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Quality Function Deployment in Product Design

Quality Function Deployment in Product Design is a research topic within Management of Technology and Innovation. Science Explorer counts 9.2k research works in it since 1952. 19.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the application of Quality Function Deployment (QFD) in product development, management, and service quality. It covers topics such as fuzzy logic models, customer requirements prioritization, strategic management, supply chain integration, and engineering characteristics optimization.

  • Quality Function Deployment
  • QFD
  • Fuzzy Logic
  • Customer Requirements
  • Product Design
  • Strategic Management
  • Multi-criteria Decision Making
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Engineering Characteristics
  • Service Quality
Research works
9.2k
fractional, since 1952
In the world top 10%
1.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
19.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+30%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Quality Function Deployment in Product Design research?

By volume, Indonesia and China publish the most (808 and 313 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Indonesia 808 works
  2. 2 China 313 works
  3. 3 Türkiye 99 works
  4. 4 India 81 works
  5. 5 United States 58 works
  6. 6 ?? 37 works
  7. 7 Brazil 32 works
  8. 8 Germany 27 works
  9. 9 Iran 27 works
  10. 10 Italy 26 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Indonesia: 53.5%China: 20.8%Türkiye: 6.6%India: 5.4%6 others listed: 13.8%54%largest
Indonesia808 · 53.5%China313 · 20.8%Türkiye99 · 6.6%India81 · 5.4%6 others listed208 · 13.8%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Quality Function Deployment in Product Design research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universitas Teknologi Yogyakarta publishes the most Quality Function Deployment in Product Design research, followed by Universitas Muhammadiyah Gresik and University of Singaperbangsa Karawang.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universitas Teknologi Yogyakarta Indonesia 32 works
  2. 2 Universitas Muhammadiyah Gresik Indonesia 32 works
  3. 3 University of Singaperbangsa Karawang Indonesia 31 works
  4. 4 University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa Timur Indonesia 26 works
  5. 5 Bandung Islamic University Indonesia 24 works
  6. 6 Telkom University Indonesia 19 works
  7. 7 Universitas Muhammadiyah Sidoarjo Indonesia 17 works
  8. 8 Mercu Buana University Indonesia 15 works
  9. 9 Binus University Indonesia 14 works
  10. 10 Bandung Institute of Technology Indonesia 13 works

Where is Quality Function Deployment in Product Design research done?

The largest centres of Quality Function Deployment in Product Design research in 2022–2025 are Jakarta (Indonesia), Surabaya (Indonesia), Bandung (Indonesia) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Gresik, Sleman and Karawang.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Jakarta Indonesia 104 works
  2. 2 Surabaya Indonesia 89 works
  3. 3 Bandung Indonesia 87 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 37 works
  5. 5 Beijing China 35 works
  6. 6 Sleman Indonesia 35 works
  7. 7 Malang Indonesia 33 works
  8. 8 Gresik Indonesia 32 works
  9. 9 Karawang Indonesia 31 works
  10. 10 Yogyakarta Indonesia 31 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. GresikID · 32.2 works79×
  2. SlemanID · 35.0 works52×
  3. KarawangID · 30.7 works42×
  4. SurabayaID · 89.0 works10×
  5. BandungID · 86.6 works8.8×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Quality Function Deployment in Product Design than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Quality Function Deployment in Product Design?

Among universities, judged by research, Universitas Teknologi Yogyakarta, Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology and Bandung Institute of Technology score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%2.5%5%7.5%mean 3.81%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universitas Teknologi Yogyakarta: 32, 6.8%Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology: 11, 5.4%Bandung Institute of Technology: 13, 3.8%Mercu Buana University: 16, 6.5%Telkom University: 19, 0.9%Universitas Muhammadiyah Gresik: 32, 1.6%University of Singaperbangsa Karawang: 31, 1.1%Binus University: 14, 3.2%University of Brawijaya: 10, 6.1%Tarumanagara University: 12, 2.7%Universitas Teknolog…Mercu Buana UniversitySepuluh Nopember Ins…Bandung Institute of…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Universitas Teknologi Yogyakarta Indonesia 84.46.8%96.3×32 —
2Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology Indonesia 78.25.4%14.7×11 +472.5%
3Bandung Institute of Technology Indonesia 74.13.8%11.1×13 +236.6%
4Mercu Buana University Indonesia 72.86.5%24.8×16 —
5Telkom University Indonesia 61.40.9%20.1×19 +3410.0%
6Universitas Muhammadiyah Gresik Indonesia 58.41.6%89.9×32 —
7University of Singaperbangsa Karawang Indonesia 55.91.1%42.1×31 —
8Binus University Indonesia 53.53.2%14.1×14 +17.3%
9University of Brawijaya Indonesia 50.56.1%6.0×10 +207.1%
10Tarumanagara University Indonesia 49.72.7%13.0×12 —

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Quality Function Deployment in Product Design research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Quality Function Deployment in Product Design.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.