George Stiny

5.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
52 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

George Stiny is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Architecture and Visual Arts and Performing Arts. According to data from OpenAlex, George Stiny has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 12 papers in Architecture and 6 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts. Recurrent topics in George Stiny's work include Design Education and Practice (15 papers), Architecture and Computational Design (12 papers) and Architecture and Art History Studies (5 papers). George Stiny is often cited by papers focused on Design Education and Practice (15 papers), Architecture and Computational Design (12 papers) and Architecture and Art History Studies (5 papers). George Stiny collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Türkiye. George Stiny's co-authors include James Gips, William J. Mitchell, Terry Knight, Lionel March, Jonathan Cagan, Manish Agarwal, Allen C. Ward, Iestyn Jowers, Georges Gielen and Kristin L. Wood and has published in prestigious journals such as Computer-Aided Design, Design Studies and Environment and Planning B Planning and Design.

In The Last Decade

George Stiny

51 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

Introduction to shape and shape grammars 1971 2026 1989 2007 1980 1971 1978 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

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. Introduction to shape and shape grammars
    1980 611 citations George Stiny Environment and Planning B Planning and Design profile →
  2. Shape Grammars and the Generative Specification of Painting and Sculpture
    1971 446 citations George Stiny, James Gips IFIP Congress profile →
  3. The Palladian Grammar
    1978 341 citations George Stiny, William J. Mitchell Environment and Planning B Planning and Design profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
George Stiny United States 24 1.7k 980 749 599 460 52 3.0k
Yehuda E. Kalay United States 22 331 0.2× 183 0.2× 510 0.7× 156 0.3× 161 0.3× 87 1.4k
Ulrich Flemming United States 18 447 0.3× 258 0.3× 390 0.5× 248 0.4× 86 0.2× 47 962
Robert Woodbury Canada 15 423 0.3× 281 0.3× 341 0.5× 140 0.2× 278 0.6× 95 1.1k
John S. Gero Australia 20 443 0.3× 199 0.2× 475 0.6× 282 0.5× 54 0.1× 68 1.2k
John Haymaker United States 20 322 0.2× 106 0.1× 875 1.2× 174 0.3× 164 0.4× 59 1.5k
Levent Burak Kara United States 30 481 0.3× 40 0.0× 122 0.2× 343 0.6× 651 1.4× 115 2.4k
Rafael Bidarra Netherlands 24 156 0.1× 31 0.0× 225 0.3× 518 0.9× 593 1.3× 115 2.2k
Ming Xi Tang Hong Kong 14 279 0.2× 74 0.1× 65 0.1× 173 0.3× 95 0.2× 78 647
Christopher McComb United States 19 652 0.4× 18 0.0× 168 0.2× 299 0.5× 70 0.2× 164 1.4k
Dieter W. Fellner Germany 25 115 0.1× 80 0.1× 186 0.2× 69 0.1× 1.4k 2.9× 281 2.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by George Stiny

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of George Stiny

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Stiny, George. (2015). The Critic as Artist: Oscar Wilde’s Prolegomena to Shape Grammars. Nexus Network Journal. 17(3). 723–758. 1 indexed citations
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Antonsson, Erik K., Lionel March, William J. Mitchell, et al.. (2001). Formal Engineering Design Synthesis. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 107 indexed citations
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Knight, Terry & George Stiny. (2001). Classical and non-classical computation. Architectural Research Quarterly. 5(4). 355–372. 40 indexed citations
4.
Stiny, George. (1996). Useless Rules. Environment and Planning B Planning and Design. 23(2). 235–237. 10 indexed citations
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Stiny, George. (1993). Emergence and continuity in shape grammars. 37–54. 20 indexed citations
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Stiny, George. (1993). Boolean Algebras for Shapes and Individuals. Environment and Planning B Planning and Design. 20(3). 359–362. 5 indexed citations
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Stiny, George. (1992). Weights. Environment and Planning B Planning and Design. 19(4). 413–430. 44 indexed citations
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Stiny, George. (1990). What designers do that computers should. MIT Press eBooks. 17–30. 11 indexed citations
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Stiny, George. (1990). What is a Design?. Environment and Planning B Planning and Design. 17(1). 97–103. 27 indexed citations
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Stiny, George. (1987). Composition Counts: A + E = AE. Environment and Planning B Planning and Design. 14(2). 167–182. 6 indexed citations
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Stiny, George. (1982). Shapes are Individuals. Environment and Planning B Planning and Design. 9(3). 359–367. 17 indexed citations
12.
Stiny, George. (1980). Kindergarten Grammars: Designing with Froebel's Building Gifts. Environment and Planning B Planning and Design. 7(4). 409–462. 97 indexed citations
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Stiny, George & William J. Mitchell. (1980). The Grammar of Paradise: On the Generation of Mughul Gardens. Environment and Planning B Planning and Design. 7(2). 209–226. 79 indexed citations
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Stiny, George & James Gips. (1978). An Evaluation of Palladian Plans. Environment and Planning B Planning and Design. 5(2). 199–206. 17 indexed citations
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Stiny, George & William J. Mitchell. (1978). Counting Palladian Plans. Environment and Planning B Planning and Design. 5(2). 189–198. 29 indexed citations
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Attenborough, Keith, et al.. (1977). Reviews: Environmental Noise Control, Fractals: Form, Chance, and Dimension, Computer-Aided Architectural Design. Environment and Planning B Planning and Design. 4(2). 247–252. 3 indexed citations
17.
Stiny, George. (1977). Ice-Ray: A Note on the Generation of Chinese Lattice Designs. Environment and Planning B Planning and Design. 4(1). 89–98. 124 indexed citations
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Stiny, George. (1976). Two Exercises in Formal Composition. Environment and Planning B Planning and Design. 3(2). 187–210. 37 indexed citations
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Gips, James & George Stiny. (1975). Artificial intelligence and aesthetics. International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 907–911. 4 indexed citations
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Stiny, George & James Gips. (1971). Shape Grammars and the Generative Specification of Painting and Sculpture. IFIP Congress. 1460–1465. 446 indexed citations breakdown →

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