Stefan Dimov

7.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
271 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Stefan Dimov is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefan Dimov has authored 271 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 96 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 77 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Stefan Dimov's work include Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques (68 papers), Laser Material Processing Techniques (65 papers) and Advanced machining processes and optimization (55 papers). Stefan Dimov is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques (68 papers), Laser Material Processing Techniques (65 papers) and Advanced machining processes and optimization (55 papers). Stefan Dimov collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and Bulgaria. Stefan Dimov's co-authors include Duc Truong Pham, Pavel Penchev, Cuong Duc Nguyen, C. A. Griffiths, Emmanuel Brousseau, Jean–Michel Romano, Samuel Bigot, Atanas Ivanov, Antonio García‐Girón and Krastimir Borisov Popov and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, ACS Nano and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Stefan Dimov

259 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

Selection of K in K-means clustering 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 100 200 300
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.

  1. Selection of K in K-means clustering
    2005 389 citations Duc Truong Pham, Stefan Dimov et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stefan Dimov United Kingdom 37 2.6k 1.8k 1.3k 1.2k 1.1k 271 5.6k
Yee Cheong Lam Singapore 43 2.0k 0.8× 2.8k 1.5× 883 0.7× 1.4k 1.2× 482 0.4× 323 7.0k
Xuesong Mei China 47 3.2k 1.2× 2.6k 1.4× 2.5k 2.0× 2.9k 2.4× 1.9k 1.6× 505 9.4k
Jun Zou China 42 1.8k 0.7× 2.4k 1.3× 613 0.5× 1.2k 1.0× 399 0.4× 300 5.7k
Richard Leach United Kingdom 47 7.3k 2.8× 3.0k 1.6× 3.0k 2.4× 833 0.7× 3.0k 2.7× 350 10.6k
Chi Fai Cheung Hong Kong 44 4.7k 1.8× 4.5k 2.4× 1.4k 1.1× 1.3k 1.1× 194 0.2× 426 8.0k
Suet To Hong Kong 47 6.1k 2.4× 5.4k 2.9× 1.4k 1.1× 2.1k 1.7× 295 0.3× 460 9.0k
Ricky D. Wildman United Kingdom 46 4.1k 1.6× 2.7k 1.5× 1.2k 0.9× 751 0.6× 4.1k 3.6× 211 8.8k
Song Zhang United States 57 4.5k 1.8× 1.2k 0.7× 1.2k 1.0× 1.9k 1.5× 1.7k 1.5× 336 12.9k
Wei Zhou Singapore 46 5.8k 2.3× 1.3k 0.7× 693 0.5× 1.6k 1.3× 808 0.7× 416 9.2k
Cristina H. Amon United States 48 1.8k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 1.3k 1.0× 1.5k 1.2× 823 0.7× 318 8.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Stefan Dimov

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stefan Dimov

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefan Dimov

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stefan Dimov. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stefan Dimov based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Stefan Dimov. Stefan Dimov is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Penchev, Pavel, et al.. (2024). Hybrid manufacturing and performance evaluation of β Ti-alloy stents. Materials & Design. 247. 113420–113420. 1 indexed citations
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González-Fernández, Luis, Ángel Serrano, A. N. Anagnostopoulos, et al.. (2024). Large-scale testing of corrosion mitigation strategies for molten salts at concentrated solar power plants. Journal of Energy Storage. 108. 115060–115060. 3 indexed citations
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Mehrizi, Ali Abouei, et al.. (2024). Novel Cardiovascular Stent Based on Hibiscus-Aestivation-Inspired Auxetic Unit Cell. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences. 277. 109428–109428. 16 indexed citations
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Dimova, Ana, et al.. (2024). Platelet-rich plasma treatment for chronic wounds: A case report and literature review. World Journal of Clinical Cases. 12(33). 6635–6643.
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Sun, Fengzhen, Pavel Penchev, Catalin I. Pruncu, et al.. (2023). On enhancement of fracture resistance of adhesive joints by surface micropatterning using a femtosecond laser. Journal of Materials Processing Technology. 315. 117904–117904. 19 indexed citations
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Bhaduri, Debajyoti, Pavel Penchev, Khamis Essa, et al.. (2019). Evaluation of surface/interface quality, microstructure and mechanical properties of hybrid additive-subtractive aluminium parts. CIRP Annals. 68(1). 237–240. 31 indexed citations
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Batal, Afif, Rachel Sammons, & Stefan Dimov. (2019). Response of Saos-2 osteoblast-like cells to laser surface texturing, sandblasting and hydroxyapatite coating on CoCrMo alloy surfaces. Materials Science and Engineering C. 98. 1005–1013. 29 indexed citations
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Pecheva, E., et al.. (2018). Femtosecond laser ablation of dentin and enamel for fast and more precise dental cavity preparation. Materials Science and Engineering C. 90. 433–438. 38 indexed citations
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Montelongo, Yunuen, et al.. (2017). Femtosecond laser ablation of transparent microphotonic devices and computer-generated holograms. Nanoscale. 9(36). 13808–13819. 21 indexed citations
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Penchev, Pavel, et al.. (2017). Femtosecond laser directed fabrication of optical diffusers. RSC Advances. 7(29). 18019–18023. 31 indexed citations
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Dimov, Stefan, et al.. (2011). Cavity pressure behaviour in micro-injection moulding. Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering. 133(3). 1 indexed citations
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Rees, Andrew, et al.. (2009). The effect of surface integrity of components processed by μWEDM. Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde). 1 indexed citations
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Dimov, Stefan, et al.. (2006). Detección de rotura de herramientas en el microfresado mediante nuevos sistemas de monitorizado. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University). 63–85. 1 indexed citations
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Pham, Duc Truong, Stefan Dimov, & Rosemary Gault. (2003). Part orientation in selective laser sintering. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University). 1 indexed citations
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Pham, Duc Truong & Stefan Dimov. (2003). Rapid prototyping: a time compression tool. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University). 4 indexed citations
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Pham, Duc Truong & Stefan Dimov. (2001). Rapid manufacturing: the technologies and applications of rapid prototyping and rapid tooling. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University). 105 indexed citations
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Pham, Duy, et al.. (2000). Technique for Selecting Examples in Inductive Learning. 7 indexed citations
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Pham, Duc Truong & Stefan Dimov. (1970). The RULES-4 Incremental InductiveLearning Algorithm. WIT transactions on information and communication technologies. 19. 1 indexed citations

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