Below is the data and results from a survey conducted between November 1994 to April 1995.
I have summarised the average and standard deviations for publication sources that received ten or more returns (though obviously more are desired to reflect a normal distribution). They have been ordered from the highest perceived quality and then the lowest standard deviation. As a reminder, a maximum value of 10 in the quality column represents the highest standard and in the relevance column it is used to indicate that all papers within the publication medium are relevant. I have also not included ``no comment'' (-) in the analysis unless stated as being equivalent to a zero value.
The results are not intended to be all encompassing and the number of returns (40) have been less than that required for a thorough investigation. There are also questions as to the true meaning of "quality", though some may argue that the returns reflect what the community deem "quality" to be. The results may be wanting but may also be indicative of the general impression of the engineering design research community.
Some of these results, concerning conferences/workshops, were presented in the paper A H B Duffy and M M Andreasen: "Enhancing the evolution of design science", ICED'95, Praha, 22nd-24th August 1995.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank those of you who contributed to this survey and hope that continual effort will help to raise the profile, standard and importance of engineering design research.
No.of Relevance Source ret's Quality Eng.Design CAED ------ ------ ------- ---------- ---- Av. Dev. Av. Dev. Av. Dev. --------- --------- --------- JOURNALS -------- Research in Eng. Design 26 8.7 1.0 8.6 1.5 6.0 2.2 Jrnl. of Eng. Design 22 7.8 1.6 8.6 1.4 4.7 2.9 AI EDAM 20 7.7 1.3 6.1 2.5 6.8 2.3 Artificial Intelligence 23 7.6 1.3 5.9 2.1 6.7 2.1 in Engineering (AI Eng) CAD 23 7.6 1.4 4.8 2.4 8 1.9 Design Studies 19 7.6 1.7 5.6 2 3.3 2.3 CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS --------------------- Artificial Intelligence in 19 7.8 1.4 5.1 2.5 6.7 2.0 Design (AID) ASME Int. Conf on Design 11 7.6 0.9 7.9 2.5 5.5 1.5 Theory and Methodology IFIP WG5.2 on Intelligent CAD 20 7.6 1.9 6.3 2.0 7.4 2.1 Int. Conf. on Engineering 24 6.3 2.1 8.4 1.4 5.2 2.4 Design (ICED)
Relevance Source Quality Eng.Design CAED ------ ------- --------- ---- JOURNALS -------- Applications of AI in Eng 6,7,7 7,6,2 6,6,2 6 6 6 Artificial Intelligence 8.5,8,7.5, 9,6,4, 9,8,4, in Engineering (AI Eng) 9,6,8, 7,8,3, 7,6,7, 8,7,8, 8,5,4, 8,1,7, 7,8,10, 9,4,8, 9,4,10, 8,10,8, 4,9,9, 10,9,5, 8,7,7, -,5,4, 7,5,7, 7,8,6 6,7,6 6,7,6 5,5 3,3 6,- AI EDAM 8,8.5,9, 3,2,8, 5,7.5,8, 7,8,7, 7,9,5, 1,9,5, 10,8,10, 8,4,8, 10,10,9, 6,8,7, 10,-,7, 3,7,5, 7,6,6 5,7,7 7,7,7 6,9,10 6,3,10 6,6,10 7,7 4,2 7,- ASME Jrnl. of Machine Design 10,8,8 2,7,7 3,0,- 3 1 - ASME Jl of Mech des 7.5,10,8 1,10,7 1,10,- 8,8,8 5,7,8 2,-,8 3 1 - CAD 10,10,8.5, 8,1,1.5, 10,10,6, 9,6,9, 1,5,0, 9,5,8, 9,9.5,7, 8,5,5, 9,8,9, 7,7,8, 5,5,7, 5,8,8, 7,8,7, 6,-,5, 3,10,10, 6,7,7 3,-,7 7,5,9 7,5,5 7,8,6 8,10,9 8,8 6,2 10,9 Computer Graphics 10,7,7 4,7,7 7,9,8 6,5 4,5 5,9 Computing Systems in Engineering 7,7 6,6 7,6 Concurrent Engineering: Research & Applications (CERA) 10,8,8 9,3,3 8,7,- International Journal Design Studies 10,7,5.5, 9,3,2, 9,2,2, 8,10,8, 8,4,6, 6,2,2, 8,7,9, 6,5,8, 1,2,0, 10,8,5 5,5,5 2,5,1 7,4,8 6,4,10 6,3,4 10,8,6 5,7,5 5,6,2 6 4 - IJCIM (International Journal of CIM) (Taylor and Francis, England.) 