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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	613
Norman Chigier (1933 – 2022)	544
Modelling treatment of deposits in particulate filters for internal combustion emissions	337
Dynamics of binary droplet collisions	320
Flame spread over solid materials under reduced buoyancy/gravity	297
Chemical looping-based energy transformation via lattice oxygen modulated selective oxidation	279
Use of hydrogen in dual-fuel diesel engines	250
Advances in biomass torrefaction: Parameters, models, reactors, applications, deployment, and market	225
Laser processing of graphene and related materials for energy storage: State of the art and future prospects	220
Spark ignition transitions in premixed turbulent combustion	220
Green, Turquoise, Blue, or Grey? Environmentally friendly Hydrogen Production in Transforming Energy Systems	219
Advances in thermal energy storage: Fundamentals and applications	216
Particles in a turbulent gas: Diffusion, bias, modulation and collisions	215
Recovery of chemicals and energy through thermo-chemical processing of plastic waste	206
Multifunctional fluidized bed reactors for process intensification	194
MXene-based heterostructures: Current trend and development in electrochemical energy storage devices	191
Editorial Board	189
Challenges and opportunities of light olefin production via thermal and catalytic pyrolysis of end-of-life polyolefins: Towards full recyclability	188
A comprehensive review of liquid fuel droplet evaporation and combustion behavior with carbon-based nanoparticles	183
Advances and challenges of the Conditional Source-term Estimation model for turbulent reacting flows	180
Boron-based composite energetic materials (B-CEMs): Preparation, combustion and applications	173
Tire pyrolysis char: Processes, properties, upgrading and applications	170
Editorial Board	161
Flame-made chemoresistive gas sensors and devices	154
Synthesis and characterization of emulsion fuels –Implications to spray and engine studies	150

Intrinsic thermoacoustic instabilities	145
Mechanical stimulation of gasless reaction in inorganic systems: A mini review	145
Progress in multiscale research on calcium-looping for thermochemical energy storage: From materials to systems	141
A review on the recent advances of flash boiling atomization and combustion applications	141
Relaxation of electronic excitation in nitrogen/oxygen and fuel/air mixtures: fast gas heating in plasma-assisted ignition and flame stabilization	135
Current status and challenges of plasma and plasma-catalysis for methane coupling: A review	134
Elucidation of single atom catalysts for energy and sustainable chemical production: Synthesis, characterization and frontier science	134
The inverse jet diffusion flames: A systematic review	125
Future of internal combustion engines using sustainable, scalable, and storable E-fuels and biofuels for decarbonizing transport and enabling advanced combustion technologies	123
Progress in multi-scale modeling of soot particle aggregation in laminar sooting flames	117
Thermo-kinetic multi-zone modelling of low temperature combustion engines	117
Classical and reactive molecular dynamics: Principles and applications in combustion and energy systems	108
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	107
A comprehensive review on flash point behavior of binary ignitable mixtures: Trends, influencing factors, safety and fuel design implications, and future directions	98
Flame stabilization and emission characteristics of ammonia combustion in lab-scale gas turbine combustors: Recent progress and prospects	93
Editorial Board	90
Synthesis gas as a fuel for internal combustion engines in transportation	88
A review of solar hybrid photovoltaic-thermal (PV-T) collectors and systems	77
Ammonia pyrolysis and oxidation chemistry	75
Energy crop-based rhizoremediation and lignocellulosic biomass production as sustainable bioeconomy-driven solution for biofuel generation and waste mitigation	74
A review of hydrogen/rock/brine interaction: Implications for Hydrogen Geo-storage	74
The potential of RuBisCO in CO2 capture and utilization	71
Combustion chemistry of alkenes and alkadienes	69
Editorial Board	68
Particle-based high-temperature thermochemical energy storage reactors	65
Editorial Board	64
Review of thermoelectric generation for internal combustion engine waste heat recovery	63
Challenges and Opportunities for Application of Reactivity-Controlled Compression Ignition Combustion in Commercially Viable Transport Engines	63
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	55
Editorial Board	51
Working fluid and system optimisation of organic Rankine cycles via computer-aided molecular design: A review	50
Fiery ice: An overview of methane hydrate combustion	48
Structure-performance relationships in MOF-derived electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction	47
Modeling, diagnostics, optimization, and control of internal combustion engines via modern machine learning techniques: A review and future directions	45
Thermochemical conversion of waste printed circuit boards: Thermal behavior, reaction kinetics, pollutant evolution and corresponding controlling strategies	43
Current state of industrial heating and opportunities for decarbonization	42
Enhanced microalgal lipid production for biofuel using different strategies including genetic modification of microalgae: A review	41
Battery safety: Machine learning-based prognostics	38
Low-speed pre-ignition and super-knock in boosted spark-ignition engines: A review	37
Progress in in-situ CO2-sorption for enhanced hydrogen production	37
Biodiesel from microalgae: Recent progress and key challenges	35
Carbons as low-platinum catalyst supports and non-noble catalysts for polymer electrolyte fuel cells	34
Editorial Board	33
Soot inception: Carbonaceous nanoparticle formation in flames	33