Liam Blunt

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
218 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Liam Blunt is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Computational Mechanics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Liam Blunt has authored 218 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 119 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 64 papers in Computational Mechanics and 60 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Liam Blunt's work include Surface Roughness and Optical Measurements (49 papers), Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques (42 papers) and Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (38 papers). Liam Blunt is often cited by papers focused on Surface Roughness and Optical Measurements (49 papers), Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques (42 papers) and Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (38 papers). Liam Blunt collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and Italy. Liam Blunt's co-authors include Xiangqian Jiang, K.J. Stout, Andrew Townsend, Richard Leach, Nicola Senin, H. Ramasawmy, Paul J. Scott, John S. Taylor, David J. Whitehouse and Simon Barrans and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, International Journal of Pharmaceutics and Applied Surface Science.

In The Last Decade

Liam Blunt

213 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Surface texture metrology for metal additive manufacturing: a review

2016 560 citations Andrew Townsend, Nicola Senin et al. Precision Engineering profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Liam Blunt United Kingdom	33	2.9k	1.3k	1.1k	740	698	218	4.5k
Simone Carmignato Italy	35	2.9k 1.0×	2.3k 1.7×	426 0.4×	477 0.6×	1.5k 2.2×	188	5.5k
Fred van Keulen Netherlands	36	1.0k 0.3×	907 0.7×	588 0.5×	2.1k 2.8×	451 0.6×	262	5.9k
Leonardo De Chiffre Denmark	32	2.8k 1.0×	2.2k 1.7×	806 0.7×	574 0.8×	278 0.4×	187	4.5k
Damiano Pasini Canada	42	4.0k 1.4×	2.0k 1.5×	344 0.3×	2.2k 3.0×	1.6k 2.3×	171	7.3k
Gwidon Stachowiak Australia	38	3.2k 1.1×	1.0k 0.8×	406 0.4×	2.4k 3.3×	572 0.8×	189	6.4k
Barbara Previtali Italy	42	4.3k 1.5×	974 0.7×	930 0.8×	717 1.0×	1.8k 2.6×	253	5.7k
Enrico Savio Italy	26	1.4k 0.5×	733 0.6×	483 0.4×	232 0.3×	199 0.3×	92	2.2k
Naohiko Sugita Japan	36	1.5k 0.5×	1.9k 1.4×	701 0.6×	249 0.3×	41 0.1×	284	4.0k
Thomas G. Mathia France	28	1.7k 0.6×	589 0.4×	538 0.5×	1.5k 2.0×	181 0.3×	113	3.1k
Radovan Kovacevic United States	65	10.6k 3.7×	1.1k 0.8×	1.4k 1.3×	1.6k 2.2×	2.1k 3.0×	303	12.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Liam Blunt

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liam Blunt

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Zhang, Yuqiang, Zhongwei Hu, Yiqing Yu, et al.. (2025). Anisotropic plastic deformation and damage evolution of sapphire under nanoindentation. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences. 307. 110769–110769. 2 indexed citations

Abdou, Ahmed, et al.. (2024). Trueness of vat-photopolymerization printing technology of interim fixed partial denture with different building orientation: A Microcomputed tomography study. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Dentistry. 16(4). e494–e502. 1 indexed citations

Blunt, Liam, et al.. (2024). The 2 stages of cartridge primer toolmark production and the implied impact of cartridge manufacturing tolerances. Forensic Science International. 364. 112231–112231.

Jaworski, Artur J., et al.. (2023). The application of additive manufacturing to heat exchangers for oscillatory flow: A case study. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part B Journal of Engineering Manufacture. 238(10). 1531–1540. 5 indexed citations

Blunt, Liam, et al.. (2021). A Simple Calibration Method for a Fringe Projection System Embedded within an Additive Manufacturing Machine. Machines. 9(9). 200–200. 3 indexed citations

Blunt, Liam, et al.. (2021). High-dynamic-range 3D measurement for E-beam fusion additive manufacturing based on SVM intelligent fringe projection system. Surface Topography Metrology and Properties. 9(3). 34002–34002. 11 indexed citations

Senin, Nicola, et al.. (2019). A methodology for 3D geometrical characterisation of microfluidic channels using optical microscopy. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. 29(4). 45011–45011. 1 indexed citations

Markl, Daniel, Liam Blunt, Sachin K. Korde, et al.. (2019). Hot-melt extrusion process impact on polymer choice of glyburide solid dispersions: The effect of wettability and dissolution. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 559. 245–254. 31 indexed citations

Markl, Daniel, et al.. (2019). A predictive integrated framework based on the radial basis function for the modelling of the flow of pharmaceutical powders. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 568. 118542–118542. 17 indexed citations

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Townsend, Andrew, Radu Răcăşăn, Richard Leach, et al.. (2018). An interlaboratory comparison of X-ray computed tomography measurement for texture and dimensional characterisation of additively manufactured parts. Additive manufacturing. 23. 422–432. 51 indexed citations

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Newton, Lewis, Nicola Senin, Reinhard Danzl, et al.. (2018). Areal topography measurement of metal additive surfaces using focus variation microscopy. Additive manufacturing. 25. 365–389. 91 indexed citations

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Townsend, Andrew, Nicola Senin, Liam Blunt, Richard Leach, & John S. Taylor. (2016). Surface texture metrology for metal additive manufacturing: a review. Precision Engineering. 46. 34–47. 560 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bills, Paul J., Liam Blunt, Radu Răcăşăn, et al.. (2013). Correlation Between the Detailed Visual Inspection of Retrieved Metal-on-Metal Hips and Their Volumetric Wear. University of Huddersfield Repository (University of Huddersfield). 78–78. 1 indexed citations

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Hart, Alister, Ashley Matthies, Radu Răcăşăn, et al.. (2013). Taper wear contributes only a third of the total volumetric material loss in large head metal on metal hip replacement. University of Huddersfield Repository (University of Huddersfield). 14–14. 5 indexed citations

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Matthies, Ashley, Radu Răcăşăn, Paul J. Bills, et al.. (2013). Material loss at the taper junction of retrieved large head metal‐on‐metal total hip replacements. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 31(11). 1677–1685. 107 indexed citations

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Jiang, Xiangqian, Liam Blunt, L. Brown, & Hongyu Zhang. (2012). The Application of 3D Surface Metrology in Characterization of Femoral Stem Wear. Yingyong jichu yu gongcheng kexue xuebao. 20(1). 139–148. 1 indexed citations

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Leach, Richard, et al.. (2010). Comparison of commercial software packages for calculating surface texture parameters. University of Huddersfield Repository (University of Huddersfield). 2 indexed citations

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Bills, Paul J., Liam Blunt, & Xiangqian Jiang. (2006). A metrology solution for determination of form deviation and wear in orthopaedic joint replacements. University of Huddersfield Repository (University of Huddersfield). 2 indexed citations

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Jiang, Xiangqian & Liam Blunt. (2003). Surface analysis techniques to optimise the performance of CNC machine tools. WIT transactions on engineering sciences. 44. 3 indexed citations

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Blunt, Liam, Xiao Wei Jiang, & K.J. Stout. (1970). Developments in 3D surface metrology. WIT transactions on engineering sciences. 23. 2 indexed citations

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