Tom Vaneker

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
47 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Tom Vaneker is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Automotive Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Tom Vaneker has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 22 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 20 papers in Automotive Engineering. Recurrent topics in Tom Vaneker's work include Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (20 papers), Manufacturing Process and Optimization (18 papers) and Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (12 papers). Tom Vaneker is often cited by papers focused on Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (20 papers), Manufacturing Process and Optimization (18 papers) and Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (12 papers). Tom Vaneker collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Italy and United States. Tom Vaneker's co-authors include Ian Gibson, Alain Bernard, Giovanni Moroni, Davoud Jafari, Bhrigu Ahuja, Patricia Graf, Mary Kathryn Thompson, Filomeno Martina, Joachim Schulz and Georges Fadel and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Materials & Design and CIRP Annals.

In The Last Decade

Tom Vaneker

46 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Design for Additive Manufacturing: Trends, opportunities, considerations, and constraints

2016 1.4k citations Mary Kathryn Thompson, Giovanni Moroni et al. CIRP Annals profile →
Wire and arc additive manufacturing: Opportunities and challenges to control the quality and accuracy of manufactured parts

2021 392 citations Davoud Jafari, Tom Vaneker et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tom Vaneker Netherlands	18	2.0k	1.8k	999	418	334	47	2.8k
Giovanni Moroni Italy	17	1.6k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	1.2k 1.2×	401 1.0×	286 0.9×	91	2.6k
Devarajan Ramanujan Denmark	14	1.6k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	929 0.9×	484 1.2×	383 1.1×	54	2.8k
R.I. Campbell United Kingdom	19	1.7k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	942 0.9×	523 1.3×	318 1.0×	59	2.6k
Guha Manogharan United States	23	1.6k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	688 0.7×	414 1.0×	348 1.0×	85	2.4k
Paolo Minetola Italy	23	1.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	667 0.7×	352 0.8×	215 0.6×	74	2.1k
Eleonora Atzeni Italy	25	2.1k 1.0×	2.3k 1.2×	716 0.7×	306 0.7×	146 0.4×	91	3.0k
Neil Hopkinson United Kingdom	31	3.0k 1.5×	2.9k 1.6×	1.3k 1.3×	528 1.3×	268 0.8×	95	3.9k
Jean-Yves Hascoët France	33	1.5k 0.8×	2.4k 1.3×	1.4k 1.4×	403 1.0×	214 0.6×	110	3.3k
Sarat Singamneni New Zealand	24	1.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	436 0.4×	439 1.1×	306 0.9×	92	2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Tom Vaneker

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tom Vaneker

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Vaneker, Tom, et al.. (2025). A comparative analysis of functional performance in additively manufactured NiTi, Ti-6Al-4V, and 316L stainless steel architected metastructures. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 169. 107071–107071. 2 indexed citations

Bernard, Alain, Jean‐Pierre Kruth, Jian Cao, et al.. (2023). Vision on metal additive manufacturing: Developments, challenges and future trends. CIRP journal of manufacturing science and technology. 47. 18–58. 20 indexed citations

Jafari, Davoud, et al.. (2022). Prediction and Control of Product Shape Quality for Wire and Arc Additive Manufacturing. Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering. 144(11). 17 indexed citations

Wang, Andi, Davoud Jafari, Tom Vaneker, & Qiang Huang. (2022). A Surface Roughness Characterization Method for Additively Manufactured Products. University of Twente Research Information.

Vaneker, Tom, et al.. (2021). Visco-elastic sintering kinetics in virgin and aged polymer powders. Powder Technology. 397. 117000–117000. 8 indexed citations

Vaneker, Tom, et al.. (2021). Neck growth kinetics during polymer sintering for powder-based processes. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 249. 5001–5001. 1 indexed citations

Vaneker, Tom, Alain Bernard, Giovanni Moroni, Ian Gibson, & Yicha Zhang. (2020). Design for additive manufacturing: Framework and methodology. CIRP Annals. 69(2). 578–599. 180 indexed citations

Plakhotnik, Denys, et al.. (2019). CAM planning for multi-axis laser additive manufacturing considering collisions. CIRP Annals. 68(1). 447–450. 27 indexed citations

Vaneker, Tom, et al.. (2019). Mass Personalization with Industry 4.0 by SMEs: a concept for collaborative networks. Procedia Manufacturing. 28. 135–141. 80 indexed citations

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Vaneker, Tom. (2017). Material Extrusion of Continuous Fiber Reinforced Plastics Using Commingled Yarn. Procedia CIRP. 66. 317–322. 57 indexed citations

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Vaneker, Tom. (2017). The Role of Design for Additive Manufacturing in the Successful Economical Introduction of AM. Procedia CIRP. 60. 181–186. 29 indexed citations

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Thompson, Mary Kathryn, Giovanni Moroni, Tom Vaneker, et al.. (2016). Design for Additive Manufacturing: Trends, opportunities, considerations, and constraints. CIRP Annals. 65(2). 737–760. 1419 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vaneker, Tom, et al.. (2014). Evaluating a Prototype Approach to Validating a DDS-based System Architecture for Automated Manufacturing Environments. Procedia CIRP. 25. 385–392. 9 indexed citations

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Vaneker, Tom, et al.. (2013). Open Source Powder based Rapid Prototyping Machine for Ceramics. Procedia CIRP. 6. 533–538. 13 indexed citations

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Vaneker, Tom, et al.. (2012). A Function Based Approach for Designing Intelligent Flexible Automated Manufacturing Environments. Procedia CIRP. 3. 263–268. 2 indexed citations

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Vaneker, Tom, et al.. (2011). Development of a framework for using TRIZ in a co-disciplinary design environment. Procedia Engineering. 9. 379–390. 1 indexed citations

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Wits, Wessel W. & Tom Vaneker. (2011). TRIZ based interface conflict resolving strategies for modular product architectures. Procedia Engineering. 9. 30–39. 7 indexed citations

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Vaneker, Tom & Diederick Lutters. (2008). TRIZ-Future Conference '08 Synthesis of innovation. University of Twente Research Information. 1 indexed citations

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Vaneker, Tom, et al.. (2008). Integrated bottom up and top down approach to optimization of the extrusion process. CIRP Annals. 57(1). 183–186. 2 indexed citations

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Vaneker, Tom & F.J.A.M. van Houten. (2006). What-if Design as a Synthesizing Working Method in Product Design. CIRP Annals. 55(1). 131–134. 6 indexed citations

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