Richard Buchanan

16.6k citations
76 papers · 11.4k · 2 hit papers · h-index 22

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Richard Buchanan

61 papers receiving 10.0k citations

Richard Buchanan's Hit Papers

Wicked Problems in Design Thinking 1992 · 2.2k citations
2.2k0+11+23Years since publication2.0k4.0k6.0k

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Richard Buchanan
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  • Human-Computer Interaction 1.6k
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology 2.5k
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2.0k
  • Management of Technology and Innovation 856
  • Computer Science Applications 590
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1
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
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19917158
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Wicked Problems in Design Thinking
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19922161
3 2001422
4 1996204
5 1985186
6 2001166
7 2000140
8 2015105
9 2019105
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The idea of design
199592
11 200181
12 200776
13 199871
14 201153
15 200737
16 200935
17 199833
18 200430
19 196726
20 201924

About Richard Buchanan

Richard Buchanan is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Visual Arts and Performing Arts, Ocean Engineering, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Sociology and Political Science, having authored 76 papers that have together received 11.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Design Education and Practice (16 papers), Drilling and Well Engineering (3 papers), Visual Culture and Art Theory (3 papers), Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (3 papers), Crafts, Textile, and Design (3 papers), Oil and Gas Production Techniques (2 papers), Dental Education, Practice, Research (2 papers) and Art Education and Development (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Human-Computer Interaction (1.6k citations), Developmental and Educational Psychology (2.5k citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (2.0k citations), Management of Technology and Innovation (856 citations) and Computer Science Applications (590 citations). Richard Buchanan has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and United Arab Emirates. Frequent co-authors include Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, Victor Margolin, Maggie Breslin, Dennis Doordan, Richard Boland, David Crowley, Paul Jobling, Günther Kress, Theo van Leeuwen and Bruce Brown. Their work appears in journals such as Design Issues, Design Studies, She ji, Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism and interactions.

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