OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Progress in Energy and Combustion Science is 56. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Norman Chigier (1933 – 2022)	559
Editorial Board	504
Modelling treatment of deposits in particulate filters for internal combustion emissions	300
Advances and challenges of ammonia delivery by urea-water sprays in SCR systems	292
Chemical looping-based energy transformation via lattice oxygen modulated selective oxidation	282
Advances in biomass torrefaction: Parameters, models, reactors, applications, deployment, and market	240
Use of hydrogen in dual-fuel diesel engines	240
Laser processing of graphene and related materials for energy storage: State of the art and future prospects	216
Spark ignition transitions in premixed turbulent combustion	206
Green, Turquoise, Blue, or Grey? Environmentally friendly Hydrogen Production in Transforming Energy Systems	206
Advances in thermal energy storage: Fundamentals and applications	202
Recovery of chemicals and energy through thermo-chemical processing of plastic waste	200
Multifunctional fluidized bed reactors for process intensification	197
Particles in a turbulent gas: Diffusion, bias, modulation and collisions	189
MXene-based heterostructures: Current trend and development in electrochemical energy storage devices	176
Editorial Board	174
Advances and challenges of the Conditional Source-term Estimation model for turbulent reacting flows	173
A comprehensive review of liquid fuel droplet evaporation and combustion behavior with carbon-based nanoparticles	164
Boron-based composite energetic materials (B-CEMs): Preparation, combustion and applications	159
Tire pyrolysis char: Processes, properties, upgrading and applications	158
Challenges and opportunities of light olefin production via thermal and catalytic pyrolysis of end-of-life polyolefins: Towards full recyclability	150
Editorial Board	147
Flame-made chemoresistive gas sensors and devices	145
Synthesis and characterization of emulsion fuels –Implications to spray and engine studies	139
A review on the recent advances of flash boiling atomization and combustion applications	131

Mechanical stimulation of gasless reaction in inorganic systems: A mini review	127
Intrinsic thermoacoustic instabilities	126
Current status and challenges of plasma and plasma-catalysis for methane coupling: A review	125
Elucidation of single atom catalysts for energy and sustainable chemical production: Synthesis, characterization and frontier science	122
Progress in multiscale research on calcium-looping for thermochemical energy storage: From materials to systems	122
Relaxation of electronic excitation in nitrogen/oxygen and fuel/air mixtures: fast gas heating in plasma-assisted ignition and flame stabilization	122
Future of internal combustion engines using sustainable, scalable, and storable E-fuels and biofuels for decarbonizing transport and enabling advanced combustion technologies	120
The inverse jet diffusion flames: A systematic review	117
Classical and reactive molecular dynamics: Principles and applications in combustion and energy systems	112
Thermo-kinetic multi-zone modelling of low temperature combustion engines	107
Progress in multi-scale modeling of soot particle aggregation in laminar sooting flames	105
Editorial Board	102
A comprehensive review on flash point behavior of binary ignitable mixtures: Trends, influencing factors, safety and fuel design implications, and future directions	97
Flame stabilization and emission characteristics of ammonia combustion in lab-scale gas turbine combustors: Recent progress and prospects	96
Mass spectrometric sampling of flames: how ionic equilibria in flames produce sampling falsifications and “fake” ions, but provide kinetic and thermodynamic data on the reaction occurring	96
Editorial Board	94
Ammonia pyrolysis and oxidation chemistry	91
Synthesis gas as a fuel for internal combustion engines in transportation	87
A review of solar hybrid photovoltaic-thermal (PV-T) collectors and systems	85
The potential of RuBisCO in CO2 capture and utilization	84
Energy crop-based rhizoremediation and lignocellulosic biomass production as sustainable bioeconomy-driven solution for biofuel generation and waste mitigation	79
Combustion chemistry of alkenes and alkadienes	74
A review of hydrogen/rock/brine interaction: Implications for Hydrogen Geo-storage	71
Classification and computation of extreme events in turbulent combustion	68
Editorial Board	68
Particle-based high-temperature thermochemical energy storage reactors	65
Editorial Board	65
Review of thermoelectric generation for internal combustion engine waste heat recovery	63
Pyrolysis technology for plastic waste recycling: A state-of-the-art review	58
Challenges and Opportunities for Application of Reactivity-Controlled Compression Ignition Combustion in Commercially Viable Transport Engines	58
Review and assessment of the ammonium perchlorate chemistry in AP/HTPB composite propellant gas-phase chemical kinetics mechanisms	57
Recent advances in combustion science related to hydrogen safety	56