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55
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15769
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2937
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185

Richard Leach publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Richard Leach sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 478 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Richard Leach D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Richard Leach sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Richard Leach is affiliated with the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with significant contributions in mechanical engineering, computer vision and pattern recognition, computational mechanics, biomedical engineering, and industrial and manufacturing engineering.

Their recent notable publications include In-situ measurement and monitoring methods for metal powder bed fusion: an updated review (2021) published in Measurement Science and Technology, Defect inspection technologies for additive manufacturing (2021) in the International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, Dimensional artefacts to achieve metrological traceability in advanced manufacturing (2020) published in CIRP Annals, Optical metrology for digital manufacturing: a review (2022) in The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, and Metrological characteristics for the calibration of surface topography measuring instruments: a review (2020) appearing in Measurement Science and Technology.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Optical measurement and interference techniques
  • Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques
  • Surface Roughness and Optical Measurements
  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
  • Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes
  • Engineering Technology and Methodologies
  • Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Richard Leach are:

  • Samanta Piano
  • Adam Thompson
  • Rong Su
  • Helia Hooshmand
  • Nicola Senin

Their work is often published in venues including:

  • Measurement Science and Technology
  • Precision Engineering
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Surface Topography Metrology and Properties
  • CIRP Annals

Best Publications

  • Review of in-situ process monitoring and in-situ metrology for metal additive manufacturing

    Sarah K. Everton;Sarah K. Everton;Matthias Hirsch;Petros Stravroulakis;Richard K. Leach

  • Optical Measurement of Surface Topography

    Richard Leach

  • Surface texture metrology for metal additive manufacturing: a review

    Andrew Townsend;N. Senin;N. Senin;Liam Blunt;R.K. Leach

  • Characterisation of Areal Surface Texture

    Richard Leach

  • X-ray computed tomography for additive manufacturing: a review

    Adam Thompson;Ian Maskery;Richard K. Leach

  • Fundamental Principles of Engineering Nanometrology Ed. 2

    Richard Leach

  • On-machine and in-process surface metrology for precision manufacturing

    W. Gao;H. Haitjema;F.Z. Fang;F.Z. Fang;R.K. Leach

  • Female obesity adversely affects assisted reproductive technology (ART) pregnancy and live birth rates

    Barbara Luke;Morton B. Brown;Judy E. Stern;Stacey A. Missmer

  • Industrial X-Ray Computed Tomography

    Simone Carmignato;Wim Dewulf;Richard Leach

  • Quantification and characterisation of porosity in selectively laser melted Al–Si10–Mg using X-ray computed tomography

    Ian Maskery;N.T. Aboulkhair;M.R. Corfield;Christopher Tuck

  • Geometrical metrology for metal additive manufacturing

    R.K. Leach;D. Bourell;S. Carmignato;A. Donmez

  • Surface texture measurement for additive manufacturing

    Andrew Triantaphyllou;Claudiu L Giusca;Gavin D Macaulay;Gavin D Macaulay;Felix Roerig

  • Surface measurement errors using commercial scanning white light interferometers

    F. Gao;Richard K. Leach;Jon N. Petzing;Jeremy M. Coupland

  • Cumulative birth rates with linked assisted reproductive technology cycles

    Barbara Luke;Morton B. Brown;Ethan Wantman;Avi Lederman

  • Review of defects in lattice structures manufactured by powder bed fusion

    Ifeanyichukwu Echeta;Xiaobing Feng;Ben Dutton;Richard Leach

  • Design and analysis of strut-based lattice structures for vibration isolation

    Wahyudin P. Syam;Wu Jianwei;Bo Zhao;Ian Maskery

  • In-situ measurement and monitoring methods for metal powder bed fusion: an updated review

    M Grasso;A Remani;A Dickins;B M Colosimo

  • Towards geometrical calibration of x-ray computed tomography systems—a review

    Massimiliano Ferrucci;Massimiliano Ferrucci;Richard K. Leach;Claudiu Giusca;Simone Carmignato

  • Calibration of the scales of areal surface topography-measuring instruments: part 1. Measurement noise and residual flatness

    Claudiu L Giusca;Claudiu L Giusca;Richard K Leach;Franck Helary;Tadas Gutauskas

  • Defect inspection technologies for additive manufacturing

    Yao Chen;Xing Peng;Lingbao Kong;Guangxi Dong

  • Topography of selectively laser melted surfaces: A comparison of different measurement methods

    Adam Thompson;Nicola Senin;Nicola Senin;Claudiu L. Giusca;Richard K. Leach

  • Calibration and verification of areal surface texture measuring instruments

    Richard K. Leach;C. L. Giusca;H. Haitjema;C. Evans

  • The effect of increasing obesity on the response to and outcome of assisted reproductive technology: a national study

    Barbara Luke;Morton B. Brown;Stacey A. Missmer;Orhan Bukulmez

Frequent Co-Authors

Liam Blunt
Liam Blunt University of Huddersfield
Xiangqian Jiang
Xiangqian Jiang University of Huddersfield
Adam T. Clare
Adam T. Clare University of Nottingham
Christopher Tuck
Christopher Tuck University of Nottingham
Daniel T. O'Connor
Daniel T. O'Connor University of California, San Diego
Chi Fai Cheung
Chi Fai Cheung Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Derek G. Chetwynd
Derek G. Chetwynd University of Warwick
Svetan Ratchev
Svetan Ratchev University of Nottingham
Ricky D. Wildman
Ricky D. Wildman University of Nottingham
Richard J.M. Hague
Richard J.M. Hague University of Nottingham

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