OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Progress in Energy and Combustion Science is 33. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Norman Chigier (1933 – 2022)	499
Editorial Board	453
Modelling treatment of deposits in particulate filters for internal combustion emissions	324
Advances and challenges of ammonia delivery by urea-water sprays in SCR systems	265
Chemical looping-based energy transformation via lattice oxygen modulated selective oxidation	254
Use of hydrogen in dual-fuel diesel engines	248
Advances in biomass torrefaction: Parameters, models, reactors, applications, deployment, and market	227
Spark ignition transitions in premixed turbulent combustion	207
Laser processing of graphene and related materials for energy storage: State of the art and future prospects	193
Advances in thermal energy storage: Fundamentals and applications	189
Green, Turquoise, Blue, or Grey? Environmentally friendly Hydrogen Production in Transforming Energy Systems	189
MXene-based heterostructures: Current trend and development in electrochemical energy storage devices	186
Particles in a turbulent gas: Diffusion, bias, modulation and collisions	180
Polymer Electrolyte Membranes for Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries: Fundamentals and Applications	174
Multifunctional fluidized bed reactors for process intensification	173
Recovery of chemicals and energy through thermo-chemical processing of plastic waste	157
Editorial Board	154
A comprehensive review of liquid fuel droplet evaporation and combustion behavior with carbon-based nanoparticles	152
Advances and challenges of the Conditional Source-term Estimation model for turbulent reacting flows	151
Boron-based composite energetic materials (B-CEMs): Preparation, combustion and applications	147
Challenges and opportunities of light olefin production via thermal and catalytic pyrolysis of end-of-life polyolefins: Towards full recyclability	143
Tire pyrolysis char: Processes, properties, upgrading and applications	134
Editorial Board	131
Synthesis and characterization of emulsion fuels –Implications to spray and engine studies	125
Intrinsic thermoacoustic instabilities	123

Flame-made chemoresistive gas sensors and devices	121
A review on the recent advances of flash boiling atomization and combustion applications	112
Machine learning technology in biodiesel research: A review	111
Recent advances in CO2 hydrogenation to value-added products — Current challenges and future directions	111
Mechanical stimulation of gasless reaction in inorganic systems: A mini review	110
Elucidation of single atom catalysts for energy and sustainable chemical production: Synthesis, characterization and frontier science	109
Relaxation of electronic excitation in nitrogen/oxygen and fuel/air mixtures: fast gas heating in plasma-assisted ignition and flame stabilization	107
Current status and challenges of plasma and plasma-catalysis for methane coupling: A review	103
Progress in multiscale research on calcium-looping for thermochemical energy storage: From materials to systems	103
Thermo-kinetic multi-zone modelling of low temperature combustion engines	100
Classical and reactive molecular dynamics: Principles and applications in combustion and energy systems	99
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	95
Editorial Board	95
A comprehensive review on flash point behavior of binary ignitable mixtures: Trends, influencing factors, safety and fuel design implications, and future directions	93
Flame stabilization and emission characteristics of ammonia combustion in lab-scale gas turbine combustors: Recent progress and prospects	90
Editorial Board	88
Editorial Board	84
Synthesis gas as a fuel for internal combustion engines in transportation	82
A review of solar hybrid photovoltaic-thermal (PV-T) collectors and systems	80
Ammonia pyrolysis and oxidation chemistry	80
Combustion engine applications of waste tyre pyrolytic oil	78
Structure and dynamics of highly turbulent premixed combustion	77
The potential of RuBisCO in CO2 capture and utilization	76
Combustion chemistry of alkenes and alkadienes	72
Energy crop-based rhizoremediation and lignocellulosic biomass production as sustainable bioeconomy-driven solution for biofuel generation and waste mitigation	72
A review of hydrogen/rock/brine interaction: Implications for Hydrogen Geo-storage	70
Classification and computation of extreme events in turbulent combustion	65
Editorial Board	63
Particle-based high-temperature thermochemical energy storage reactors	63
Challenges and Opportunities for Application of Reactivity-Controlled Compression Ignition Combustion in Commercially Viable Transport Engines	61
Review of thermoelectric generation for internal combustion engine waste heat recovery	61
Pyrolysis technology for plastic waste recycling: A state-of-the-art review	60
Review and assessment of the ammonium perchlorate chemistry in AP/HTPB composite propellant gas-phase chemical kinetics mechanisms	56
Recent advances in combustion science related to hydrogen safety	54
Editorial Board	52
Structure-performance relationships in MOF-derived electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction	51
Working fluid and system optimisation of organic Rankine cycles via computer-aided molecular design: A review	51
Fiery ice: An overview of methane hydrate combustion	48
Modeling, diagnostics, optimization, and control of internal combustion engines via modern machine learning techniques: A review and future directions	47
Thermochemical conversion of waste printed circuit boards: Thermal behavior, reaction kinetics, pollutant evolution and corresponding controlling strategies	47
Current state of industrial heating and opportunities for decarbonization	43
Battery safety: Machine learning-based prognostics	42
Enhanced microalgal lipid production for biofuel using different strategies including genetic modification of microalgae: A review	41
Biodiesel from microalgae: Recent progress and key challenges	39
Continuum scale modelling and complementary experimentation of solid oxide cells	39
Progress in in-situ CO2-sorption for enhanced hydrogen production	39
Low-speed pre-ignition and super-knock in boosted spark-ignition engines: A review	36
Activation mechanisms in the catalyst coated membrane of PEM fuel cells	34
Carbons as low-platinum catalyst supports and non-noble catalysts for polymer electrolyte fuel cells	33