Alan J. Dutson

836 total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 596 citations indexed

About

Alan J. Dutson is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Media Technology and Management of Technology and Innovation. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan J. Dutson has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 596 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 3 papers in Media Technology and 2 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation. Recurrent topics in Alan J. Dutson's work include Design Education and Practice (3 papers), Engineering Education and Curriculum Development (3 papers) and Product Development and Customization (2 papers). Alan J. Dutson is often cited by papers focused on Design Education and Practice (3 papers), Engineering Education and Curriculum Development (3 papers) and Product Development and Customization (2 papers). Alan J. Dutson collaborates with scholars based in United States. Alan J. Dutson's co-authors include Spencer P. Magleby, Robert H. Todd, Carl D. Sorensen, Kristin L. Wood, Richard Crawford, Matthew Green, Daniel Jensen, Joseph J. Beaman, David L. Bourell and Daniel A. McAdams and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Mechanical Design, Journal of Engineering Education and Rapid Prototyping Journal.

In The Last Decade

Alan J. Dutson

7 papers receiving 529 citations

Hit Papers

A Review of Literature on Teaching Engineering Design Thr... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 100 200 300 400 500
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. A Review of Literature on Teaching Engineering Design Through Project‐Oriented Capstone Courses
    1997 512 citations Alan J. Dutson, Robert H. Todd et al. Journal of Engineering Education profile →

Peers

Alan J. Dutson
Hamid Hadim United States
Anna Dollár United States
Lyle D. Feisel United States
Lawrence E. Carlson United States
C.F. Yokomoto United States
Svana Esche United States
Bret R. Swan United States
Daniel D. Frey United States
Gregory Mason United States
Milan Matijević Serbia
Hamid Hadim United States
Alan J. Dutson
Citations per year, relative to Alan J. Dutson Alan J. Dutson (= 1×) peers Hamid Hadim

Countries citing papers authored by Alan J. Dutson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan J. Dutson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan J. Dutson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alan J. Dutson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alan J. Dutson based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alan J. Dutson. Alan J. Dutson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

7 of 7 papers shown
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Wood, Kristin L., Daniel Jensen, Alan J. Dutson, & Matthew Green. (2020). Active Learning Approaches In Engineering Design Courses. 8.158.1–8.158.25. 13 indexed citations
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Wood, Kristin L., et al.. (2020). Integrating Service Oriented Design Projects In The Engineering Curriculum. 7.703.1–7.703.13. 5 indexed citations
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Dutson, Alan J.. (2020). Using Principles Of Design To Develop A Capstone Course. 11.1401.1–11.1401.9. 2 indexed citations
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Dutson, Alan J., et al.. (2005). An Advanced Method to Correlate Scale Models With Distorted Configurations. Journal of Mechanical Design. 127(1). 78–85. 35 indexed citations
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Dutson, Alan J. & Kristin L. Wood. (2005). Using rapid prototypes for functional evaluation of evolutionary product designs. Rapid Prototyping Journal. 11(3). 125–131. 15 indexed citations
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Dutson, Alan J., Kristin L. Wood, Joseph J. Beaman, Richard Crawford, & David L. Bourell. (2003). Application of similitude techniques to functional testing of rapid prototypes. Rapid Prototyping Journal. 9(1). 6–13. 14 indexed citations
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Dutson, Alan J., Robert H. Todd, Spencer P. Magleby, & Carl D. Sorensen. (1997). A Review of Literature on Teaching Engineering Design Through Project‐Oriented Capstone Courses. Journal of Engineering Education. 86(1). 17–28. 512 indexed citations breakdown →

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