About Kees Dorst is a scholar working on
Mechanical Engineering ,
Management of Technology and Innovation and
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology .
According to data from OpenAlex, Kees Dorst has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in
Mechanical Engineering , 19 papers in
Management of Technology and Innovation and 18 papers in
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology . Recurrent topics in Kees Dorst's work include
Design Education and Practice (37 papers),
Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (18 papers) and
Product Development and Customization (10 papers). Kees Dorst is often cited by papers focused on Design Education and Practice (37 papers), Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (18 papers) and Product Development and Customization (10 papers). Kees Dorst collaborates with scholars based in
Australia ,
Netherlands and
Denmark . Kees Dorst's co-authors include
Nigel Cross ,
Henri Christiaans ,
Rianne Valkenburg ,
Pieter E. Vermaas ,
Mieke van der Bijl-Brouwer ,
N. F. M. Roozenburg ,
Bryan Lawson ,
Isabelle Reymen ,
Marc J. de Vries and
Wybo Houkes and has published in prestigious journals such as
Design Studies ,
Building Research & Information and
Creativity and Innovation Management .
Overview Impact Standout Papers Peers Geography Research Space Co-Authors Works Hit Papers Creativity in the design process: co-evolution of problem... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 2011 400 800 1.2k Peers Kees Dorst
Comparison fields: 5 of 140 Mechanical Engineering 3.4k Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 1.7k Management of Technology and Innovation 1.3k Human-Computer Interaction 836 Social Psychology 458 Education 445 Sociology and Political Science 422 Strategy and Management 347 Visual Arts and Performing Arts 290 Management Science and Operations Research 289 Information Systems 282 Marketing 271 Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 271 Building and Construction 270 Developmental and Educational Psychology 269 Computer Science Applications 223 Architecture 221 Biomedical Engineering 171 Media Technology 169 Artificial Intelligence 157 Information Systems and Management 134 Cognitive Neuroscience 133 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 112 Control and Systems Engineering 108 Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 92 Human Factors and Ergonomics 89 Automotive Engineering 87 General Health Professions 83 Management Information Systems 82 Communication 76 Museology 76 Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 69 Business and International Management 67 Safety Research 50 Urban Studies 49 Literature and Literary Theory 48 Global and Planetary Change 43 Economics and Econometrics 38 Speech and Hearing 34 Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 32 Political Science and International Relations 30 Demography 28 Applied Psychology 27 Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 26 Philosophy 25 Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 24 Conservation 23 General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 22 Public Administration 22 Psychiatry and Mental health 21 Clinical Psychology 18 Food Science 18 Geology 18 History and Philosophy of Science 16 Ecology 15 Computer Networks and Communications 14 Environmental Engineering 14 Plant Science 14 Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 13 Cultural Studies 13 Molecular Biology 13 Gender Studies 11 Computational Theory and Mathematics 11 Language and Linguistics 11 Finance 11 Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 11 Transportation 10 Computational Mechanics 10 Civil and Structural Engineering 10 Ocean Engineering 10 Occupational Therapy 9 Software 8 Accounting 8 Materials Chemistry 8 Environmental Chemistry 8 Archeology 7 Electrical and Electronic Engineering 7 Emergency Medical Services 7 Geography, Planning and Development 6 Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 5 Sensory Systems 5 Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 5 General Decision Sciences 5 Biomaterials 4 Law 4 Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 4 Health Information Management 4 Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 4 Medical Laboratory Technology 4 Health Informatics 4 Insect Science 4 Pollution 4 Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 4 Surgery 4 Atmospheric Science 3 Genetics 3 Pharmacology 3 Signal Processing 3 Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 3 Library and Information Sciences 3 Ecological Modeling 3 Anthropology 3 Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 2 Geriatrics and Gerontology 2 Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 Nutrition and Dietetics 2 General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2 Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 Epidemiology 2 Space and Planetary Science 2 Development 2 Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management 2 Chemical Health and Safety 1 Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 General Dentistry 1 Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 1 Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 Infectious Diseases 1 Physiology 1 Small Animals 1 Oceanography 1 Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 Neurology 1 Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 General Social Sciences 1 General Energy 1 Aerospace Engineering 1 Applied Mathematics 1 Rehabilitation 1 Developmental Biology 1 Reproductive Medicine 1 Polymers and Plastics 1 Linguistics and Language 1 Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 Life-span and Life-course Studies 1 Toxicology 1 Music 1 Health 1 Family Practice 1
Mechanical Engineering 3.4k Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 1.7k Management of Technology and Innovation 1.3k Human-Computer Interaction 836 Social Psychology 458 Nigel Cross United Kingdom
Bryan Lawson United Kingdom
Julie Linsey United States
Amaresh Chakrabarti India
Pieter Jan Stappers Netherlands
Gabriela Goldschmidt Israel
Linden J. Ball United Kingdom
Gerhard Fischer United States
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All Works Load more (20 of 58) # Work Indexed citations 1 3 2 49 3 Notes on Design: How Creative Practice Works
2018 · UTS ePRESS (University of Technology Sydney) · Kees Dorst 11 4 73 5 2013 · Crime Prevention and Community Safety · (unknown) ,
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(unknown) 5 6 The core of ‘design thinking’ and its application
breakdown → 1000 7 The Nature of Design Thinking
2010 · UTS ePRESS (University of Technology Sydney) · Kees Dorst 38 8 Briefing and Reframing
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Kees Dorst 5 9 4 10 155 11 1 12 Towards a Co-Evolution of the Npd-Manufacturing Interface
2007 · Guidelines for a Decision Support Method Adapted to NPD Processes · (unknown) ,
Kees Dorst 2 13 98 14 222 15 Studying design problems
2 16 67 17 EXPLORING THE STRUCTURE OF DESIGN PROBLEMS
2003 · DS 31: Proceedings of ICED 03, the 14th International Conference on Engineering Design, Stockholm · Kees Dorst 9 18 48 19 Analysing design activity
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