering product scenarios for improving product design	8
Aesthetic shape generation system based on novelty and complexity	8
Hybrid gene regulatory network for product styling construction in interactive evolutionary design	8
An expert system for analysing the printability and integratability of assembly structures under the context of design for additive manufacturing	8
Product emotional design method based on image metaphor: a technical note	8
Toward sustainable joint optimisation for product family and supply chain configuration with smart contracting consideration	7
Industrial logistics optimisation in transportation with fuzzing techniques and reverse engineering to secure proprietary traffic control systems	7
Optimal scheme of open design based on co-designer involvement and the dynamic FBSC model	7
Crashworthiness optimisation and environmental impact assessment of a redesigned passenger coach integrating lean design-for-X framework	7
Evaluating reframing in behavioural design	7
Extraction and linking of motivation, specification and structure of inventions for early design use	7
Knowledge-based product and process design synthesis of additively manufactured non-assembly mechanisms	7
Investigating the generation of specific design knowledge: experimental validation of a qualitative modelling method	7
Simulation of variation for manual assembly when mis-constraining occurs	7
Core components-oriented modularisation methodology for complex products	7
Review of Integrated Design Engineering, Interdisciplinary and Holistic Product Development	7
The power and potential of Behavioural Design: practice, methodology, and ethics	7
AskNatureGPT: an LLM-driven concept generation method based on bio-inspired design knowledge	6
A practical and ready handbook for mechanical designers and design educators? A review of design optimization using MATLAB^® and SOLIDWORKS^® by Krishnan Suresh	6
Advancing engineering design problem-exploring practice: interviews with industry professionals	6
Leveraging deep reinforcement learning for design space exploration with multi-fidelity surrogate model	6
Human-centered AI design: developers’ perspectives	6
Computerised design, simulation of meshing and stress analysis of bionic logarithmic spiral spur gear drives	6
An evolutionary graph of product service system research topics based on bibliometric analysis and topic modelling	6
Value chain design through synergistic optimisation of configuration and operation of value activities: an application case of cold chain logistics	6
A systematic literature review of sustainable design of complex customised products in Industry 5.0: connotation, methodologies and prospects	5
Research on the association mechanism and evaluation model between EMG data and product aesthetic quality in product aesthetics evaluation	5
Automatic generation of system model diagrams driven by multi-source heterogeneous data	5
Emotion-driven action interaction design in small quadruped robots: leveraging NXEIK multilevel network	5

A knowledge-guided process planning approach with reinforcement learning	5
Facial expression recognition: a novel approach to captcha design	5
Online monitoring and evaluation for conceptual design of product morphological structure driven by the retrospective analysis of cognitive behaviour	5
Social manufacturing supply-demand service matching design based on knowledge graphs and graph convolutional networks	5
Association change and its relationship with designs in context and form: how product evaluation is affected by negative framings	5
An optimal resonance sparse signal decomposition model for equipment intelligent maintenance in a smart factory	5
Multi-modal online review driven product improvement design based on scientific effects knowledge graph	5
The economics of additive manufacturing and topology optimisation – a case analysis of the electric scooter	5
Technology fitness landscape for design innovation: a deep neural embedding approach based on patent data	5
A predictive production-logistics cooperation method for service-oriented smart discrete manufacturing system	5
A new design for additive manufacturing method: applied on the bound metal deposition process	5