Colm Higgins

860 total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 542 citations indexed

About

Colm Higgins is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Colm Higgins has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 542 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 14 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 8 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Colm Higgins's work include Manufacturing Process and Optimization (13 papers), Advanced machining processes and optimization (11 papers) and Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques (7 papers). Colm Higgins is often cited by papers focused on Manufacturing Process and Optimization (13 papers), Advanced machining processes and optimization (11 papers) and Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques (7 papers). Colm Higgins collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and Portugal. Colm Higgins's co-authors include Yan Jin, Dan Sun, Jia Ge, G. Catalanotti, Brian G. Falzon, J.D. McClelland, Joseph Butterfield, Mark Price, Dinghua Zhang and Ming Luo and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Production Economics, Composites Part B Engineering and Journal of Materials Processing Technology.

In The Last Decade

Colm Higgins

26 papers receiving 524 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Process characteristics, damage mechanisms and challenges in machining of fibre reinforced thermoplastic polymer (FRTP) composites: A review

2024 87 citations Jia Ge, G. Catalanotti et al. Composites Part B Engineering profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Colm Higgins United Kingdom	12	327	166	141	100	85	27	542
K. Sivakumar India	17	319 1.0×	197 1.2×	179 1.3×	89 0.9×	223 2.6×	63	816
N.D. Chakladar India	12	316 1.0×	105 0.6×	154 1.1×	124 1.2×	112 1.3×	29	516
Jozef Zajac Slovakia	14	371 1.1×	173 1.0×	101 0.7×	87 0.9×	87 1.0×	81	574
N. Arunkumar India	14	334 1.0×	52 0.3×	151 1.1×	123 1.2×	66 0.8×	54	560
Dhaval B. Shah India	12	175 0.5×	107 0.6×	54 0.4×	59 0.6×	83 1.0×	38	497
Siva Kumar Mahalingam India	17	353 1.1×	315 1.9×	135 1.0×	177 1.8×	38 0.4×	61	703
Cahit Kurbanoğlu Türkiye	11	328 1.0×	85 0.5×	105 0.7×	113 1.1×	143 1.7×	17	531
Niko Herakovič Slovenia	15	252 0.8×	268 1.6×	55 0.4×	58 0.6×	69 0.8×	46	586
Huang Gao China	15	413 1.3×	168 1.0×	93 0.7×	59 0.6×	60 0.7×	20	567
Mohd Idris Shah Ismail Malaysia	17	449 1.4×	139 0.8×	126 0.9×	97 1.0×	91 1.1×	82	770

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Colm Higgins

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Jin, Yan, et al.. (2025). Geometrical quality prediction of machining process by Exechon X-mini PKM through deformation modelling and error compensation. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing. 97. 103115–103115.

Ge, Jia, G. Catalanotti, Brian G. Falzon, et al.. (2024). Process characteristics, damage mechanisms and challenges in machining of fibre reinforced thermoplastic polymer (FRTP) composites: A review. Composites Part B Engineering. 273. 111247–111247. 87 indexed citations breakdown →

Butterfield, Joseph, et al.. (2023). Machine Learning Methods to Improve the Accuracy of Industrial Robots. SAE International Journal of Advances and Current Practices in Mobility. 5(5). 1900–1918. 4 indexed citations

Zhao, Yanqin, Yan Jin, Harry L. Anderson, & Colm Higgins. (2023). A new reconfigurable parallel mechanism using novel lockable joints for large scale manufacturing. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing. 82. 102542–102542. 5 indexed citations

Ge, Jia, Wenchang Zhang, Ming Luo, et al.. (2023). Multi-objective optimization of thermoplastic CF/PEKK drilling through a hybrid method: An approach towards sustainable manufacturing. Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing. 167. 107418–107418. 45 indexed citations

Ge, Jia, G. Catalanotti, Brian G. Falzon, et al.. (2022). Towards understanding the hole making performance and chip formation mechanism of thermoplastic carbon fibre/polyetherketoneketone composite. Composites Part B Engineering. 234. 109752–109752. 70 indexed citations

Ge, Jia, et al.. (2022). Investigating hole making performance of Al 2024-T3/Ti-6Al-4V alloy stacks: A comparative study of conventional drilling, peck drilling and helical milling. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 120(7-8). 5027–5040. 17 indexed citations

Jin, Yan, et al.. (2021). Gap volume prediction for aircraft wing assembly. Procedia Manufacturing. 54. 227–232. 2 indexed citations

Fu, Rao, Colm Higgins, Zekai Murat Kılıç, et al.. (2021). Double-sided milling of thin-walled parts by dual collaborative parallel kinematic machines. Journal of Materials Processing Technology. 299. 117395–117395. 20 indexed citations

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Jin, Yan, Adrian Murphy, Michael M. Morgan, et al.. (2019). Cost-oriented process optimisation through variation propagation management for aircraft wing spar assembly. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing. 57. 435–451. 12 indexed citations

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Murphy, Adrian, Chris Taylor, Joseph Butterfield, et al.. (2019). Representing financial data streams in digital simulations to support data flow design for a future Digital Twin. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing. 61. 101853–101853. 29 indexed citations

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Murphy, Adrian, et al.. (2017). Using Design Of Experiments To Define Factory Simulations For Manufacturing Investment Decisions. Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast). 4 indexed citations

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Jin, Yan, et al.. (2015). Parallel Kinematic Assisted Automated Aircraft Assembly. 1(3). 89–95. 2 indexed citations

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Morgan, Michael M., Caroline McClory, Colm Higgins, Yan Jin, & Adrian Murphy. (2015). Shimless Aerospace Assembly. Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast). 1 indexed citations

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Jin, Yan, Zhuming Bi, Haitao Liu, et al.. (2015). Kinematic Analysis and Dimensional Synthesis of Exechon Parallel Kinematic Machine for Large Volume Machining. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics. 7(4). 53 indexed citations

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Jin, Yan, Xianwen Kong, Colm Higgins, & Mark Price. (2012). Kinematic design of a new parallel kinematic machine for aircraft wing assembly. Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast). 669–674. 18 indexed citations

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Browne, Fiona, Yan Jin, Colm Higgins, et al.. (2011). The Application of a Natural Language Argumentation Based Approach within Project Life Cycle Management. Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast). 106–115. 2 indexed citations

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Jin, Yan, et al.. (2010). ALCAS wing box root end machining solution - a parallel kinematic approach. Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast). 2 indexed citations

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Curran, Richard, et al.. (2007). Integrated digital design for manufacture for reduced life cycle cost. International Journal of Production Economics. 109(1-2). 27–40. 47 indexed citations

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Bennett, Barry, et al.. (2004). Extending the Drilling Operating Window in Brent: Solutions for Infill Drilling in Depleting Reservoirs. 8 indexed citations

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