OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer is 69. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Self-draining microchannel surface structure for droplet condensation with controlled droplet radius distribution	209
A fundamentals-based vaporization model for radiofrequency ablation of biological tissues: Comparison with the enthalpy method	205
Thermal insights of the temperature gradient-induced convections in an evaporating meniscus	187
An accurate Ghost Cell Immersed Boundary Method for compressible flows with heat transfer	185
Performance improvement technique of natural draft dry cooling tower under ambient wind based on minimum mechanical energy dissipation	168
Submerged jet's profile-specific heat transfer: Stagnation zone and beyond	167
A modeling study of spatial and temporal frost growth on the edge of windward fins for a tube-finned heat exchanger	165
A numerical study of a suspended compound droplet solidifying under forced convection	159
Subcooled flow boiling characteristics and CHF in an eccentric annulus at low pressure conditions	155
Equivalent thin-layer temperature field model (ETTM) for bolted rotors to describe interface temperature jump	149
Some properties of a gas flow submitted to a temperature gradient	144
Evaluation of the gradient diffusion hypothesis for jet into crossflow field: A prior analysis via large eddy simulation of flat plate film cooling	139
Experimental and numerical studies of the pulsating heat pipe stopover regime	139
New dimensionless equation for mass transfer at evaporation of open liquid surface in mixed or forced convection	121
Asymmetrical carbon nanotubes exhibit opposing thermal rectification behaviors under different heat baths	119
Analysis of UV radiation of solid rocket plume containing multiphase alumina clusters	117
Flow state transition and bi-stability of spanwise flow structures in quasi-two-dimensional Rayleigh–Bénard convection	116
A new analytical model for the conduction shape factor of annulus sectors	113
Corrigendum to “A discussion on the relation between the intermittent flow sub-regimes and the frictional pressure drop” [Int. J. Heat Mass Transf. 181 (2021) 121895]	112
Nonreciprocal radiative heat transfer between Weyl semimetal nanoparticles mediated by graphene nanoribbons	110
Editorial Board	107
Wall heating effects on aeroacoustic fields radiated by rigid bodies at different flow regimes	106
Generalizing multi-branching radial symmetric flow structures	105
Influence of ambient temperature and structural parameters on thermal conductivity of carbon nanotube arrays after secondary segmentation	102
Mode- and space-resolved thermal transport of alloy nanostructures	100

A multiscale thermodynamic generalization of Maxwell-Stefan diffusion equations and of the dusty gas model	98
Adsorption and energy storage characteristics of ionic liquids in porous zeolite-templated carbon materials	97
Experimental and numerical investigation on the flow and heat transfer characteristics of the variable cross-section internally finned tube	95
Numerical analysis of rarefied hypersonic flows over inclined cavities	94
Effect of the number of ribbed walls on the thermal performance in rectangular channels with 45-deg parallel or criss-cross ribs	94
Multi-material isogeometric topology optimization for thermoelastic metamaterials	93
Characterization of turbulent pseudo-boiling in transcritical and doubly-transcritical oxygen–methane flames	93
Phonon resonant effect in silicon membranes with different crystallographic orientations	93
Wicking characteristics of porous media using short copper micro/nanofibers	88
Mechanism study on spreading dynamics of nanofluids droplet coupled with thermal evaporation	88
Synergic inverse design of adsorbent bed topology and heterogeneous adsorbent porosity distribution for adsorption desalination via data-free deep learning	86
Eliminating flow reversals and enhancing heat transport in turbulent thermal convection with sinusoidally heated plates	86
Thermal performance analysis of liquid cooling system with hierarchically thermal conductive skeleton for large-scaled cylindrical battery module in harsh working conditions	86
A method to reduce the fluid mass transfer loss of rotating jet: A kind of microstructure design and research for wave rotor refrigerator	85
Impact of an intermediate layer on immiscible viscous fingering instability in radial Hele-Shaw cell	85
Molecular insights into surface wettability for heterogeneous ice nucleation of seawater on solid surfaces	85
Thermal conductivity in spherical and circular inclusion composites with highly- and lowly-conducting imperfect interfaces	84
Enhanced numerical modeling of natural heat convective phase change for generalized non-Newtonian fluids at high Rayleigh number	83
Enhanced flow boiling heat transfer in narrow gap with different widths using different-mode-interacting boiling	82
Convection driven by a nonuniform radiative internal heat source in a cavity: Example of medical isotope production in liquid targets	81
Sizing of recuperator for sCO2 Brayton cycle using stack-based thermal resistance framework coupled with unit-cell CFD model	80
Hopf bifurcation from uni-cellular to multi-cellular flows induced by viscous heating in Poiseuille flow of binary mixtures	80
Ab initio study of pressure-dependent phonon heat conduction in cubic boron nitride	79
A novel simulation approach for concentration-driven evaporation in capillaries	79
A new optimization strategy for wet steam effect minimization in steam turbine using combined 2D non-equilibrium wet steam flow and mean-line analysis	79
Experimental and numerical investigation on heat transfer mechanism and multifunctional thermodynamic properties of supercritical carbon dioxide/amino-functionalized graphene nanofluids	79
Water vapor condensation on binary mixed substrates: A molecular dynamics study	78
Eigenmode analysis of dynamical many-body near-field radiative heat transfer mediated by an external magnetic field	76
Quantitative visualization on boundary heat transfer of supercritical CO2 mini-channel through-flow (Re=104) via pixelated phase-shifting interferometry	74
Low-energy activation of large convective heat transfer via flow resonance triggered by impinging jet	73
A Large-Eddy Simulation study on the effect of fuel configuration and pan distance towards chemical species for under-ventilated compartment fire scenario	73
Frosting characteristics on silver iodide (AgI) micro patterned surface under various temperature conditions	73
Multi-band tunable strongly nonreciprocal thermal radiation in topological edge state coupled mode	72
Modeling of thermal enhancement and scaling analysis for omnidirectional magnetic field generator to actively detumble space debris	72
Study on oil cooling method for the powertrain of electric vehicles	72
Impact of external turbulence on film cooling designs using large eddy simulations	72
Numerical study of liquid metal magnetoconvection and heat transfer in an electrically conductive square duct	71
Measurements of natural convective heat transfer of the inclined torus	71
Aerodynamic shape optimization of an electric aircraft motor surface heat exchanger with conjugate heat transfer constraint	70
Modeling of ATP transport in an axon: Effects of spontaneous neuron firing and mitochondrial transfer via tunneling nanotubes	70
Analytical modeling of conjugate heat transfer between a bed of phase change material and laminar convective flow	70
Stability analysis of magneto-LTNE porous convection in Kelvin–Voigt fluid	69
Analytical analysis of non-boiling heat transfer during droplet impact on heated wall and the effect of thermophysical properties	69
Multiphase flow and interface dynamics in a blast furnace hearth: Effects of slag viscosity and coke diameter	69