OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan is 1. 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
Operation Design of Co-Crystallization Using Homogeneity Evaluation Including “Single Component Excess” Index	21
Editorial Board	17
Heat Release Behavior during Hydration Reaction of β-Lanthanum Sulfate/Thermally Expanded Graphite Composite for Use as Chemical Heat Storage Material	16
Energy Savings and Element Utilization of Coal-Based Polygeneration Systems Producing Power and Fischer–Tropsch Synfuels	16
Performance of Direct Formate Fuel Cell Using Non-Precious Metal Cathode Catalyst	9
Closed-Loop Identification and PID Retuning of Self-Excited Oscillatory Process from Poor PID Controller Tuning	9
Effect of Structural Features of Polymer Gels Containing Au Nanoparticles on Their Catalytic Properties	8
Editorial Board	7
Glycine-Mediated Paclitaxel Dispersion in a Phospholipid Complex	7
Solid–Liquid Phase Equilibrium in the Na<sub>2</sub>CO<sub>3</sub>+Na<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub>+H<sub>2</sub>O System at 298.15 K and 101 kP	6
Estimation of the Just Suspension Speed in Solid-Liquid Agitated Vessels With Various Impellers	6
Layout Optimization of Process Module on Floating Storage and Re-gasification Unit Using QRA	6
The Identification and Characterization of a New Carbapenem CS-023 Solvate Polymorph Achieved by the Appropriate Crystal Washing and Drying	6
Novel Hybrid Methods for Identifying the Main Transition Velocities in Various Bubble Columns	6
Novel Prediction Model Based on Two-Film Theory for Ammonia Distribution Coefficient in Heat Recovery Steam Generator of Gas Turbine Combined Cycle Power Plants	6
Partition of Amino Acids in Aqueous Two-Phase Systems Comprising Hydrophilic Organic Solvents and Salts	6
Fractional Order Internal Model PID Control for Pulp Batch Cooking Process	6
A Numerical Study on the Exact Onset of Flow Instabilities in Thermo-Solutal Marangoni Convection Driven by Opposing Forces in a Half-Zone Liquid Bridge under Zero Gravity	5
Sinter-Necked, Mixed Nanoparticles of Metallic Tungsten and Tungsten Oxide Produced in Fuel-Rich Methane/Air Tubular Flames	5
Modeling the Solubility of Ferrocene in Supercritical CO ₂ via PC-SAFT Using Solubilities Data Measured in Organic Solvents	5
Formation of Dense Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Thin Film by Aerosol Deposition Method for Metal-Supported Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Applications	5
Reforming of Methane and Carbon Dioxide to C ₂ Hydrocarbons in Microwave Plasma at Atmosphere Pressure	4
Development of Microreactors for Mixing at a High Flow Rate Ratio	4
Scope 1, 2, and 3 Net Zero Pathways for the Chemical Industry in Japan	4
A Refinery Production Scheduling Model with Operation Mode Transition Based on Variable Driven Modelling Approach	4

Feasibility Analysis of Integrated Power-to-Ammonia Processes Employing Alkaline Electrolysis and Air Separation	4
Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Energy Storage Systems for Connecting Large-Scale Wind Energy to the Grid	4
Integrated Evaluation of POME Treatment by Dielectric Barrier Discharge Based on Yield of H<sub>2</sub> and CH<sub>4</sub>, EEM and Removal of COD	4
Preface to the special issue (IMPRES2019)	3
Biodiesel Fuel Production from Soybean Oil Using a Microreactor	3
Comparison of the Effects of Crystalline Particle Size Modified by Crystallization on the Mother Liquor Removal Profiles of Washing and Reslurry	3
Application of Eco-Feed Produced by Aurantiochytrium sp. L3W Using Solid Food Waste for Producing Hirodai-dori Products Containing Omega-3	3
Power Generation Performance of a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Equipped With an Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Electrolyte Formed Over a Support Metal Plate	3
Editorial Board	3
