OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Refrigeration is 32. 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
The fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics of R-32 in a small Tube	80
Energy conversion efficiency improvement of a Stirling type PTR for dual temperature cooling by adopting two active work-recovery phase shifters	80
LSTM-Based Modeling and Cross-Correlation Sensitivity Analysis for Heat Pump Refrigerant Distribution	74
Energy Saving Analysis of refrigeration room Group Control Based on Kernel Ridge Regression Algorithm	72
Mathematical modelling of freezing of vacuum-packed beef with irregular geometries and structures	54
Natural refrigerants: The IIR Gustav Lorentzen Conference	48
Performance assessment of aluminum slitted finned tube heat exchangers with small tube diameters	47
Comprehensive experimental performance study on a small-capacity transcritical R744 vapour-compression refrigeration unit equipped with an innovative ejector	47
The influence of magnetic field-assisted osmotic dehydration pretreatment on the water retention and cell structure of frozen strawberries	44
Oil circulation ratio prediction in a vapor compression system using a discharge side oil separator and mass flow correction	43
Study on non-uniform internal pressure distribution of twin-screw refrigeration compressor	43
Simulation and classification optimization design of ultra-low temperature heat exchangers in dilution refrigerator using local thermal nonequilibrium model	42
Assessment of the cold storage capacity used in bulk handling of perishable agricultural produce in Ugandan cities	41
Calorimetric determination of emissivity for metallic foils: An innovative approach for thermal analysis	41
Tuning the sound characteristics of flow-induced noise generated in a refrigeration system	41
A novel experimental rig to investigate the effect of the refrigerant on the oil supply of a variable capacity reciprocating compressor	37
Air-side fouling of finned heat exchangers: Part 2, experimental investigation and assessment of test protocol	37
Experimental study of the lubricant-refrigerant flow in a rotary compressor	37
The characteristics of flow patterns in the shell-and-plate heat exchanger	36
Experimental and numerical investigation on heat transfer performance of a single-tube six-fin tube evaporator	36
Effects of crystal formation on the initial frost thickness and density on cold surfaces	36
Measurement and modeling of void fraction for developing two-phase flow of R134a in a horizontal tube after an expansion valve	36
A black box based model for phase change heat exchanger in refrigeration system simulations using Kriging interpolation method	35
Prediction of water status during freeze drying with genetic and whale algorithms of machine learning	35
Machine learning model of regenerative evaporative cooler for performance prediction based on experimental investigation	35

A novel characterization methodology for vapor-injected compressors: A comparative analysis with existing black-box models	34
Application of eXtreme Gradient Boosting in the performance prediction of a refrigeration system working with alternative refrigerants	34
Reasonable performance comparison for a refrigeration system using different refrigerants: Case with propane and isobutane mixtures with several compositions	34
Study on off-grid performance and economic viability of photovoltaic energy storage refrigeration systems	33
Flow boiling heat transfer characteristics and correlation development of R290/R600a mixtures in an internally threaded tube	32
A metro train air conditioning system fault diagnosis method based on explainable artificial intelligence: Considering interpretability and generalization	32
Experimental investigation of the extreme seeking control on a transcritical CO2 heat pump water heater	32
Modeling and experimental investigation of oil retention in pipelines of multi-split air conditioning system	32
Experimental investigation on piston offset and performance of helium valved linear compressor with an external gas bypass	32
Numerical simulation of flow and heat transfer characteristics of microchannels with ribbed structures of bionic fish fins	32