OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Ironmaking & Steelmaking is 4. 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
Review of hydrogen-rich ironmaking technology in blast furnace	57
Surface defect detection of steel strips based on classification priority YOLOv3-dense network	48
Recent progress and development of ironmaking in China as of 2019: an overview	37
Effect of Al content on non-metallic inclusions in Fe–23Mn– x Al–0.7C lightweight steels	33
A review: research progress of flux pellets and their application in China	29
Blast furnace injection for minimizing the coke rate and CO₂ emissions	25
Effect of aluminium content on the formation of inclusions in Fe–5Mn–xAl steels	23
Influence of the non-uniform bottom blowing gas supply mode on the dynamic conditions of molten pool during the converter steelmaking process	23
Controlling centre segregation and shrinkage cavities without internal crack in as-cast bloom of steel GCr15 induced by soft reduction technologies	17
Effect of slag adjustment on inclusions in Si–Mn-killed steel during ladle furnace (LF) refining process	15
Transient influence of cerium on inclusions in an Al-killed non-oriented electrical steel	14
Modelling the cumulative effect of scrap usage within a circular UK steel industry – residual element aggregation	13
Development of high impact toughness offshore engineering steel by yttrium-based rare earth addition	12
Optimal hot metal desulphurisation slag considering iron loss and sulphur removal capacity part I: fundamentals	12
Kinetics of hydrogen reduction of magnetite concentrate particles at 1623–1873 K relevant to flash ironmaking	12
Study on the three-dimensional morphology of MnS inclusions in high sulphur steel	11
Sulphide capacity prediction of CaO–SiO₂–MgO–Al₂O₃ slag system by using regularized extreme learning machine	11
Metallurgical performance of innovative double-parameter oxygen lance in BOF steelmaking	11
The poisoning effect of sintering dust on V₂O₅–WO₃/TiO₂ catalyst for NO_x removal in iron ore sintering flue gas	11
Effect of Ce on inclusion evolution and HAZ mechanical properties of Al-killed high-strength steel	11
Vision-based detection system of slag flow from ladle to tundish with the help of the detection of undulation of slag layer of the tundish using an image analysis technique	10
Research on low-carbon smelting technology of blast furnace – optimized design of blast furnace	10
Influence of slag temperature on phosphorus enrichment in P-bearing steelmaking slag	10
Forms of Bi-sulphide in 1215MS steel related to machining and mechanical performance	10
Effect of impurities on the microstructure and mechanical properties of a low carbon steel	10

Simulation and application of submerged CO₂–O₂ injection in EAF steelmaking: combined blowing equipment arrangement and industrial application	10
Effect of flow control devices on the distribution of magnetic-flow-heat in the channel induction heating tundish	9
The simulation of mould metallurgical behaviour under electromagnetic stirring for vertical large bloom	9
Behaviour of oxide inclusions and sulphur in ‘two-stage basicity control’ refining method of Si-killed spring steel	9
Treatment of vanadium–titanium magnetite based on composite agglomeration process (CAP)	9
Dephosphorization of high silicon hot metal based on double slag converter steelmaking technology	9
Effect of CaO/Al₂O₃ ratio on desulphurization and non-metallic inclusions in low-density steel	9
Effects of residual elements during the casting process of steel production: a critical review	8
Analysis of tuyere failure categories in 5800 m³ blast furnace	8
Effect of M-EMS current intensity on the subsurface segregation and internal solidification structure for bloom casting of 42CrMo steel	8
Mechanism on reduction swelling of pellets prepared from Bayan Obo iron ore concentrate	8
Kinetic model of dephosphorization in the new double slag converter steelmaking process	8
Prediction of properties over the length of the coil during thermo-mechanical processing using DNN	7
Sliver defects in an ultra-low carbon Al-killed steel caused by low steel level in the tundish	7
Research on terminal control model of intelligent mining of flame spectral information of converter mouth in late smelting stage	7
The kinetics of carbon monoxide reduction of magnetite concentrate particles through CFD modelling	7
Optimisation of the bottom blowing process for a 200 t converter	7
Effects of Al addition on austenite grain growth, submicrometre and nanometre particles in heat-affected zone of steel plates with Mg deoxidation	7
The production of large blast furnaces of China in 2018 and thoughts of intelligent manufacturing in the ironmaking process	7
Scrap steel price forecasting with neural networks for east, north, south, central, northeast, and southwest China and at the national level	7
CFD modelling of the off-gas system of HIsarna iron making process. Part 1: model development using detailed reaction mechanism for post-combustion of CO–H₂ mixture and carbon particles	6
Optimal hot metal desulphurisation slag considering iron loss and sulphur removal capacity part II: evaluation	6
Dephosphorisation behaviour of BOF crude steel using CaO-based flux	6
Effect of smelting temperature and CO₂ gas flow rate on decarburization kinetics between CO₂ gas and liquid Fe-C alloy	6
Numerical simulation of co-injection of pulverized coal and blast furnace gas separated by a membrane	6
Influence of burner nozzle configuration, and inlet gas composition on combustion, gas dynamics, temperature and concentration profile in a rotary hearth furnace	6
A comparative study of pellets, sinter and mixed ferrous burden behaviour under simulated blast furnace conditions	6
Development of a high-efficiency dephosphorization process via the fine in situ phases due to the composite ball explosion	6
Experimental study on hydrogen reduction of industrial fines in fluidized bed	6
Numerical simulation of fuel layered distribution iron ore sintering technology	6
Rate-enhancement effect of CO in magnetite concentrate particle reduction by H ₂ +CO mixtures	6
Reaction mechanism of CO/CO₂ with low-carbon aluminium-killed molten steel during the ladle furnace (LF) refining process	6
An estimation model for cross temperature measuring in blast furnace ironmaking	6