Gas Absorption from a Row of CO<sub>2</sub> Bubbles in Tap Water under Controlled Bubble Generation	3
Effect of High-Power Ultrasound Washing on Arsenic-Polluted Soil	3
A Novel Incipient Fault Detection and Diagnosis Scheme Based on Kernel Density Weighting Support Vector Data Description: Application on the DAMADICS Benchmark Process	3
Highly Dispersed ZrO ₂ Modified Cs/SiO ₂ -Based Catalyst via Ligand–Assisted Strategy for Aldol Condensation of Methyl Acetate wit	3
Study on A Catalyst Degradation Mechanism and A Suppression Method for Sour Shift Reaction	3
A Microstructured Cover Flow Mixer for Hydrothermal Synthesis of ZnO Nanoparticles in Supercritical Water	3
Editorial Board	3
pH-Responsive Permeation in Packed Layers of Polyacrylic Acid-Coated Alumina Particles	3
Enhanced Durability of Monolithic V<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub>–WO<sub>3</sub>/TiO<sub>2</sub> Catalysts Prepared by a Novel One-Pot Method for the Selecti	3
Analysis of the Characteristics of Decompression Capture of CO ₂ in Flue Gas by Cryogenic Heat	3
Ammonia Methanation of Carbon Dioxide with a Hybrid Catalyst	3
Synthesis of Amphiphilic Triblock Copolymers by ATRP and Coalescence Suppression Effect in Suspension Polymerization	3
Editorial Board	3
Controllable Nanostructure of Block-Copolymer for Proton Exchange Membranes	3
Effects of Polymer Branching Structure on the Hydrodynamic Adsorbed Layer Thickness Formed on Colloidal Particles	3
A Combined Immersed Boundary Method for Flows with Scalar Transport	2
Development of Smart Models to Accurately Predict Dynamic Viscosity of CO ₂ -Saturated Polyethylene Glycol	2
Applicability of Gravity Separation to Recycling Biodegradable Plastics	2
Carbon Deposition Assisting the Enhancement of Catalytic Activity with Time-on-Stream in the Dehydrogenation of Isobutane over NiO/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>	2
Effect of Power-Law Index and Shape on the Onset of Flow Separation	2
Continuous Anti-Solvent Crystallization of Glycine β-form Crystalline Particles by Taylor Vortex Crystallizer	2
Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Activity of Ag-Loaded TiO ₂ Nanoparticulate Thin Film Fabricated via PECVD-PVD Method	2
Catalytic Performance of Solid Base Na-ZrO ₂ in Subcritical Water	2
Adaptive Soft-Sensor Modeling of SMB Chromatographic Separation Process Based on Dynamic Fuzzy Neural Network and Moving Window Strategy	2
Analysis of Restitution Coefficient and Hardness of CO<sub>2</sub>-Assisted Polymer Compression Products	2
Convolutional Neural Networks for Multi-Stage Semiconductor Processes	2
Supercritical Water Gasification as Treatment for High Lipid Content Biomass in the Presence of Nickel Catalyst	2
Analysing the Relationship between Mechanical Properties and Inner Structure of LLDPE Virgin Film for Optimizing Extrusion Condition	2
Editorial Board	2
Flame Propagation Characteristics of Deposited Coal Dust Explosion Driven by Airflow Carrying Coal Dust	2
Development of Amphiphilic Short Peptides to Control Drug Inclusivity through Metal Complexation Reactions	2
Agglomeration and Defluidization of Silica Sand and Bentonite Particles during Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB) Ash Addition in Bubbling Fluidized Bed (BFB) Processes	2
Effect of Fluid Flow on Crystallization in a Segmented Flow Microchannel	2
Carbon Nanofiber Aerogel Fabricated by Supercritical Drying and Application in Li–O<sub>2</sub>/CO<sub>2</sub> Battery	2
Synthesis and Characterization of Mechanical Properties of Dammar Gum-Epoxy Bio-Composites with Areca Nut Husk and Banana Fiber as Reinforcements for Biomedical Applications	2
Effect of Methane Injection Methods on the Preparation of Silicon Nanoparticles with Carbon Coating in Induction Thermal Plasma	2
Online Batch Process Monitoring with a Combination of Normal Operating History Data and Physical Knowledge	2
