N.J. Miles

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
81 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

N.J. Miles is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Water Science and Technology and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, N.J. Miles has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 20 papers in Water Science and Technology and 19 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in N.J. Miles's work include Mineral Processing and Grinding (28 papers), Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques (15 papers) and Granular flow and fluidized beds (12 papers). N.J. Miles is often cited by papers focused on Mineral Processing and Grinding (28 papers), Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques (15 papers) and Granular flow and fluidized beds (12 papers). N.J. Miles collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and Pakistan. N.J. Miles's co-authors include Sam Kingman, D.A. Jones, Nidal Hilal, Oluwaseun Ogunbiyi, Philip Hall, Rinat Nigmatullin, S. Al-Thyabat, Фу Гу, T.F. Jones and R.J.K. Wood and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, Fuel and Advances in Colloid and Interface Science.

In The Last Decade

N.J. Miles

78 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Microwave heating applications in environmental engineering—a review

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
N.J. Miles United Kingdom	23	979	807	782	323	300	81	2.5k
Francesco Di Natale Italy	31	745 0.8×	501 0.6×	872 1.1×	670 2.1×	326 1.1×	113	2.9k
Rajarathinam Parthasarathy Australia	30	494 0.5×	1.2k 1.5×	688 0.9×	146 0.5×	391 1.3×	149	2.9k
Mehdi Khiadani Australia	36	1.1k 1.1×	821 1.0×	1.5k 1.9×	445 1.4×	324 1.1×	164	4.0k
Xuejiao Liu China	30	490 0.5×	755 0.9×	557 0.7×	217 0.7×	212 0.7×	96	2.9k
Jamal Chaouki Canada	28	901 0.9×	1.2k 1.4×	224 0.3×	187 0.6×	175 0.6×	115	2.7k
Maria G. Rasteiro Portugal	29	278 0.3×	594 0.7×	558 0.7×	202 0.6×	288 1.0×	146	2.5k
Jiongtian Liu China	32	1.7k 1.7×	1.1k 1.4×	2.0k 2.5×	517 1.6×	331 1.1×	135	3.2k
Saeed Farrokhpay Australia	29	1.2k 1.2×	904 1.1×	1.5k 1.9×	172 0.5×	101 0.3×	75	2.8k
Xingang Li China	32	675 0.7×	766 0.9×	230 0.3×	217 0.7×	91 0.3×	167	3.0k
Wei Tan China	28	460 0.5×	494 0.6×	364 0.5×	311 1.0×	128 0.4×	190	2.5k

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Aziz, Mohd Aizudin Abd, et al.. (2025). Revolutionizing Grease Formulation: Sustainable Practices and Thermal Performance Enhancement through Waste Transformer Oil and Advanced Additives. Journal of Advanced Research in Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences. 127(2). 93–105. 2 indexed citations

Miles, N.J., et al.. (2025). Performance evaluation of a 3D-printed regularly spaced 4-lobed swirl tube in a solar collector. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress. 65. 103857–103857.

Miles, N.J., et al.. (2024). Enhancing thermal performance of heat exchanger by using different 4-lobed swirl tube arrangements. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. 156. 107692–107692. 2 indexed citations

Li, Guozhen, et al.. (2024). Dispersion of immiscible liquids in a static mixer without inserted elements: A CFD-PBM study on droplet size reduction and distribution. Powder Technology. 452. 120547–120547. 2 indexed citations

Eldrett, James S, Steven C. Bergman, Christian Heine, et al.. (2022). Integrated bio- and chemo-stratigraphy for Early Cretaceous strata offshore Gabon: Additional constraints on the timing of salt deposition and rifting of the South Atlantic. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 148. 106037–106037. 8 indexed citations

Гу, Фу, Philip Hall, & N.J. Miles. (2016). Development of composites based on recycled polypropylene for injection moulding automobile parts using hierarchical clustering analysis and principal component estimate. Journal of Cleaner Production. 137. 632–643. 40 indexed citations

Li, Guozhen, P. Hall, N.J. Miles, & Tao Wu. (2015). Optimization Of A Four-Lobed Swirl Pipe For Clean-In-Place Procedures. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 3 indexed citations

Leaper, M. C., et al.. (2014). Vertical flotation of particles in a paramagnetic fluid. Powder Technology. 261. 71–77. 4 indexed citations

Leaper, M. C., et al.. (2014). Horizontal deflection of single particle in a paramagnetic fluid. The European Physical Journal E. 37(6). 3–3. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Guozhen, Philip Hall, N.J. Miles, & Tao Wu. (2014). Improving the efficiency of ‘Clean-In-Place’ procedures using a four-lobed swirl pipe: A numerical investigation. Computers & Fluids. 108. 116–128. 26 indexed citations

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Habib, Muddasar, et al.. (2013). Discrete Element Modeling (DEM) of the Vertically Vibrated Particle Bed. Particulate Science And Technology. 32(3). 257–273. 2 indexed citations

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Habib, Muddasar, N.J. Miles, & Philip Hall. (2013). Recovering metallic fractions from waste electrical and electronic equipment by a novel vibration system. Waste Management. 33(3). 722–729. 29 indexed citations

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Ogunbiyi, Oluwaseun, N.J. Miles, & Nidal Hilal. (2007). Comparison of Different Pitch Lengths on Static Promoters for Flux Enhancement in Tubular Ceramic Membrane. Separation Science and Technology. 42(9). 1945–1963. 8 indexed citations

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Johnson, Daniel, N.J. Miles, & Nidal Hilal. (2006). Quantification of particle–bubble interactions using atomic force microscopy: A review. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science. 127(2). 67–81. 70 indexed citations

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Wood, R.J.K., et al.. (2004). Comparison of predicted and experimental erosion estimates in slurry ducts. Wear. 256(9-10). 937–947. 94 indexed citations

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Middleditch, Alan E., et al.. (1998). Stable Computation of the 2D Medial Axis Transform. International Journal of Computational Geometry & Applications. 8(05n06). 577–598. 13 indexed citations

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Miles, N.J., et al.. (1996). A fractal description of the progeny of single impact single particle breakage. Minerals Engineering. 9(7). 715–726. 13 indexed citations

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Lester, Edward, Martin Allen, Michael Cloke, & N.J. Miles. (1994). An automated image analysis system for major maceral group analysis in coals. Fuel. 73(11). 1729–1734. 16 indexed citations

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Brown, Gareth, N.J. Miles, & Stephen Hall. (1993). Fractal Characterization of Pulverised Materials. Particle & Particle Systems Characterization. 10(1). 1–6. 14 indexed citations

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Hunter, George, Christopher McDermott, N.J. Miles, Arun Kumar Singh, & Malcolm J. Scoble. (1990). A review of image analysis techniques for measuring blast fragmentation. Mining Science and Technology. 11(1). 19–36. 41 indexed citations

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