Prediction of blast furnace parameters using feature engineering and Stacking algorithm	6
Survey on the electric arc furnace and ladle furnace electric system	6
Review on alternative fuel application in iron ore sintering	6
Melting characteristics of steel scrap with different carbon contents in liquid steel	6
Numerical analysis on flatness adjusting performance of hot wide strip temper mill with small-diameter work rolls	6
Effect of modified MgO aggregates on mechanical properties of magnesium aluminate spinel refractories	5
Numerical simulation of coupled fluid flow and solidification in a curved round bloom continuous caster with a combined rotary electromagnetic stirring	5
Dephosphorisation of hot metal containing moderate amounts of chromium with CaO–FeO_x–Cr₂O₃–CaF₂ slag	5
Effect of Ce on thermo-plasticity of lean duplex stainless steel	5
Numerical investigation of AC electric arc plasma heat dissipation in EAF	5
Microstructure analysis and mineral phase transformation of coke in blast furnace	5
A visual detection method for PCI blockage and coke size distribution in tuyere raceway	5
Effect of various components on the distribution of phosphorus in CaO–FeO–MgO–SiO₂–MnO–TiO₂–V₂O₅–P₂O₅ slag based on IMCT	5
Iron nugget formation from iron sand/coal composite pellets under isothermal-temperature gradient profiles	5
Study on dehydrogenation behaviour of molten steel in single snorkel refining furnace (SSRF) by a mathematical model	5
Study of dynamic refractory wear by slags containing very high FeO contents under steelmaking conditions	5
Evolution of inclusions with cerium addition and effects of C-containing rare earth inclusions on the toughness of ultra-high-strength structural steel	5

Effect of dual-phase structure on the microstructure and deformation inhomogeneity of 2507 duplex stainless steel	5
Investigation of the microstructure interaction mechanism of coke–slag–metal in deadman of blast furnace	5
Mathematical modelling and plant trial on slagging regime in a ladle furnace for high-efficiency desulphurization	5
Novel method for real-time burden profile measurement at blast furnace	5
The effect of shifting modes on work roll wear in strip steel hot rolling process	5
Application of mass and energy balance in oxygen steelmaking	5
Effects of coarse particles, prior austenite grains, and microstructures on impact toughness in heat-affected zone of Mg deoxidation steel plates without or with Al addition	5
Thermodynamic and kinetic behaviours of copper slag carbothermal reduction process	4
Effect of the addition amount of iron carbon agglomerates on the isothermal reduction kinetics of pellets–iron carbon agglomerates mixture	4
Industrial internet platforms: applications in BF ironmaking	4
Application of Takagi–Sugeno fuzzy model for slab camber control in a hot strip rougher mill	4
Characteristics of sliver defects caused by mould flux entrainment on the surface of the hot-dip galvanised automobile exposed panel	4
Prediction of the cohesive zone in a blast furnace by integrating CFD and SVM modelling	4
CFD modelling of the off-gas system HIsarna iron making process part 2: reflux chamber geometry modification and effects on flow behaviour	4
Modelling the effect of sinter machine speed on bed temperature and coke combustion characteristics in iron ore sintering process	4
Numerical simulation on the centre macrosegregation during Billet continuous casting with the soft reduction	4
Effect of cooling conditions on the size evolution of typical inclusions in the Al-Ti deoxidised steel	4
Transformation of inclusions in Al-killed steels with different calcium contents during the heat treatment	4
Effect of zircon addition on the sintering of chromite-based ladle filler sands	4
Evaluation of different alloying concepts to trace non-metallic inclusions by adding rare earths on a laboratory scale	4
Study on the formation mechanism of clogging layer of rare earth microalloyed Q355 steel’s submerged entry nozzle and process optimization	4
Computer modelling of burden distribution in the blast furnace equipped by a bell-less top charging system	4
Relationship between interaction under non-load condition and softening & melting behaviour of typical blast furnace feed	4
Morphological changes of elongated MnS inclusions during heat treatment process	4
Thermodynamic activity of FeO in CaO–SiO₂–MnO–FeO–MgO molten slags	4
New phenomenological quality criteria for continuous casting of steel based on solidification and microstructure tool IDS	4
A detection model for corner cracks of continuous casting strand based on deep learning	4
Prediction of nitrogen behaviour in the AOD process by a time-dependent thermodynamic model	4
Application and assessment of aluminium deoxidation equilibria in liquid steel using various formalisms based on some statistical thermodynamic models	4
Rapid alloy prototyping for strip steel development: DP800 steel case study	4
Numerical studies of CO separation and enrichment from blast furnace gas by using a CuCl/Y fixed bed	4
Detailed deformation behaviour analysis of DP steels at warm forming temperatures via warm tensile tests	4
Investigation in CaO–SiO₂–CaF₂–C slags during the sintering and melting process	4
Energy balance between multiple supersonic jets and molten bath in BOF steelmaking	4
Electrolysis of iron with oxygen gas evolution from molten sodium borate electrolytes	4
Effect of boron accompanied by chromium, vanadium and titanium on kinetics of austenite grain growth	4
A new approach to inclusion removal using fine gas bubbles during IF steel production	4
Experimental investigation of heat transfer characteristics during water jet impingement cooling of a high-temperature steel surface	4
An image analysis-based method for automatic data extraction from pilot draining experiments	4
Evolution behaviour and modification mechanism of inclusions in NM500 wear-resistant steel with calcium treatment	4
Effect of intercritical annealing on the mechanical properties of dual-phase steel	4
Electrode manufacture for the remelting processes	4
Investigate the oxidation induration mechanism of manganese-bearing magnetite concentrate pellets	4
Space–time characteristics of true and false sticker breakouts in mould during continuous casting	4