OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Refrigeration is 35. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
HFO refrigerants: A review of present status and future prospects.	103
Analysis of lower GWP and flammable alternative refrigerants	94
Optimal design and environmental, energy and exergy analysis of a vapor compression refrigeration system using R290, R1234yf, and R744 as alternatives to replace R134a	78
Optimization of Microchannel Heat Sink with Rhombus Fractal-like Units for Electronic Chip Cooling	68
Heat pumps and solar energy: A review with some insights in the future	67
A review of stability, thermophysical properties and impact of using nanofluids on the performance of refrigeration systems	64
A novel hydrogen liquefaction process based on LNG cold energy and mixed refrigerant cycle	58
Investigation of a refrigeration system based on combined supercritical CO2 power and transcritical CO2 refrigeration cycles by waste heat recovery of engine	53
Preparation of a low-temperature nanofluid phase change material: MgCl2–H2O eutectic salt solution system with multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)	52
Applying a variable geometry ejector in a solar ejector refrigeration system	49
Applications of refrigerant R1234yf in heating, air conditioning and refrigeration systems: A decade of researches	48
The effects of ice crystal on water properties and protein stability of large yellow croaker (Pseudosciaena crocea)	47
Thermo-economic and environmental analysis of a small capacity vapor compression refrigeration system using R290, R1234yf, and R600a	46
Effects of temperature fluctuations on the meat quality and muscle microstructure of frozen beef	45
Effects of the magnetic field on the freezing process of blueberry	45
Evaluation of low-GWP and mildly flammable mixtures as new alternatives for R410A in air-conditioning and heat pump system	45
Thermodynamic and process modeling of the recovery of R410A compounds with ionic liquids	44
Fault diagnosis of VRF air-conditioning system based on improved Gaussian mixture model with PCA approach	44
Optimal discharge pressure in transcritical CO2 heat pump water heater with internal heat exchanger based on pinch point analysis	44
Experimental determination of the optimum working conditions of a transcritical CO2 refrigeration plant with integrated mechanical subcooling	43
Proposal and thermoeconomic evaluation with reliability considerations of geothermal driven trigeneration systems with independent operations for summer and winter	42
A review of application status and replacement progress of refrigerants in the Chinese cold chain industry	42
Energy, exergy, and environmental (3E) analysis of a compound ejector-heat pump with low GWP refrigerants for simultaneous data center cooling and district heating	42
Two-phase liquid-immersion data center cooling system: Experimental performance and thermoeconomic analysis	41
Evaporation of R32/R152a mixtures on the Pt surface: A molecular dynamics study	41

Solid desiccant-based dehumidification systems: A critical review on configurations, techniques, and current trends	40
Theoretical analysis on a novel two-stage compression transcritical CO2 dual-evaporator refrigeration cycle with an ejector	39
Novel chiller fault diagnosis using deep neural network (DNN) with simulated annealing (SA)	38
The life cycle climate performance evaluation of low-GWP refrigerants for domestic heat pumps	38
Measurement and modelling of the thermodynamic properties of carbon dioxide mixtures with HFO-1234yf, HFC-125, HFC-134a, and HFC-32: vapour-liquid equilibrium, density, and heat capacity	38
Density and viscosity of a polyol ester lubricant: Measurement and molecular dynamics simulation	38
The factors influencing the flavor characteristics of frozen obscure pufferfish (Takifugu Obscurus) during storage: Ice crystals, endogenous proteolysis and oxidation	37
A novel method of osmotic-dehydrofreezing with ultrasound enhancement to improve water status and physicochemical properties of kiwifruit	36
Performance analysis of a modified dual-ejector and dual-evaporator transcritical CO2 refrigeration cycle for supermarket application	36
Performance evaluation of R1234yf heat pump system for an electric vehicle in cold climate	35
Experimental analysis of the use of R1234yf and R1234ze(E) as drop-in alternatives of R134a in a water-to-water heat pump	35