Editorial Board	2
50 Years of Optimization in Japan Using Superstructures	2
Separation of Boron and Arsenic from Geothermal Water Using a Glucamine-Based Chelate Adsorbent	2
Simulation of a Thin Film Solid Oxide Fuel Cell System Equipped with an Internal Fuel Reforming Unit	2

Editorial Board	2
Flow Peptide Synthesis in a Microchannel with a Reciprocating Flow of Resin Slurry	2
Synthesis of SAPO-34 Membrane and Its Application to the Separation of Water/Acetic Acid Mixtures by Vapor Permeation	2
Editorial Board	2
Optimization of Lightly Calcined MgO Fluidized-Bed Roaster Jet Feed Structure Parameters	2
Enhancement of the Catalytic Activity Associated with Carbon Deposition Formed on NiO/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> during the Dehydrogenation of Ethane and Propane	2
Estimation of the Just Suspension Speed of Mixed Particles in a Solid-Liquid Stirred Tank	2
Fault Detection and Isolation of Industrial Fermentation Process Based on Semi-supervised Convex Nonnegative Matrix Factorizations	2
Scenario Analysis of Vaccine Supply for COVID-19 in Japan Using Mathematical Models of Infectious Diseases	2
CO<sub>2</sub> Capture from a Simulated Dry Exhaust Gas by Internally Heated and Cooled Temperature Swing Adsorption	2
A Local Information Entropy-Based Point Cloud Simplification Algorithm for Hazardous Chemical Warehouses	2
<i>N</i>,<i>N</i>-Dimethylformamide Decomposition by DC Water Plasma at Atmospheric Pressure	2
Development of Hydrogen Permselective Membranes for Propylene Production	2
Decellularized Mouse Liver as a Small-Scale Scaffold for the Creation of a Miniaturized Human Liver	2
Development of Ni Nanoparticle Encapsulated with Silicalite-1 Catalyst for High Activity Steam Reforming of Bioethanol with High Sintering Resistance and Coke Suppression	2
Generation of Monodisperse Microbubbles with a Controlled Size of Less Than 10 µm at a Generation Rate on the Order of 10<sup>5</sup> Bubbles/s in Glass Capillary Microfluidic Devices	2
Effect of Mineral Compositions on Volatilization of Pb during Coal Combustion	2
Quantitative Understanding of the Adsorption Equilibria of Acetone on Mesoporous Silica MSU-H in Supercritical CO ₂	2
Modeling of Adsorbers Containing Core-Shell Adsorbents with Various Morphologies by Shrinking Core Model – The Effects of Adsorber Types and Adsorption Kinetics	1
Measurement and Correlation of Diffusion Coefficients of Solutes in Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) under Supercritical Carbon Dioxide	1
Using Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy to Analyze the Mass Transfer in the Protein A Medium of a Silica Matrix	1
Optimization of Aeration Performance for Inverted Umbrella Aerator Based on Response Surface Methodology	1
Preparation of Polystyrene Microcapsules Containing Saline Water Droplets via Solvent Evaporation Method and Their Structural Distribution Analysis by Machine Learning	1
Comparison of Phase Separation Structures between Undercooled Cu–Fe and Cu–Co Alloys Solidified Under a Static Magnetic Field	1
Theoretical Analysis of Simulated Moving Bed Reactor for Rapid Reversible Acetalization of Glycerol with Acetone to Synthesize Solketal	1
Modification of Detailed Kinetic Mechanism for Aromatic Hydrocarbon Formation during C3–C4 Hydrocarbon Pyrolysis	1
Improvement of a Simple Coupled VOF with LS (S-CLSVOF) Method	1
Modeling Hydrogen Sulfide Removal Using Sodium Carbonate in Rotating Packed Beds: A Contribution Ratio Analysis	1
Numerical Simulation Study of the Effect of Liquid Depth on the Stability of Thermal Marangoni Convection in a Shallow Cavity	1
Effect of SiO ₂ Addition to Highly Loaded Ni on CeO ₂ for CO ₂ Methanation	1
Control of Accessible Surface Areas and Height Equivalent to a Theoretical Plate using Grafted Dextran during Anion-Exchange Chromatography of Therapeutic Proteins	1
