Automotive Engineering papers

Pofolia’s corpus holds 41 papers from Automotive Engineering (2012–2026), each with a short summary. Below, the 20 most-cited, then the most recently added.

At a glance

• Most cited: Polymers for 3D Printing and Customized Additive Manufacturing (2017, 3,661 citations).
• The 20 papers listed have 39,097 citations between them.
• 16 of the 16 with a known journal quartile appeared in a Q1 journal.
• 7 have a free full text (open access).
• Most frequent journals: Chemical Reviews, IEEE Access, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics.
• Published between 2012 and 2021.

Most cited

Ranked by citation count. Because citations accumulate over time, this list naturally leans towards work published a few years ago; for where the field is now, see “recently added”. How to read the signals

• Polymers for 3D Printing and Customized Additive Manufacturing

  Chemical Reviews · 2017 · Q1 · SJR 16.00 · FWCI 121.62 · 3,661 citations

  This review highlights the critical role of polymers in additive manufacturing (AM), detailing their processing and development for customized, on-demand fabrication.

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• Review of Battery Charger Topologies, Charging Power Levels, and Infrastructure for Plug-In Electric and Hybrid Vehicles

  IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics · 2012 · Q1 · SJR 2.00 · FWCI 152.89 · 3,036 citations

  This review categorizes plug-in electric vehicle charger systems into on-board and off-board types, highlighting trade-offs in power, cost, and complexity.

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• A Review of Additive Manufacturing

  ISRN Mechanical Engineering · 2012 · FWCI 34.67 · 2,527 citations · Open access

  Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, converts CAD designs into printable layers, offering lighter structures for aerospace and transforming medicine and architecture.

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• Continuous liquid interface production of 3D objects

  Science · 2015 · Q1 · SJR 10.00 · FWCI 138.01 · 2,246 citations · Open access

  A new 3D printing method, Continuous Liquid Interface Production (CLIP), enables the continuous fabrication of monolithic polymeric parts up to tens of centimeters with sub-100-micrometer resolution.

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• Additive manufacturing: scientific and technological challenges, market uptake and opportunities

  Materials Today · 2017 · Q1 · SJR 4.00 · FWCI 60.96 · 2,087 citations · Open access

  Additive manufacturing (AM) offers a versatile, layer-by-layer approach to building complex, customizable objects from diverse materials, but faces significant challenges in achieving predictable and reproducible functionality.

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• A review of lithium-ion battery safety concerns: The issues, strategies, and testing standards

  Journal of Energy Chemistry · 2020 · Q1 · SJR 3.00 · FWCI 56.39 · 2,073 citations

  This review consolidates current knowledge on lithium-ion battery (LIB) safety, detailing thermal runaway triggers from mechanical, electrical, and thermal abuse, alongside strategies and testing standards for improvement.

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• 3D printing of ceramics: A review

  Journal of the European Ceramic Society · 2018 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 70.99 · 2,073 citations

  3D printing is emerging as a key trend for fabricating complex ceramic components, overcoming previous manufacturing limitations.

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• An Overview on 3D Printing Technology: Technological, Materials, and Applications

  Procedia Manufacturing · 2019 · FWCI 54.23 · 1,997 citations

  3D printing, or additive manufacturing, is a rapidly advancing digital fabrication technology that builds objects layer-by-layer from CAD models.

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• The malleability of spatial skills: A meta-analysis of training studies.

  Psychological Bulletin · 2012 · Q1 · SJR 8.00 · FWCI 14.76 · 1,850 citations

  Spatial skills, crucial for STEM fields, can be significantly improved through training, with an average effect size of 0.47 across 217 studies.

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• Additive manufacturing and sustainability: an exploratory study of the advantages and challenges

  Journal of Cleaner Production · 2016 · Q1 · SJR 2.00 · FWCI 75.42 · 1,837 citations

  Additive manufacturing offers sustainability benefits across product and material lifecycles through redesign, improved material processing, and on-demand production, but significant challenges hinder their realization.

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• Degradation diagnostics for lithium ion cells

  Journal of Power Sources · 2016 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 31.92 · 1,780 citations

  This work provides the first experimental evidence linking specific degradation modes in lithium-ion batteries to measurable changes in their open-circuit voltage (OCV). A new diagnostic algorithm can now identify and quantify these degradation modes throughout a cell's lifespan.

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• DeepDriving: Learning Affordance for Direct Perception in Autonomous Driving

  2015 · 1,762 citations

  This paper introduces 'direct perception' for autonomous driving, mapping input images to key indicators of road/traffic state affordance, offering a middle ground between full scene parsing and direct action mapping.

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• A Survey of Autonomous Driving: Common Practices and Emerging Technologies

  IEEE Access · 2020 · Q1 · FWCI 67.21 · 1,741 citations · Open access

  Despite promises of safety and efficiency, fatalities involving autonomous vehicles are increasing, highlighting a critical need to improve system robustness.

