| Why are some problems hard? Evidence from Tower of Hanoi K Kotovsky, JR Hayes, HA Simon Cognitive psychology 17 (2), 248-294, 1985 | 1247 | 1985 |
| Human acquisition of concepts for sequential patterns. HA Simon, K Kotovsky Psychological review 70 (6), 534, 1963 | 675 | 1963 |
| On the benefits and pitfalls of analogies for innovative design: Ideation performance based on analogical distance, commonness, and modality of examples J Chan, K Fu, C Schunn, J Cagan, K Wood, K Kotovsky | 376 | 2011 |
| The meaning of “near” and “far”: the impact of structuring design databases and the effect of distance of analogy on design output K Fu, J Chan, J Cagan, K Kotovsky, C Schunn, K Wood Journal of Mechanical Design 135 (2), 021007, 2013 | 341 | 2013 |
| Empirical tests of a theory of human acquisition of concepts for sequential patterns K Kotovsky, HA Simon Cognitive Psychology 4 (3), 399-424, 1973 | 330 | 1973 |
| The role of timing and analogical similarity in the stimulation of idea generation in design I Tseng, J Moss, J Cagan, K Kotovsky Design studies 29 (3), 203-221, 2008 | 308 | 2008 |
| A-design: an agent-based approach to conceptual design in a dynamic environment MI Campbell, J Cagan, K Kotovsky Research in Engineering Design 11, 172-192, 1999 | 267 | 1999 |
| Fixation or inspiration? A meta-analytic review of the role of examples on design processes UN Sio, K Kotovsky, J Cagan Design Studies 39, 70-99, 2015 | 264 | 2015 |
| What makes some problems really hard: Explorations in the problem space of difficulty K Kotovsky, HA Simon Cognitive psychology 22 (2), 143-183, 1990 | 253 | 1990 |
| Human confidence in artificial intelligence and in themselves: The evolution and impact of confidence on adoption of AI advice L Chong, G Zhang, K Goucher-Lambert, K Kotovsky, J Cagan Computers in Human Behavior 127, 107018, 2022 | 185 | 2022 |
| Agent-based synthesis of electro-mechanical design configurations M Campbell, J Cagan, K Kotovsky International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and …, 1998 | 173 | 1998 |
| Implicit learning in problem solving: The role of working memory capacity. PJ Reber, K Kotovsky Journal of experimental psychology: General 126 (2), 178, 1997 | 173 | 1997 |
| Complex information processing: The impact of Herbert A. Simon D Klahr, K Kotovsky Psychology Press, 2013 | 159 | 2013 |
| Two levels of giftedness: Shall ever the twain meet? RS Siegler, K Kotovsky Genius and eminence, 1986 | 157 | 1986 |
| Discovering structure in design databases through functional and surface based mapping K Fu, J Cagan, K Kotovsky, K Wood Journal of mechanical Design 135 (3), 031006, 2013 | 135 | 2013 |
| The influence of open goals on the acquisition of problem-relevant information. J Moss, K Kotovsky, J Cagan Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition 33 (5), 876, 2007 | 121 | 2007 |
| Lifting the Veil: Drawing insights about design teams from a cognitively-inspired computational model C McComb, J Cagan, K Kotovsky Design Studies 40, 119-142, 2015 | 116 | 2015 |
| Representation and transfer in problem solving K Kotovsky, D Fallside Complex information processing, 89-128, 2013 | 115 | 2013 |
| The effect of incidental hints when problems are suspended before, during, or after an impasse. J Moss, K Kotovsky, J Cagan Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition 37 (1), 140, 2011 | 115 | 2011 |
| Design team convergence: the influence of example solution quality K Fu, J Cagan, K Kotovsky | 110 | 2010 |