Green Leaching of Metallic Platinum Using an Ionic Liquid with Synergistic Organic Acid–Chlorinating Agent Additives	1
Bayesian Optimization for Hydrodynamic Characterization of a Cylindrical Orbitally Shaken Bioreactor with a Bump at the Bottom	1
Thermodynamic Mechanism of Self-Heat Recuperative Heat Circulation System with Non-Isentropic Compression and Expansion for a Continuous Heating and Cooling Gas Cycle Process	1
Analysis of Endoscopic Injectability and Post-Ejection Dripping of Yield Stress Fluids: Laponite, Carbopol and Xanthan Gum	1
Crystallinity of Carbon Nanoparticles Generated by Laser Ablation in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide	1
Kolbe Electrolysis for Recycling Non-Aqueous Fatty Acid Salts	1
Editorial Board	1
A Prototype Method for Selecting Interventions for Enhancing Medication Adherence in Medicine Taking Processes	1
Gray-Box Model-Based Predictive Control of Czochralski Process with Successive Model Update	1
Fast Prediction of Transport Structures in the Melt by Physics Informed Neural Networks during ‘VMCz’ Crystal Growth of Silicon	1
Industrial Crystallization of Potassium Sulfate Using a Suspension Crystallizer: Inclusion of Mother Liquor and an Impurity Distribution Model	1
Modeling of Core-shell Catalytic Pellets of Inert Shell with Various Morphologies for Series Reactions	1
Effects of the Si–O–Si Network Structure on the Permeation Properties of Silylated Ionic Liquid-Derived Membranes	1
Phase Diagrams of the Quaternary System Na ⁺ , Mg ²⁺ , NH ₄ ⁺ //SO	1
Effect of twist angle in spiral-type Ru/CeO ₂ catalysts on CO ₂ auto-methanation performance	1
Inferential Control of a Distillation Column through the Successive Update of the Soft-sensor and Control Algorithm	1
A Comprehensive Design Approach for Injectable Manufacturing Processes considering New Technologies and Operational Aspects	1
Effects of Aeration on the External Shape of Crystalline Particles in Reactive Crystallization with pH Modulation	1
Optical Analysis of Dry Reforming of Methane in Microwave-Induced Plasma at Atmospheric Pressure	1
A Novel Fault Detection and Diagnosis Scheme Based on Independent Component Analysis-Statistical Characteristics: Application on the Tennessee Eastman Benchmark Process	1
The Effects of Zone Volume and Gravity on Thermo-Solutal Marangoni Convection Instability in a Half-Zone Model of Float-Zone Growth of SiGe	1
A Mass-Balance-Consistent Process Inventory Model for Ion-Exchange Resin Catalyzed Biodiesel Production	1
Development of Concentration-Prediction Models in Multiple Manufacturing Environments Using NIR Spectroscopy	1
Editorial Board	1
Kinetic Study of Catalytic Surface Reaction in Methane Pyrolysis in Molten Metal Bubble Column Reactors	1
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of the Diffusion Coefficients of Anthraquinone in Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) Swollen by Supercritical Carbon Dioxide	1
Preparation of Oxygen-Deficient Titania Nanoparticle Photocatalysts	1
Bayesian Optimization for Favourable Suspension Culture of Orbitally Shaken Bioreactors with a Hollow Cylinder Wall	1
Extraction of Organic Acids with Hydrophobic Eutectic Mixtures Containing Terpenoids and Decanoic Acid	1
Monitoring of Agglomeration in Fluidized-Bed Reactor Based on Voiceprint Features Recognition with Unbalanced Samples	1
On Fostering Predictions in Data-Driven Reduced Order Model for Eulerian–Lagrangian Simulations: Decision of Sufficient Training Data	1
Fundamental and Development of Microreaction Technology for the Application of Fine Chemicals Synthesis	1
Identification of Main Reaction Path of Soot Formation from Primary Pyrolysis Products in Coal Gasification	1
Attrition Characteristics of Potassium Dihydrogen Phosphate Crystal Based on Reactive Extraction-Crystallization Process	1