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• A survey of deep learning techniques for autonomous driving

  Journal of Field Robotics · 2019 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 59.50 · 1,736 citations

  This paper surveys deep learning and AI techniques currently used in autonomous driving, covering architectures, perception, planning, and control.

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• Materials for lithium-ion battery safety

  Science Advances · 2018 · Q1 · SJR 4.00 · FWCI 57.45 · 1,589 citations · Open access

  This review highlights recent progress in materials design to enhance the safety of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), which is critical as energy density increases.

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• 3D printing of Aluminium alloys: Additive Manufacturing of Aluminium alloys using selective laser melting

  Progress in Materials Science · 2019 · Q1 · SJR 8.00 · FWCI 62.42 · 1,531 citations

  Selective Laser Melting (SLM) is enabling the fabrication of complex 3D structures from aluminum alloys, overcoming previous processing challenges and opening doors for applications requiring lightweight, high-functionality components.

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• Argoverse: 3D Tracking and Forecasting With Rich Maps

  2019 · 1,434 citations

  Argoverse is a new dataset for autonomous vehicle perception, featuring sensor data, 3D tracking annotations, and detailed semantic maps of 290km of lanes.

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• A review of melt extrusion additive manufacturing processes: I. Process design and modeling

  Rapid Prototyping Journal · 2014 · Q1 · FWCI 52.65 · 1,417 citations

  This review systematically analyzes melt extrusion additive manufacturing (AM) processes like Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM), detailing their design elements and mathematical modeling approaches for improved control and new material development.

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• Additive manufacturing methods and modelling approaches: a critical review

  The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology · 2015 · Q1 · FWCI 57.37 · 1,406 citations · Open access

  This review critically examines additive manufacturing (AM) methods and modeling approaches, identifying key research gaps that hinder process control and quality.

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• A Review on Electric Vehicles: Technologies and Challenges

  Smart Cities · 2021 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 68.20 · 1,314 citations · Open access

  This review synthesizes advances in electric vehicle (EV) battery technology (Lead-acid to Lithium-ion), charging methods, and power management, highlighting market trends and future research challenges.

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Recently added

• Required simulated population ratios for valid assessment of shared autonomous vehicles’ impact using agent-based models

  Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives · 2026 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · 2 citations · Open access

  Agent-based models for shared autonomous vehicles (SAVs) require simulating at least 60% of the actual population to keep bias below 10% when dynamic ridesharing is involved.

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• Electric ambulances: will the need for charging affect response times?

  Health Care Management Science · 2026 · Q1 · FWCI 2.52 · 3 citations · Open access

  A new simulation model, ELASPY, predicts that electric ambulance fleets can achieve response times comparable to diesel fleets under expected operating conditions, even with charging times considered.

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• Direct Ink Writing: A 3D Printing Technology for Diverse Materials

  Advanced Materials · 2022 · Q1 · SJR 8.00 · FWCI 67.68 · 1,270 citations

  Direct ink writing (DIW) is a versatile 3D printing technique capable of fabricating complex structures from a wide array of materials, including polymers, ceramics, glass, cement, graphene, and metals.

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• A comprehensive review of stationary energy storage devices for large scale renewable energy sources grid integration

  Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews · 2022 · Q1 · SJR 3.00 · FWCI 60.64 · 1,131 citations

  Lithium-ion batteries suit low/medium-size grid applications, capacitors/supercapacitors/SMES suit high power needs, and thermal storage suits seasonal/bulk needs.

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• A Review on Electric Vehicles: Technologies and Challenges

  Smart Cities · 2021 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 68.20 · 1,314 citations · Open access

  This review synthesizes advances in electric vehicle (EV) battery technology (Lead-acid to Lithium-ion), charging methods, and power management, highlighting market trends and future research challenges.

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• A review of lithium-ion battery safety concerns: The issues, strategies, and testing standards

  Journal of Energy Chemistry · 2020 · Q1 · SJR 3.00 · FWCI 56.39 · 2,073 citations

  This review consolidates current knowledge on lithium-ion battery (LIB) safety, detailing thermal runaway triggers from mechanical, electrical, and thermal abuse, alongside strategies and testing standards for improvement.

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• Binder jet 3D printing—Process parameters, materials, properties, modeling, and challenges

  Progress in Materials Science · 2020 · Q1 · SJR 8.00 · FWCI 32.76 · 1,046 citations

  Binder jet 3D printing (BJ3DP) enables rapid production of complex, isotropic parts with properties similar to traditional powder metallurgy, but optimizing printing and post-processing for maximum part performance remains a key challenge.

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• Modeling and Applications of Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) for Lithium-ion Batteries

  Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology · 2020 · Q2 · FWCI 40.61 · 1,156 citations · Open access

  A new mini-review details how to construct physically sound circuit models for lithium-ion batteries to interpret complex Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) data.

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