OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer is 66. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Stability analysis of magneto-LTNE porous convection in Kelvin–Voigt fluid	250
Aerodynamic control of evaporative self-assembly in colloidal droplets	229
Ring droplet formation during evaporation of a sessile water droplet on a biphilic surface	174
Transient thermal management characteristics of a porous fin with radially outwards fluid flow	156
A modeling study of spatial and temporal frost growth on the edge of windward fins for a tube-finned heat exchanger	155
Enhanced flow boiling heat transfer in narrow gap with different widths using different-mode-interacting boiling	149
Self-draining microchannel surface structure for droplet condensation with controlled droplet radius distribution	146
High spatiotemporal resolution measurement of water flow boiling heat transfer in a horizontal square minichannel using infrared thermography	140
Analytical temperature profiles for laser-irradiated gold nanorod immersed in an optically non-absorbing medium	140
Thermoelastic damping in moderately thick microplate resonators based on the fractional heat conduction model	139
Local flow dynamics in the motion of slug bubbles in a flowing mini square channel	131
Volumetric laser heating of nanosuspension microdroplets: Slow evaporation to mid-air explosion	128
Eigenmode analysis of dynamical many-body near-field radiative heat transfer mediated by an external magnetic field	121
Numerical investigation on transient and steady phase change heat transfer in the evaporator of a loop heat pipe	120
Experimental validation of positive relationship between the heat fluxes at departure from nucleate boiling and large bubble formation	119
Low-energy activation of large convective heat transfer via flow resonance triggered by impinging jet	116
Thermal conductivity in spherical and circular inclusion composites with highly- and lowly-conducting imperfect interfaces	116
New dimensionless equation for mass transfer at evaporation of open liquid surface in mixed or forced convection	114
Experimental and numerical investigation on heat transfer mechanism and multifunctional thermodynamic properties of supercritical carbon dioxide/amino-functionalized graphene nanofluids	112
Puffing/micro-explosion of two closely spaced composite droplets in tandem: Experimental results and modelling	110
3D pore-scale simulations and 1D volume-averaged calculations of the flow and thermal non-equilibrium for low-velocity filtration combustion	105
Evaporation of refrigerant R134a, R404A and R407C with low mass flux in smooth vertical tube	103
Heat transfer through a three-layer wall considering the contribution of phase change: A novel approach to the modelling of the process	103
Adsorption and energy storage characteristics of ionic liquids in porous zeolite-templated carbon materials	102
A multiscale thermodynamic generalization of Maxwell-Stefan diffusion equations and of the dusty gas model	102

Synergic inverse design of adsorbent bed topology and heterogeneous adsorbent porosity distribution for adsorption desalination via data-free deep learning	97
Research on solar-driven interfacial evaporation regeneration performance of different solutions for liquid desiccant cooling system	97
Editorial Board	96
Thermal performance analysis of liquid cooling system with hierarchically thermal conductive skeleton for large-scaled cylindrical battery module in harsh working conditions	95
Numerical and correlation analysis of conjugate heat transfer over the discrete braided composites plate	95
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]	95
Fluid dynamics of mixing in the tanks of small vanadium redox flow batteries: Insights from order-of-magnitude estimates and transient two-dimensional simulations	95
Comparative study of the main electromagnetic models applied to melt pool prediction with gas metal arc: Effect on flow, ripples from drop impact, and geometry	94
Novel hybrid structures to improve performance of miniature flat evaporator loop heat pipes for electronics cooling	94
Enhanced internal condensation of R1233zd(E) on micro- and nanostructured copper and aluminum surfaces	93
Ab initio study of pressure-dependent phonon heat conduction in cubic boron nitride	92
A new analytical model for the conduction shape factor of annulus sectors	91
Coaxial Airflow Modulation for Cryogen Spray Cooling: Towards Heat Transfer Enhancement and Film Control in Laser Dermatology	85
Convection driven by a nonuniform radiative internal heat source in a cavity: Example of medical isotope production in liquid targets	84
Multiphase flow and interface dynamics in a blast furnace hearth: Effects of slag viscosity and coke diameter	82
Study on oil cooling method for the powertrain of electric vehicles	82
Impact of an intermediate layer on immiscible viscous fingering instability in radial Hele-Shaw cell	81
Experimental and numerical investigation on the flow and heat transfer characteristics of the variable cross-section internally finned tube	80
Performance improvement technique of natural draft dry cooling tower under ambient wind based on minimum mechanical energy dissipation	80
Submerged jet's profile-specific heat transfer: Stagnation zone and beyond	77
Numerical study of liquid metal magnetoconvection and heat transfer in an electrically conductive square duct	77
Neutron imaging based vapor fraction measurements in an inductively heated boiling packed bed	76
Equivalent thin-layer temperature field model (ETTM) for bolted rotors to describe interface temperature jump	76
Doping nanoparticles to enhance the thermal properties of eutectic salts in high temperature latent heat storage systems: A comprehensive review	75
Effects of flow loop compressible volume position on system instabilities during flow boiling in micro-channel heat sinks	75
Influence of phase-change on the collapse and rebound stages of a single spark-generated cavitation bubble	75
Enhanced numerical modeling of natural heat convective phase change for generalized non-Newtonian fluids at high Rayleigh number	73
Assessing effective medium theories for conduction through lamellar composites	73
Hopf bifurcation from uni-cellular to multi-cellular flows induced by viscous heating in Poiseuille flow of binary mixtures	71
Phonon resonant effect in silicon membranes with different crystallographic orientations	71
Conditionally Exact Closed-Form Solution for Moving Boundary Problems in Heat and Mass Transfer in the Presence of Advection	71
Numerical analysis of rarefied hypersonic flows over inclined cavities	71
Sizing of recuperator for sCO2 Brayton cycle using stack-based thermal resistance framework coupled with unit-cell CFD model	70
Mechanism study on spreading dynamics of nanofluids droplet coupled with thermal evaporation	70
A Large-Eddy Simulation study on the effect of fuel configuration and pan distance towards chemical species for under-ventilated compartment fire scenario	70
Multi-material isogeometric topology optimization for thermoelastic metamaterials	69
Differential multi-probe thermal transport measurements of multi-walled carbon nanotubes grown by chemical vapor deposition	69
Wicking characteristics of porous media using short copper micro/nanofibers	68
Dissociation of methane from a layer of methane-hydrate particles: A new simple model	67
Preferential water vapor condensation on a corrugated surface: A molecular dynamics study	67
Effects of using double elastic inclined fins on cooling of protruding heated electronic equipment mounted in a bifurcating channel under nano-enhanced magneto forced convection: Computational analysi	67
Modeling of thermal enhancement and scaling analysis for omnidirectional magnetic field generator to actively detumble space debris	66