F.J.G. Silva

9.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
365 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

F.J.G. Silva is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, F.J.G. Silva has authored 365 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 104 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 100 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 99 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in F.J.G. Silva's work include Quality and Supply Management (58 papers), Manufacturing Process and Optimization (55 papers) and Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (48 papers). F.J.G. Silva is often cited by papers focused on Quality and Supply Management (58 papers), Manufacturing Process and Optimization (55 papers) and Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (48 papers). F.J.G. Silva collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Brazil and Spain. F.J.G. Silva's co-authors include R.D.S.G. Campilho, Luı́s Pinto Ferreira, Andresa Baptista, Vítor F. C. Sousa, Gustavo Pinto, Ronny Miguel Gouveia, Teresa Pereira, A.P.M. Baptista, R.P. Martinho and José Carlos Sá and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Cleaner Production and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

F.J.G. Silva

331 papers receiving 6.2k 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.

Sputtering Physical Vapour Deposition (PVD) Coatings: A Critical Review on Process Improvement and Market Trend Demands

2018 361 citations F.J.G. Silva et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
F.J.G. Silva Portugal	43	2.3k	1.9k	1.2k	1.2k	1.0k	365	6.4k
Konstantinos Salonitis United Kingdom	44	2.6k 1.1×	551 0.3×	1.7k 1.4×	433 0.4×	903 0.9×	252	6.7k
Abhijit Majumdar India	43	753 0.3×	1.6k 0.9×	654 0.5×	725 0.6×	511 0.5×	205	6.1k
Mohammed Omar United States	42	1.4k 0.6×	868 0.5×	748 0.6×	431 0.4×	340 0.3×	208	5.3k
Wing Bun Lee Hong Kong	51	4.3k 1.9×	824 0.4×	1.1k 0.9×	1.5k 1.2×	1.2k 1.1×	422	9.2k
Pradeep Kumar India	60	6.4k 2.8×	980 0.5×	728 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	390	11.5k
Timothy G. Gutowski United States	37	2.7k 1.2×	1.2k 0.6×	1.5k 1.3×	323 0.3×	139 0.1×	92	6.3k
Jan C. Aurich Germany	37	4.2k 1.9×	550 0.3×	1.7k 1.4×	775 0.6×	227 0.2×	448	7.0k
Siba Sankar Mahapatra India	44	3.6k 1.6×	520 0.3×	2.1k 1.7×	357 0.3×	469 0.5×	296	8.0k
Huajun Cao China	41	3.3k 1.5×	618 0.3×	1.0k 0.8×	1.0k 0.9×	111 0.1×	203	6.2k
Safian Sharif Malaysia	39	3.3k 1.4×	401 0.2×	717 0.6×	741 0.6×	189 0.2×	217	5.6k

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Moreira, R.D.F., et al.. (2025). Study on multi-material drilling and defects modelling using a fracture mechanics approach. Procedia CIRP. 131. 119–124.

Silva, F.J.G.. (2025). Flexible automation and intelligent manufacturing—selected and peer-reviewed papers from the FAIM 2023 conference. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 136(9). 3841–3841.

Silva, F.J.G., et al.. (2024). Application of simulation tools to HAZOP analysis of exothermic reaction processes. 3. 102–102.

Campilho, R.D.S.G., et al.. (2024). Process improvement in Zamak injection machines for automotive component fabrication. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science. 239(17). 6763–6775.

Neto, José Albuquerque de Figueiredo, Vítor F. C. Sousa, Filipe Fernandes, et al.. (2024). Investigations on Tool Wear Behavior of TiAlVN and TiAlN/TiAlVN Coated Tools in the Milling Inconel 718. Journal of Tribology. 146(12). 4 indexed citations

Sales-Contini, Rita C. M., et al.. (2024). INCONEL® Alloy Machining and Tool Wear Finite Element Analysis Assessment: An Extended Review. Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing. 8(1). 37–37. 4 indexed citations

Silva, F.J.G., et al.. (2023). Study of the Chlorine Influence on the Corrosion of Three Steels to Be Used in Water Treatment Municipal Facilities. Materials. 16(6). 2514–2514. 7 indexed citations

Silva, F.J.G., et al.. (2023). Communication through biased intermediators. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

Silva, F.J.G., et al.. (2023). A Novel Fully Automatic Concept to Produce First Subset of Bowden Cables, Improving Productivity, Flexibility, and Safety. Machines. 11(11). 992–992. 1 indexed citations

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Ferreira, Luı́s Pinto, et al.. (2023). A Simulation Study of Aircraft Boarding Strategies. Mathematics. 11(20). 4288–4288. 2 indexed citations

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Silva, F.J.G., et al.. (2023). Silver Tungstate Obtained via Successive Seed Crystal Growth: Structural, Morphological, Optical, and Photocatalytic Properties. Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society. 1 indexed citations

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Sales-Contini, Rita C. M., et al.. (2023). A Critical Review on Fiber Metal Laminates (FML): From Manufacturing to Sustainable Processing. Metals. 13(4). 638–638. 30 indexed citations

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Sá, José Carlos, et al.. (2020). Implementation of SMED in a cutting line. Procedia Manufacturing. 51. 1355–1362. 15 indexed citations

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Ferreira, Saulo Rocha, et al.. (2020). A novel approach to improve maintenance operations. Procedia Manufacturing. 51. 1531–1537. 4 indexed citations

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Ramalho, L.D.C., et al.. (2020). Strength prediction and stress analysis of adhesively bonded composite joints using meshless methods. Procedia Manufacturing. 51. 904–911. 4 indexed citations

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Silva, F.J.G., et al.. (2020). Improving Preventive Maintenance Management in an Energy Solutions Company. Procedia Manufacturing. 51. 1551–1558. 11 indexed citations

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Silva, F.J.G., et al.. (2020). A novel computer application for scrap reporting and data management in the manufacturing of components for the automotive industry. Procedia Manufacturing. 51. 1319–1326. 5 indexed citations

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Silva, F.J.G., Ronny Miguel Gouveia, Abdollah Saboori, et al.. (2019). Laser Powder Bed Fusion of Inconel 718: Residual Stress Analysis Before and After Heat Treatment. Metals. 9(12). 1290–1290. 93 indexed citations

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Silva, F.J.G., et al.. (2017). TOOCC: Enabling heterogeneous systems interoperability in the study of energy systems. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1–5. 6 indexed citations

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Bayen, Térence, J. Frédéric Bonnans, & F.J.G. Silva. (2013). Characterization of local quadratic growth for strong minima in the optimal control of semi-linear elliptic equations. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 366(4). 2063–2087. 27 indexed citations

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