Miguel Silva

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Miguel Silva is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Automotive Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Miguel Silva has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 25 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 11 papers in Automotive Engineering. Recurrent topics in Miguel Silva's work include Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems (24 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (20 papers) and Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics (17 papers). Miguel Silva is often cited by papers focused on Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems (24 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (20 papers) and Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics (17 papers). Miguel Silva collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, United States and Spain. Miguel Silva's co-authors include Paulo Flores, Jorge Ambrósio, Margarida Machado, Jorge Martins, Hamid M. Lankarani, Filipe Marques, J. Pombo, Nuno Peixinho, Mariana Silva and Daniel Simões Lopes and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Biomechanics and Sensors.

In The Last Decade

Miguel Silva

74 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

On the continuous contact force models for soft materials in multibody dynamics

2010 366 citations Paulo Flores, Miguel Silva et al. Multibody System Dynamics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Miguel Silva Portugal	24	898	627	576	438	331	82	2.1k
Javier Cuadrado Spain	26	1.1k 1.2×	682 1.1×	342 0.6×	120 0.3×	394 1.2×	108	1.7k
Karim Abdel‐Malek United States	29	1.0k 1.1×	388 0.6×	1.1k 1.9×	109 0.2×	252 0.8×	154	2.5k
Aki Mikkola Finland	32	2.6k 2.9×	1.7k 2.7×	422 0.7×	1.0k 2.3×	839 2.5×	213	4.0k
A. L. Schwab Netherlands	28	1.2k 1.3×	570 0.9×	1.0k 1.8×	192 0.4×	493 1.5×	92	2.9k
John McPhee Canada	33	1.8k 2.0×	1.1k 1.8×	1.3k 2.3×	233 0.5×	612 1.8×	307	5.0k
József Kövecses Canada	20	528 0.6×	422 0.7×	403 0.7×	94 0.2×	240 0.7×	109	1.1k
Salam Rahmatalla United States	19	249 0.3×	136 0.2×	364 0.6×	261 0.6×	560 1.7×	90	1.3k
Steffen Müller Germany	24	264 0.3×	348 0.6×	568 1.0×	76 0.2×	83 0.3×	137	1.8k
Thompson Sarkodie-Gyan United States	17	460 0.5×	319 0.5×	294 0.5×	156 0.4×	71 0.2×	59	1.3k
Doyoung Jeon South Korea	19	278 0.3×	376 0.6×	830 1.4×	73 0.2×	219 0.7×	54	1.5k

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All Works

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Gonçalves, Sérgio, et al.. (2025). Kinematic and inverse dynamic analysis using mixed and fully Cartesian coordinates with a generic rigid body. Mechanism and Machine Theory. 214. 106080–106080. 2 indexed citations

Gonçalves, Sérgio, Mariana Silva, Filipe Marques, Paulo Flores, & Miguel Silva. (2025). Validation of skeletal muscle models in multibody dynamics: A collaborative collection of benchmark cases. Multibody System Dynamics. 1 indexed citations

Gonçalves, Sérgio, et al.. (2025). Kinematic and dynamic analysis of spatial multibody systems based on a formulation with fully Cartesian coordinates and a generic rigid body. Mechanism and Machine Theory. 209. 105955–105955. 2 indexed citations

Gonçalves, Sérgio, et al.. (2024). Three-dimensional printed exoskeletons and orthoses for the upper limb—A systematic review. Prosthetics and Orthotics International. 48(5). 590–602. 8 indexed citations

Silva, Mariana, Filipe Marques, Miguel Silva, & Paulo Flores. (2024). A methodology to restrict the range of motion of joints: Application to the ankle joint complex. Mechanism and Machine Theory. 198. 105654–105654.

Gonçalves, Sérgio, et al.. (2023). Analysis of a passive ankle exoskeleton for reduction of metabolic costs during walking. Defence Technology. 37. 62–68. 3 indexed citations

Dantas, Pedro, Vasco Mascarenhas, Jorge Martins, et al.. (2023). Hip joint contact pressure and force: a scoping review of in vivo and cadaver studies. Bone and Joint Research. 12(12). 712–721. 6 indexed citations

Antunes, Luís, et al.. (2023). Coral Reef Aorta: Literature Review and Analysis of the Published Cases in the Last 20 Years. Annals of Vascular Surgery. 98. 374–387. 9 indexed citations

Oliveira, Pedro Paulo Martins de, et al.. (2023). Best Medical Treatment in Patients with Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis: Myth or Reality?. Annals of Vascular Surgery. 96. 125–131.

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Gonçalves, Sérgio, et al.. (2022). Kinematics and dynamics of planar multibody systems with fully Cartesian coordinates and a generic rigid body. Mechanism and Machine Theory. 180. 105134–105134. 18 indexed citations

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Silva, Mariana, et al.. (2022). On the Modeling of Biomechanical Systems for Human Movement Analysis: A Narrative Review. Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering. 29(7). 4915–4958. 35 indexed citations

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Fernandes, Francisco, Sérgio Gonçalves, Miguel Silva, et al.. (2022). Sticks and STONES may build my bones: Deep learning reconstruction of limb rotations in stick figures. Pattern Recognition Letters. 165. 138–145. 2 indexed citations

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Silva, Miguel, Iván Vidal, Miguel Luís, et al.. (2021). Using Aerial and Vehicular NFV Infrastructures to Agilely Create Vertical Services. Sensors. 21(4). 1342–1342. 4 indexed citations

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Silva, Miguel, Rui Marcelino, Daniel Pacheco Lacerda, & Paulo Vicente João. (2016). Match Analysis in Volleyball: a systematic review. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 40 indexed citations

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Lopes, Daniel Simões, Richard R. Neptune, Jorge Ambrósio, & Miguel Silva. (2015). A superellipsoid-plane model for simulating foot-ground contact during human gait. Computer Methods in Biomechanics & Biomedical Engineering. 19(9). 954–963. 30 indexed citations

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Silva, Miguel, et al.. (2014). Technical developments of functional electrical stimulation to correct drop foot: Sensing, actuation and control strategies. Clinical Biomechanics. 30(2). 101–113. 69 indexed citations

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Lopes, Daniel Simões, Miguel Silva, Jorge Ambrósio, & Paulo Flores. (2010). A mathematical framework for rigid contact detection between quadric and superquadric surfaces. Multibody System Dynamics. 24(3). 255–280. 76 indexed citations

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Czaplicki, Adam, et al.. (2004). Biomechanical modelling for whole body motion using natural coordinates. Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics/Mechanika Teoretyczna i Stosowana. 42(4). 927–944. 13 indexed citations

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Silva, Miguel & Jorge Ambrósio. (2003). Sensitivity of the results produced by the inverse dynamic analysis of a human stride to perturbed input data. Gait & Posture. 19(1). 35–49. 65 indexed citations

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Silva, Miguel & Jorge Ambrósio. (1998). THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSISTENT KINEMATIC DATA IN THE INVERSEDYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF BIOMECHANICAL MODELS. ISBS - Conference Proceedings Archive. 1(1).

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