About The 1.5k papers published in Design Studies in the last decades have received a total of 63.0k indexed citations.
Papers published in Design Studies usually cover
Mechanical Engineering (887 papers),
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (350 papers) and
Management of Technology and Innovation (239 papers) specifically the topics of Design Education and Practice (880 papers), Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (300 papers) and Product Development and Customization (170 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Design Studies are
Nigel Cross ,
Kees Dorst ,
John S. Gero ,
Sydney Gregory ,
Rivka Oxman ,
Gabriela Goldschmidt ,
Nathan Crilly ,
Donald A. Schön ,
Louis L. Bucciarelli and
Rachael Luck .
Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers Design Studies
Comparison fields: 5 of 217 Mechanical Engineering 35.0k Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 17.5k Management of Technology and Innovation 13.2k Human-Computer Interaction 9.5k Social Psychology 8.3k Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 5.3k Building and Construction 4.9k Sociology and Political Science 4.3k Education 3.9k Strategy and Management 3.7k Architecture 3.6k Visual Arts and Performing Arts 3.4k Marketing 3.3k Management Science and Operations Research 3.1k Information Systems 2.7k Developmental and Educational Psychology 2.5k Cognitive Neuroscience 2.4k Artificial Intelligence 2.3k Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2.1k Computer Science Applications 2.0k Automotive Engineering 2.0k Media Technology 1.8k Biomedical Engineering 1.6k Information Systems and Management 1.3k Management Information Systems 1.2k Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 1.2k Control and Systems Engineering 1.1k Museology 1.1k Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1000 Communication 960 Urban Studies 735 Economics and Econometrics 706 General Health Professions 657 Demography 654 Geology 636 Global and Planetary Change 604 Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 597 Human Factors and Ergonomics 575 Literature and Literary Theory 503 Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 457 Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 455 Safety Research 449 Conservation 438 Business and International Management 410 Speech and Hearing 403 Political Science and International Relations 375 Environmental Engineering 366 Computational Mechanics 359 Food Science 339 Electrical and Electronic Engineering 339 Computer Networks and Communications 326 Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 319 Archeology 315 Civil and Structural Engineering 279 Computational Theory and Mathematics 263 Geography, Planning and Development 257 Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 249 Software 246 Transportation 234 History and Philosophy of Science 224 Plant Science 220 Applied Psychology 216 Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 207 Clinical Psychology 199 Occupational Therapy 198 Accounting 194 General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 190 Philosophy 187 Cultural Studies 180 Language and Linguistics 180 Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 169 Psychiatry and Mental health 154 Ocean Engineering 144 Sensory Systems 144 Gender Studies 142 Environmental Chemistry 130 Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 124 Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 122 Materials Chemistry 120 Finance 118 Public Administration 111 Aerospace Engineering 101 Ecology 87 Signal Processing 84 Molecular Biology 83 Medical Laboratory Technology 82 Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 81 Anthropology 80 Pharmacology 77 Pollution 68 Surgery 68 Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 67 General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 65 Physiology 63 Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 61 Health Information Management 59 Nature and Landscape Conservation 59 Development 57 Mechanics of Materials 56 Emergency Medical Services 54 Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management 51 Health Informatics 50 Health 49 Statistics and Probability 48 History 47 General Decision Sciences 46 Library and Information Sciences 44 Polymers and Plastics 44 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 43 Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 36 General Social Sciences 36 Ecological Modeling 35 Law 35 Biomaterials 35 Rehabilitation 35 Music 33 Genetics 33 Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 32 Astronomy and Astrophysics 31 Atmospheric Science 29 Nutrition and Dietetics 28 Water Science and Technology 27 Hardware and Architecture 27 Epidemiology 26 Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 26 Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 25 Linguistics and Language 25 General Arts and Humanities 22 Modeling and Simulation 21 Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 18 Family Practice 18 Insect Science 18 Applied Mathematics 18 Earth-Surface Processes 17 Cardiology and 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Materials Science 4 Pharmacology 4 Emergency Medicine 4 Issues, ethics and legal aspects 4 Archeology 3 Classics 3 Dermatology 3 Ophthalmology 3 Leadership and Management 3 Numerical Analysis 3 Research and Theory 3 Developmental Biology 3 Parasitology 3 Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 2 Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 2 Toxicology 2 Analytical Chemistry 2 Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 2 Nuclear and High Energy Physics 2 Spectroscopy 2 Nephrology 2 Anatomy 2 Biotechnology 2 Virology 2 Theoretical Computer Science 2 Radiation 2 Microbiology 2 Endocrinology 2 Ceramics and Composites 2 Catalysis 1 Rheumatology 1 Urology 1 Hematology 1 Geophysics 1 Complementary and Manual Therapy 1 Genetics 1 Geometry and Topology 1 Pharmaceutical Science 1 Fuel Technology 1 Bioengineering 1 Cancer Research 1 Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 1 Inorganic Chemistry 1
Mechanical Engineering 35.0k Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 17.5k Management of Technology and Innovation 13.2k Human-Computer Interaction 9.5k Social Psychology 8.3k Design Issues United States
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IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics - Part A Systems and Humans United States
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Creativity Research Journal United States
Artificial intelligence for engineering design analysis and manufacturing United States
Harvard business review United States
Journal of Management Information Systems United States
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