OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer is 65. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
A modeling study of spatial and temporal frost growth on the edge of windward fins for a tube-finned heat exchanger	224
Deep reinforcement learning and mesh deformation integration for shape optimization of a single pin fin within a micro channel	203
Two-way coupled electro-thermal modeling of a 18650 NMC Li-Ion cell arrangement under highly dynamic conditions: Cells properties determination and experimental validation	193
Adsorption and energy storage characteristics of ionic liquids in porous zeolite-templated carbon materials	178
Corrigendum to: “Combining the entropy-scaling concept and cubic- or SAFT equations of state for modelling thermal conductivity of pure fluids”	149
Direct numerical simulation of a single contaminated droplet microextraction in a yield-stress fluid	147
Advanced design of cathode array protrusion structure of solid oxide fuel cell based on NSGA-II multi-objective optimization	135
Prediction of entrainment fraction in two-phase gas-liquid co-current annular flow-A machine learning approach	134
In memoriam - Professor Shigefumi Nishio (1949-2022)	122
Quantitative optimization analysis of lock-in infrared thermography for characterizing delaminations	120
Coupled modeling and simulation of tank self-pressurization and thermal stratification	120
Analysis and prediction of heat transfer deterioration of supercritical pressure cryogenic methane in a vertical tube	120
Synergistic effect of helically-finned directional tracks and lubricant viscosity on droplet dynamics and condensation heat transfer of bioinspired slippery surfaces	119
Aerodynamic shape optimization of an electric aircraft motor surface heat exchanger with conjugate heat transfer constraint	117
Experimental study of melt splashing during yttrium oxide evaporation using ytterbium fiber laser	116
Thermal analysis of flow boiling of highly subcooled water in mini and conventional channels	115
Dynamics and heat-transfer characteristics of the liquid film flow in upward- and vertical-facing spray cooling	114
A bulk nucleation model for flashing applications	108
Mitigation of fouling with swirling flow induced in 3-D double-sided straight channel for printed circuit heat exchanger	107
Startup regimes of minichannel evaporator in a mechanically pumped fluid loop	102
Thermal characterisation of triple tube heat exchangers by parameter estimation approach	101
Study on nonreciprocal radiation and photothermal conversion of VO2-based tunable inverse opal thermal emitter	100
Experimental study of a novel loop heat pipe with a vapor-driven jet injector and a boiling pool	99
Experimental and numerical studies on the thermal-hydraulic performance of a novel airfoil fins printed circuit heat exchanger	98
Thermocapillary effects during the melting in microgravity of phase change materials with a liquid bridge geometry	96

Analytical analysis of non-boiling heat transfer during droplet impact on heated wall and the effect of thermophysical properties	95
A mechanistic model in annular flow in microchannel tube for predicting heat transfer coefficient and pressure gradient	93
Measurement of High-temperature Thermophysical Properties of Bulk and Coatings Using Modulated Photothermal Radiometry	90
The optimum conditions for calcium sulfate fouling rate under subcooled flow boiling using Taguchi statistical method	90
Saturated pool film boiling of cryogenic fluids: Review of databases, assessment of existing models and correlations, and development of new universal correlation	90
Performance analysis and improvement of lithium-ion battery thermal management system using mini-channel cold plate under vibration environment	90
Numerical analysis of nucleate boiling in rolling rod bundle with tilted axis using two-fluid modeling approach	89
Two-group phase distribution characteristics for air-water flow in 5 × 5 vertical rod bundle channel with mixing vane spacer grids	88
Local laminarization at negligible light gas injection into the compressible weakly accelerated boundary layer	88
Unsteady conjugate heat transfer simulation of wall heat loads for rotating detonation combustor	87
Spatial distribution of heat transfer coefficient in the vicinity of wetting front during falling liquid film cooling of a vertical hot wall	85
Flow topology and bifurcations of buoyancy and mixed convection in an elongated channel with an abrupt section variation	83
Moist air condensation heat transfer enhancement via superhydrophobicity	83
Water vapor condensation on binary mixed substrates: A molecular dynamics study	83
Isosteric Heats and Entropy of Adsorption in Henry's Law Region for Carbon and MOFs Structures for Energy Conversion Applications	81
Can heavy rainfall affect the burning and smoke spreading characteristics of fire in tunnels?	80
Modeling of growth and dynamics of droplets during dropwise condensation of steam	80
Experimental study on flow boiling characteristics of hybrid micro-channels with gradient distribution pillars and bypass	80
Photothermally heated and mesh-gridded solar-driven direct contact membrane distillation for high saline water desalination	79
Non-Newtonian melting dynamics and magneto-convective modes of nano-enhanced phase change materials driven by thermocapillary convection under microgravity	79
Investigation on the thermal and hydrodynamic performance of a microchannel heat sink partially filled with porous medium	77
Stainless steel bipolar plate fuel cell with different flow field structures prepared by laser additive manufacturing	77
Flow channel structure optimization and analysis of proton exchange membrane fuel cell based on the finite data mapping and multi-field synergy principle	77
Predicting effective thermal conductivity in sands using an artificial neural network with multiscale microstructural parameters	77
A numerical study of a suspended compound droplet solidifying under forced convection	75
Design method of multiple inlet/outlet air cooling frame of pouch lithium-ion battery based on thermal-fluid coupling topology optimization	74
Thermal transports of 2D phosphorous carbides by machine learning molecular dynamics simulations	73
A numerical investigation of heat transfer and pressure drop correlations in Gyroid and Diamond TPMS-based heat exchanger channels	73
Cooling performance of film-cooling holes fed by channels of various shapes	73
Thermoelastic damping in cylindrical shells with arbitrary boundaries	72
Experimental study on 18650 lithium-ion battery-pack cooling system composed of heat pipe and reciprocating air flow with water mist	72
Development of constitutive relations for predicting film boiling crisis in bare and inner wall coated cryogenic tubes with a low-thermal conductive layer for heat transfer enhancement	71
Design and modeling of a multiscale porous ceramic heat exchanger for high temperature applications with ultrahigh power density	70
Experimental investigation of three distinct mechanisms for the transition from sheet to cloud cavitation	68
The strain-dependent interfacial thermal resistance at graphene-silicon interface under various deformation conditions	68
Symmetry and self-similar analysis of natural convection of van der Waals gases over a vertical plate	67
Analytical-numerical method for calculating cross-flow tube heat exchangers considering temperature-dependent fluid heat capacities	67
Design of thermal cloak and concentrator with interconnected structure	66
Experimental investigation of spray cooling heat transfer with microcapsule phase change suspension	65
Thermal response to periodic heating of a heat sink incorporating a phase change material	65
Numerical research on the effects of grain structure on lead concentration distribution in Sn-3 wt.%Pb benchmark experiment using two-phase solidification model coupled with cellular automaton method	65