Simon Szykman

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Simon Szykman is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Management of Technology and Innovation. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Szykman has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 17 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 8 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation. Recurrent topics in Simon Szykman's work include Manufacturing Process and Optimization (29 papers), Design Education and Practice (16 papers) and Product Development and Customization (8 papers). Simon Szykman is often cited by papers focused on Manufacturing Process and Optimization (29 papers), Design Education and Practice (16 papers) and Product Development and Customization (8 papers). Simon Szykman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Egypt and Lebanon. Simon Szykman's co-authors include Robert B. Stone, Kristin L. Wood, Daniel A. McAdams, Ram D. Sriram, Janusz Racz, Jonathan Cagan, Matt R. Bohm, William C. Regli, Steven J. Fenves and Steven B. Shooter and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Mechanical Design, Computer-Aided Design and Design Studies.

In The Last Decade

Simon Szykman

37 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

A functional basis for engineering design: Reconciling an... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 250 500 750
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. A functional basis for engineering design: Reconciling and evolving previous efforts
    2002 813 citations Robert B. Stone, Daniel A. McAdams et al. Research in Engineering 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
Simon Szykman United States 17 1.3k 1.1k 1.0k 272 159 37 1.9k
Matthew I. Campbell United States 20 981 0.8× 684 0.6× 646 0.6× 106 0.4× 129 0.8× 96 1.5k
Tolga Kurtoglu United States 21 801 0.6× 534 0.5× 561 0.6× 163 0.6× 376 2.4× 67 1.6k
Gregory Mocko United States 17 534 0.4× 381 0.3× 437 0.4× 72 0.3× 74 0.5× 91 979
David G. Ullman United States 17 773 0.6× 334 0.3× 409 0.4× 124 0.5× 44 0.3× 39 1.2k
Xuan F. Zha Singapore 25 415 0.3× 836 0.7× 439 0.4× 235 0.9× 250 1.6× 94 2.1k
Steven B. Shooter United States 16 464 0.4× 317 0.3× 477 0.5× 105 0.4× 58 0.4× 65 856
Zuoxu Wang China 16 161 0.1× 557 0.5× 275 0.3× 228 0.8× 119 0.7× 44 1.4k
Alan de Pennington United Kingdom 15 265 0.2× 281 0.2× 224 0.2× 54 0.2× 71 0.4× 74 692
Chris Earl United Kingdom 17 284 0.2× 297 0.3× 342 0.3× 23 0.1× 95 0.6× 59 864
Yunfeng Zhang Singapore 24 353 0.3× 809 0.7× 83 0.1× 118 0.4× 175 1.1× 80 1.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Szykman

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Szykman

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Simon Szykman. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Simon Szykman 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 Simon Szykman. Simon Szykman is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Szykman, Simon, et al.. (2018). A graph-based knowledge representation to support design abstraction in CAD systems. Research Showcase @ Carnegie Mellon University (Carnegie Mellon University). 1 indexed citations
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Szykman, Simon & Ram D. Sriram. (2006). Design and implementation of the Web-enabled NIST design repository. ACM Transactions on Internet Technology. 6(1). 85–116. 17 indexed citations
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Bohm, Matt R., Robert B. Stone, & Simon Szykman. (2005). Enhancing Virtual Product Representations for Advanced Design Repository Systems. Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering. 5(4). 360–372. 112 indexed citations
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Bohm, Matt R., Robert B. Stone, & Simon Szykman. (2003). Enhancing Virtual Product Representations for Advanced Design Repository Systems. 635–645. 16 indexed citations
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Stone, Robert B., et al.. (2002). A functional basis for engineering design: Reconciling and evolving previous efforts. Research in Engineering Design. 13(2). 65–82. 813 indexed citations breakdown →
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Allen, Robert H., et al.. (2001). Representing the Charters of Freedom Encasements in a Design Repository: A Case Study. 593–599. 2 indexed citations
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Szykman, Simon, et al.. (2001). Design repositories and product representation for collaborative product development. 3–4. 2 indexed citations
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Szykman, Simon, et al.. (2001). A foundation for interoperability in next-generation product development systems. Computer-Aided Design. 33(7). 545–559. 92 indexed citations
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Szykman, Simon, et al.. (2000). Design Repositories: Next-Generation Engineering Design Databases. IEEE Intelligent Systems and their Applications. 36 indexed citations
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Szykman, Simon, et al.. (2000). A web-based system for design artifact modeling. Design Studies. 21(2). 145–165. 53 indexed citations
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Shooter, Steven B., et al.. (2000). A Model for the Flow of Design Information in Product Development. Engineering With Computers. 16(3-4). 178–194. 32 indexed citations
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Shooter, Steven B., et al.. (2000). A Model for Information Flow in Design. 67–81. 14 indexed citations
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Szykman, Simon, Janusz Racz, & Ram D. Sriram. (1999). The Representation of Function in Computer-Based Design. 233–246. 140 indexed citations
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Schlenoff, Craig, et al.. (1999). An Analysis of Existing Ontological Systems for Applications in Manufacturing. 935–944. 6 indexed citations
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Szykman, Simon, et al.. (1998). Combining Interactive Exploration and Optimization for Assembly Design. Journal of Mechanical Design. 120(1). 24–31. 6 indexed citations
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Szykman, Simon. (1997). Optimization as a Driver for Design Space Exploration. 1 indexed citations
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Szykman, Simon & Jonathan Cagan. (1997). Constrained Three-Dimensional Component Layout Using Simulated Annealing. Journal of Mechanical Design. 119(1). 28–35. 55 indexed citations
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Szykman, Simon & Jonathan Cagan. (1996). Synthesis of Optimal Nonorthogonal Routes. Journal of Mechanical Design. 118(3). 419–424. 22 indexed citations
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Szykman, Simon & Jonathan Cagan. (1995). A Simulated Annealing-Based Approach to Three-Dimensional Component Packing. Journal of Mechanical Design. 117(2A). 308–314. 60 indexed citations

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