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D-Index
39
Citations
25896
World Ranking
7488
National Ranking
465

Nigel Cross publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nigel Cross sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 95 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Nigel Cross D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nigel Cross sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Nigel Cross is affiliated with The Open University in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focused on Medicine with significant overlap in Mechanical Engineering, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Management of Technology and Innovation, Surgery, and Biomedical Engineering.

The main topics explored in their work include:

  • Design Education and Practice
  • Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
  • Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
  • Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
  • Congenital Heart Disease Studies
  • Product Development and Customization
  • Art Education and Development

Nigel Cross's recent papers include:

  • Design thinking: What just happened?, 2023, Design Studies
  • Design education in the Open, 2020, Open Arts Journal

While some publications listed under frequent coauthors focus on related medical research fields, particularly heart transplantation and surgical techniques, these are authored by collaborators such as Richard Issitt and do not attribute Nigel Cross as the main author.

Frequent coauthors who have contributed alongside Nigel Cross include:

  • Richard Issitt
  • Richard Crook
  • Michael Shaw
  • Matthew J. Fenton
  • Alex Robertson

Common publication venues for their work are:

  • Perfusion
  • Design Studies
  • Open Arts Journal
  • The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
  • Veterinary Surgery

Nigel Cross has also contributed to published books, including:

  • Engineering Design Methods: Strategies for Product Design (5th ed.), 2021, The Open University
  • Engineering Design Methods: Strategies for Product Design, 2021, European Organization for Nuclear Research
  • Design Thinking, 2023, Bloomsbury Publishing plc

This body of work illustrates involvement in topics related to design thinking and engineering design methods, especially within educational contexts. The combination of medical and design-focused publications indicates an interdisciplinary approach in both research and practice.

Best Publications

  • Engineering Design Methods: Strategies for Product Design

    Nigel Cross

  • Creativity in the design process: co-evolution of problem–solution

    CH Kees Dorst;NG Cross

  • Designerly Ways of Knowing: Design Discipline Versus Design Science

    Nigel Cross

  • Design Thinking: Understanding How Designers Think and Work

    Nigel Cross

  • Expertise in Design: an overview

    Nigel Cross

  • Analysing design activity

    Nigel Cross;Henri Christiaans;Kees Dorst

  • Engineering design methods

    Nigel Cross

  • Design Thinking

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  • Design cognition: results from protocol and other empirical studies of design activity

    Nigel Cross

  • Design Research: a disciplined conversation

    Nigel Cross

  • Observations of teamwork and social processes in design

    Nigel Cross;Anita Clayburn Cross

  • Natural intelligence in design

    Nigel Cross

  • Forty years of design research

    Nigel Cross

  • The Nature and Nurture of Design Ability

    Nigel Cross

  • Solution driven versus problem driven design: strategies and outcomes

    Corinne Kruger;Nigel Cross

  • Research in design Thinking

    N. Cross;K. Dorst;N. Roozenburg

  • Descriptive models of creative design: application to an example

    Nigel Cross

  • From a Design Science to a Design Discipline: Understanding Designerly Ways of Knowing and Thinking

    Nigel Cross

  • Science and design methodology: A review

    Nigel Cross

  • Expertise in engineering design

    Nigel Cross;Anita Clayburn Cross

  • Modelling the Design Process in Engineering and in Architecture

    Nigel Cross;Norbert Roozenburg

  • Winning by design: the methods of Gordon Murray, racing car designer

    Nigel Cross;Anita Clayburn Cross

  • A History of Design Methodology

    N. Cross;N. Cross

  • The Automated Architect

    Nigel Cross

  • Design Methodology and Relationships with Science

    Marc de Vries;Nigel Cross

  • Engineering Design Methods: Strategies for Product Design (5th ed.)

    Nigel Cross

Frequent Co-Authors

Claudia Eckert
Claudia Eckert The Open University

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