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).
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.
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 Universitas Teknologi YogyakartaIndonesia 32 works
- 2 Universitas Muhammadiyah GresikIndonesia 32 works
- 3 University of Singaperbangsa KarawangIndonesia 31 works
- 4 University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa TimurIndonesia 26 works
- 5 Bandung Islamic UniversityIndonesia 24 works
- 6 Telkom UniversityIndonesia 19 works
- 7 Universitas Muhammadiyah SidoarjoIndonesia 17 works
- 8 Mercu Buana UniversityIndonesia 15 works
- 9 Binus UniversityIndonesia 14 works
- 10 Bandung Institute of TechnologyIndonesia 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
Where it is the local speciality
- GresikID · 32.2 works79×
- SlemanID · 35.0 works52×
- KarawangID · 30.7 works42×
- SurabayaID · 89.0 works10×
- BandungID · 86.6 works8.8×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Quality Function Deployment in Product Design than the world average.
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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Universitas Teknologi YogyakartaIndonesia | 84.4 | 6.8% | 96.3× | 32 | — |
| 2 | Sepuluh Nopember Institute of TechnologyIndonesia | 78.2 | 5.4% | 14.7× | 11 | +472.5% |
| 3 | Bandung Institute of TechnologyIndonesia | 74.1 | 3.8% | 11.1× | 13 | +236.6% |
| 4 | Mercu Buana UniversityIndonesia | 72.8 | 6.5% | 24.8× | 16 | — |
| 5 | Telkom UniversityIndonesia | 61.4 | 0.9% | 20.1× | 19 | +3410.0% |
| 6 | Universitas Muhammadiyah GresikIndonesia | 58.4 | 1.6% | 89.9× | 32 | — |
| 7 | University of Singaperbangsa KarawangIndonesia | 55.9 | 1.1% | 42.1× | 31 | — |
| 8 | Binus UniversityIndonesia | 53.5 | 3.2% | 14.1× | 14 | +17.3% |
| 9 | University of BrawijayaIndonesia | 50.5 | 6.1% | 6.0× | 10 | +207.1% |
| 10 | Tarumanagara UniversityIndonesia | 49.7 | 2.7% | 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.
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.