Katja Hölttä‐Otto

3.1k total citations
137 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Katja Hölttä‐Otto is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Management of Technology and Innovation and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Katja Hölttä‐Otto has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 52 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation and 28 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Katja Hölttä‐Otto's work include Design Education and Practice (84 papers), Product Development and Customization (48 papers) and Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (27 papers). Katja Hölttä‐Otto is often cited by papers focused on Design Education and Practice (84 papers), Product Development and Customization (48 papers) and Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (27 papers). Katja Hölttä‐Otto collaborates with scholars based in United States, Finland and Singapore. Katja Hölttä‐Otto's co-authors include Kevin Otto, Carolyn Conner Seepersad, Olivier de Weck, Eun Suk Suh, Kristin L. Wood, Timothy W. Simpson, Trina C. Kershaw, Seung Ki Moon, Dieter Krause and Maria C. Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Reviews Materials, Frontiers in Psychology and Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research.

In The Last Decade

Katja Hölttä‐Otto

131 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Katja Hölttä‐Otto United States 25 1.2k 1.0k 384 360 283 137 2.2k
Luciënne Blessing Singapore 26 1.4k 1.1× 974 1.0× 344 0.9× 690 1.9× 160 0.6× 140 3.1k
Maria C. Yang United States 28 1.5k 1.2× 585 0.6× 582 1.5× 366 1.0× 85 0.3× 136 2.7k
Gaetano Cascini Italy 19 739 0.6× 480 0.5× 204 0.5× 299 0.8× 139 0.5× 149 1.4k
Alex Duffy United Kingdom 23 743 0.6× 540 0.5× 265 0.7× 439 1.2× 98 0.3× 135 1.8k
Joshua D. Summers United States 30 2.6k 2.1× 1.3k 1.3× 361 0.9× 1.1k 3.0× 151 0.5× 310 3.8k
Gerhard Pahl Germany 10 1.8k 1.5× 1.4k 1.4× 217 0.6× 1.2k 3.4× 218 0.8× 19 2.9k
Julie Linsey United States 30 2.5k 2.0× 908 0.9× 1.3k 3.3× 346 1.0× 132 0.5× 195 3.6k
Andy Dong Australia 24 850 0.7× 503 0.5× 386 1.0× 153 0.4× 85 0.3× 124 1.9k
Udo Lindemann Germany 22 1.2k 1.0× 1.4k 1.4× 100 0.3× 1.1k 3.0× 358 1.3× 350 2.8k
Daniel A. McAdams United States 29 2.5k 2.0× 1.7k 1.7× 299 0.8× 1.3k 3.5× 212 0.7× 149 3.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Katja Hölttä‐Otto

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Katja Hölttä‐Otto

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All Works

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Liu, Libo, et al.. (2025). An integrated GenAI-driven method for automating ideation with user-generated content. Decision Support Systems. 199. 114554–114554.
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Otto, Kevin, et al.. (2024). A Repurposable Attribute Basis for Identifying Repurposing Opportunities in Decommissioned Products. Journal of Mechanical Design. 147(2).
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Stuart‐Fox, Devi, Mark A. Elgar, Katja Hölttä‐Otto, et al.. (2023). Bio-informed materials: three guiding principles for innovation informed by biology. Nature Reviews Materials. 8(9). 565–567. 24 indexed citations
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Hölttä‐Otto, Katja, Tua Björklund, Kevin Otto, et al.. (2022). Facing extreme uncertainty – how the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic influenced product development. Repository KITopen (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology). 11(2). 117–137. 2 indexed citations
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Hölttä‐Otto, Katja, et al.. (2021). Zero Gravity : radical creativity by multidisciplinary collaboration. Aaltodoc (Aalto University). 3 indexed citations
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Suh, Eun Suk, et al.. (2016). Impact of technology infusion on system architecture complexity. Journal of Engineering Design. 27(9). 613–635. 4 indexed citations
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Wood, Kristin L., et al.. (2016). A Lead User Approach to Universal Design - Involving Older Adults in the Design Process.. PubMed. 229. 131–40. 6 indexed citations
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Song, Chaoyang, et al.. (2016). 27th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology. 4 indexed citations
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Anderson, David, et al.. (2015). International conference on engineering design, iced15 27-30 July 2015, politecnico di Milano, Italy crowdsourced design principles for leveraging the capabilities of additive manufacturing. 3 indexed citations
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Hölttä‐Otto, Katja, Kevin Otto, & Jianxi Luo. (2013). Innovation differences between new venture startups and incumbent firms. 277–286. 6 indexed citations
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Hölttä‐Otto, Katja, et al.. (2012). Contribution of visual design elements to the perceived product family look. J of Design Research. 10(3). 189–189. 2 indexed citations
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Kershaw, Trina C., Katja Hölttä‐Otto, & Yoonsoo Lee. (2011). The Effect of Prototyping and Critical Feedback on Fixation in Engineering Design.. Cognitive Science. 33(33). 24 indexed citations
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Seepersad, Carolyn Conner, et al.. (2009). The Characteristics of Innovative, Mechanical Products. 905–914. 7 indexed citations
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Hölttä‐Otto, Katja, et al.. (2007). Are Modular Products Larger Than Integral Products. Guidelines for a Decision Support Method Adapted to NPD Processes. 3 indexed citations
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Hölttä‐Otto, Katja & Christopher L. Magee. (2006). Estimating factors affecting project task size in product development-an empirical study. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. 53(1). 86–94. 10 indexed citations
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Hölttä‐Otto, Katja, Eun Suk Suh, & Olivier de Weck. (2005). Tradeoff between Modularity and Performance for Engineered Systems and Products. 2820. 56 indexed citations
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Hölttä‐Otto, Katja, et al.. (2003). MODULARIZING PRODUCT ARCHITECTURES USING DENDROGRAMS. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 16 indexed citations

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