10,9 4,3 3,2 Journal of Design and 10,9,7, 7,7,10, 7,7,0, Manufacturing 10,8,8 7,8,8 7,7,- (Chapman and Hall, England) 8,5 10,5 10,5 Jrnl. of Eng. Design 10,7,6.5, 10,9,7, 10,7,3, 9,7,9, 9,10,6, 3,4,2, 5,6,8, 7,7,8, 1,2,5, 10,7,10, 10,10,9, 8,0,3, 10,7,8 10,6,9 10,3,1 9,6,7 10,8,10 8,6,5 9,9,5 10,8,10 -,8,5 8 7 - Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing. 10,10,6 5,7,- 5,6,5 (Chapman and Hall, England) 7 3 3 Research in Eng. Design 10,10,8, 10,10,10, 10,5,8, 8.5,9,8, 5,9,9, 5,5,4, 10,9,7, 8,10,7, 2,8,2, 7,9,9, 8,8,10, 7,8,4, 10,9,9, 9,10,10, 6,-,7, 10,8,10 10,5,8 10,8,2 7,9,8 7,9,10 6,7,6 7,10,9 8,8,8 -,4,7 8,8 10,7 6,- Knowledge-Based Systems 7,9,4, 5,7,5, 3,7,2, Data and Knowledge Systems for Manufacturing and Engineering 8, 8, 7, Materials & Design 10,7 8,6 5,6 Quality Jrnl. of Design Sciences 4 9 6 and Technology (Revue Sciences et Techniques de la Conception) Konstruktion 8 10 6 Computers and Chemical 8 1 1 Engineering Engineering Applications of) 7,8,9 7,4,8 7,7,8 Artificial Intelligence (Publ.: Pergamon Press Ltd. Mechanisms and Machine 9 2 4 theory Journal of Computing in 8 5 5 Civil Engineering Conferences American Society of Civil 5 5 5 Engineers Computing Congress IEEE Computer 9 3 1 IEEE Expert 6 0 4 Computer Aided Engineering 9 6 4 Proc. Inst. Mech. Engrs 9 7 4 Artificial Intelligence 10 0 3 AI Magazine 6,6 2,0 1,4 Knowledge Engineering Review 9,8 0,1 10,4 IEEE Transitions on Robotics 10 7 2 and Automation Environment & Planning B 7 2 0 Engineering with Computers 9,8 4,4 6,7 Design News (US) 6 8 1 Machine Design (US) 7 8 1 Technology and Culture (Jnl of soc. of history of technology) 8 3 - CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS --------------------- Artificial Intelligence in 6,6.5,8, 4,0.5,1, 6,3.5,4, Design (AID) 8,8,7, 7,2,7, 5,6,6, 8,9,10, 9,6,5, 9,5,10, 7,10,7, 4,7,9, 10,7,6, 6,8,10 6,2,5 5,9,5 9,6,9 6,8,3 7,8,10 6 5 5 AIENG 6,5,4 8,4,2 8,5,4 4,5,6 6,5,2 4,5,- 3 3 3 IFIP WG5.2 on Intelligent CAD 10,10,4.5, 10,4,1.5, 10,10,2.5, 9,8,9, 7,8,9, 8,8,8, 7,10,4, 4,8,8, 10,9,5, 8,5,6, -,6,4, 10,6,6, 10,10,6 6,7,8 4,7,7 8,8,6 6,4,6 9,10,6 6,7 6,7 6,7 Int. Conf. on Engineering 9.5,7,6, 10,10,8, 10,5,6, Design (ICED) 5.5,7,5, 6.5,10,8, 3.5,4,3, 10,6,3, 6,8,9, 4,2,5 5,10,5, 9,10,10, 5,5,3, 7,4,7, 7,10,10, 7,-,10, 3,7,8 7,8,9 3,2,7 3,8,5 9,10,5 9,-,5 8,4,8 8,8,7 8,3,- CIRP International Workshop 8,10,7 2,8,- 4,4,3 on Design Theory & Methodology 5 4 - ASME Design Automation 7,7,7 2,5,10 8,7,8 ASME Int. Conf on Design 10,8,6.5, 10,9,3, 4,7,6, Theory and Methodology 8,7,8, 3,8,8, 5,6,2, 7,7,7 10,10,8 -,6,7 8,7 8,10 7,5 ASME Winter meeting 5,9 4,8 3,6 Proceedings : Case-Based Reasoning Workshop 8, 8, 8 PSE 94 8 2 2 ESCAPE 4 6 2 2 Biennial European Joint Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis of ASME 9 8 8 Manufacturing Research (UK) 8 6 3 CE & CALS Conference and Exposition 10 9 8 Computer in Engineering ASME 10,7,6 8,-,6 7,8,6 ANTEC (related to plastic) 8 4 3 NSF Engineering Design Research Conference 10 9 8 MATADOR 8 7 5 International CIM Conf (Singapore) 9 4 2 5th International Conference 8 6 3 FAIM'95 CAPE (by IFIP TC5) 6 - 4 Prolamat (by IFIP TC5/WG5.3) 7 - 4 IJCAI 7 1 1 AAAI 7 1 1 PROCEEDINGS/TRANSACTIONS ------------------------ Procs IMechE (various parts) 9.5,10 6.5,3 4.5,3 Trans ASME (Design) 9.5 9.5 4.5 Proceedings : Case-Based 8 8 8 Reasoning Workshop Expert System (ES) 8 5 8 Conference ICIM Conference (Intelligent 8 8 8 Computer integrated Manufacturing)