Shan Lou

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Shan Lou is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Computational Mechanics and Automotive Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Shan Lou has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 28 papers in Computational Mechanics and 16 papers in Automotive Engineering. Recurrent topics in Shan Lou's work include Surface Roughness and Optical Measurements (19 papers), Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (17 papers) and Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (16 papers). Shan Lou is often cited by papers focused on Surface Roughness and Optical Measurements (19 papers), Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (17 papers) and Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (16 papers). Shan Lou collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and United States. Shan Lou's co-authors include Xiangqian Jiang, Paul J. Scott, Wenhan Zeng, Zicheng Zhu, Tian Long See, Shubhavardhan Ramadurga Narasimharaju, Luca Pagani, Wenjuan Sun, Candice Majewski and Muhammad Usman Ghori and has published in prestigious journals such as Sustainability, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics and Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing.

In The Last Decade

Shan Lou

52 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

A comprehensive review on laser powder bed fusion of steels: Processing, microstructure, defects and control methods, mechanical properties, current challenges and future trends

2022 303 citations Wenhan Zeng, Tian Long See et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shan Lou United Kingdom	19	798	399	252	192	178	61	1.1k
Luca Pagani United Kingdom	16	591 0.7×	279 0.7×	198 0.8×	185 1.0×	163 0.9×	39	751
Jibin Zhao China	21	868 1.1×	164 0.4×	172 0.7×	199 1.0×	86 0.5×	110	1.3k
A. Donmez United States	12	554 0.7×	274 0.7×	145 0.6×	110 0.6×	152 0.9×	20	699
Stanisław Adamczak Poland	18	536 0.7×	102 0.3×	131 0.5×	116 0.6×	139 0.8×	99	666
Vigneashwara Pandiyan Switzerland	21	1.0k 1.3×	245 0.6×	111 0.4×	420 2.2×	267 1.5×	36	1.2k
Orion L. Kafka United States	18	1.1k 1.4×	647 1.6×	132 0.5×	145 0.8×	184 1.0×	43	1.6k
Drago Bračun Slovenia	14	319 0.4×	97 0.2×	143 0.6×	81 0.4×	116 0.7×	35	568
Zhengtao Gan United States	20	1.7k 2.1×	743 1.9×	234 0.9×	111 0.6×	200 1.1×	32	2.1k
Shanben Chen China	21	1.4k 1.8×	372 0.9×	80 0.3×	61 0.3×	442 2.5×	36	1.6k
Sarah J. Wolff United States	20	1.5k 1.9×	908 2.3×	139 0.6×	133 0.7×	301 1.7×	43	1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shan Lou

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All Works

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Liu, Weidong, Xiaohong Chen, Wenhan Zeng, et al.. (2025). An advanced method to assess mechanical filtering effect of tactile coordinate-measuring system in dimensional measurement of additive manufacturing parts. Procedia CIRP. 132. 74–79.

Williamson, James, et al.. (2025). Design, fabrication, and testing of freeform mirror-based head-up display system. Optics & Laser Technology. 186. 112653–112653.

Qin, Yuchu, et al.. (2025). A deep learning-enhanced in-situ surface topography measurement method based on the focus variation microscopy and the industrial camera for material extrusion-based additive manufacturing. Precision Engineering. 96. 464–475.

Lou, Shan, et al.. (2025). Modelling the Constitutive Behaviour of Recycled PET for the Manufacture of Woven Fabrics. Sustainability. 17(5). 2254–2254.

Xu, Xipeng, Changcai Cui, Shan Lou, et al.. (2025). A Review of Measurement and Characterization of Film Layers of Perovskite Solar Cells by Spectroscopic Ellipsometry. Nanomaterials. 15(4). 282–282. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Xipeng, Changcai Cui, M. Gao, et al.. (2025). A Whale Optimization Algorithm-Based Data Fitting Method to Determine the Parameters of Films Measured by Spectroscopic Ellipsometry. Photonics. 12(1). 60–60. 1 indexed citations

Qin, Yuchu, Peizhi Shi, Shan Lou, et al.. (2025). Data-driven optimisation of process parameters for reducing developed surface area ratio in laser powder bed fusion. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 136(7-8). 3821–3831. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Xipeng, et al.. (2024). Enhancing Ellipsometry Analysis with Whale Optimisation: A Novel Approach for Precise Material Characterisation. Procedia CIRP. 129. 127–132. 2 indexed citations

Lou, Shan, Wenhan Zeng, Visakan Kadirkamanathan, et al.. (2024). BlurRes-UNet: A novel neural network for automated surface characterisation in metrology. Computers in Industry. 165. 104228–104228.

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Lou, Shan, et al.. (2024). Computer Vision-enhanced In-situ Surface Topography Measurement with Focus Variation Microscopy for Material Extrusion-based Additive Manufacturing. Huddersfield Research Portal (University of Huddersfield). 1–6. 1 indexed citations

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Shi, Peizhi, Qunfen Qi, Yuchu Qin, et al.. (2023). Learn to Rotate: Part Orientation for Reducing Support Volume via Generalizable Reinforcement Learning. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. 19(12). 11687–11700. 6 indexed citations

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Akram, Muhammad Rouf, et al.. (2023). Personalised 3D-Printed Mucoadhesive Gastroretentive Hydrophilic Matrices for Managing Overactive Bladder (OAB). Pharmaceuticals. 16(3). 372–372. 13 indexed citations

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Qin, Yuchu, Shan Lou, Peizhi Shi, et al.. (2023). Optimisation of process parameters for improving surface quality in laser powder bed fusion. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 130(5-6). 2833–2845. 4 indexed citations

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Chen, Xiao Dong, et al.. (2022). Evaluation of X-ray computed tomography for surface texture measurements using a prototype additively manufactured reference standard. e-Journal of Nondestructive Testing. 27(3). 1 indexed citations

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Sun, Wenjuan, Claudiu Giusca, Shan Lou, et al.. (2021). Establishment of X-ray computed tomography traceability for additively manufactured surface texture evaluation. Additive manufacturing. 50. 102558–102558. 18 indexed citations

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Zhang, Hao, Shan Lou, Fulei Chu, et al.. (2020). Analytical and experimental investigation of vibration characteristics induced by tribofilm-asperity interactions in hydrodynamic journal bearings. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. 150. 107227–107227. 31 indexed citations

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Lou, Shan, Wenhan Zeng, Xiangqian Jiang, & Paul J. Scott. (2012). Comparison of robust filtration techniques in geometrical metrology. Huddersfield Research Portal (University of Huddersfield). 1–6. 4 indexed citations

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Lou, Shan, Xiangqian Jiang, & Paul J. Scott. (2012). Application of the morphological alpha shape method to the extraction of topographical features from engineering surfaces. Measurement. 46(2). 1002–1008. 67 indexed citations

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Lou, Shan, Xiangqian Jiang, & Paul J. Scott. (2011). Morphological filters based on motif combination for functional surface evaluation. Huddersfield Research Portal (University of Huddersfield). 133–137. 4 indexed citations

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Lou, Shan, et al.. (2005). The forming theory and nc machining of the rotary burs with special cutting edges. PolyU Institutional Research Archive (Hong Kong Polytechnic University). 34(4).

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