OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Thermal Sciences is 47. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Optimisation and numerical study of forced convection heat transfer design for glass tempered cooling grille	220
Numerical study on the condensation characteristics of various refrigerants outside a horizontal plain tube at low temperatures	106
Numerical investigation on the heat transfer performance of the liquid metal array jet impingement	97
Laboratory experiment of fire spread between two informal settlement dwellings	95
Experimental study on thermal performance of ultra-thin heat pipe with a novel composite wick structure	86
Numerical study on the heat transfer deterioration of supercritical CO2 in straight tubes under different inclination angle	79
Experimental and numerical analysis on thermal-dynamic performance in designed impingement-jet double-layer nested microchannel heat sinks with streaming vertical bifurcations	79
Near-infrared measurement of temperature fields formed by mixed convection from a small heating sphere in water	76
Effect of cusp magnetic field on the turbulent melt flow and crystal/melt interface during large-size Czochralski silicon crystal growth	76
Analytical solution of two-dimensional unsteady heat conduction in multi-layered cylindrical sectors applied to thermal plug and abandonment of oil wells	76
Experimental study of steam condensation heat transfer characteristics in a horizontal tube under rolling motion	76
Experimental investigation on heat transfer enhancement of air-cooled heat sink using multiple synthetic jets	76
A biomimetic design of steam turbine blade to improve aerodynamic performance	72
Conjugate heat transfer investigation of impingement cooling for ribbed internal passage of a turbine vane	71
Why and which opacifier for perlite based vacuum insulation panels (VIPs) in the average temperature range of 10–70 °C	71
Documenting weld pool behavior differences in variable-gap laser self-melting and wire-filling welding of titanium alloys	68
A novel model for the dynamics and evaporation of water droplets with deformation considerations	68
Simulation of lithium-ion battery thermal runaway considering active material volume fraction effect	68
Thermal conductivity characteristics of frozen silty clay and a new predictive model	67
Numerical investigation on heat transfer performance and bubble characteristics of rectangular channels under different low-pressures	67
Experimental investigation on thermo-hydraulic performance of Al2O3–water, CuO–water and MWCNT–water in a double-tube helically coiled heat exchanger	63
Utilization of nanostructured surfaces on microchannels to enhance critical heat flux in the pool boiling	63
“Heat transfer analysis in 10 PPI copper metal foam using graphene-water nanofluid: Experimental study”	62
Optimization method of working wavelengths and bandwidths for high precision phosphor thermometry at high temperature	62
Comprehensive analysis of the performance of the coaxial heat exchanger with turbulators	61

Study on the temperature field and infrared characteristics of unsaturated soils with shallow buried objects at different depths	60
Numerical analysis of thermal mechanism in downward flame spread over inverted surfaces of discrete inclined solid fuels	60
Enable thermal insulation improvement of Al2O3 aerogels doped with graded oriented extinction phase-change fiber at large temperature differences	59
Development and digital twin of an experimental opto-electrothermal bench in the perspective of thin films thermal characterization	59
Numerical modeling on mechanical smoke extraction efficiency of multiple lateral smoke extraction vents system in an immersed tunnel	58
The photothermal coupling of TiN@Au core-shell nanorods applied to near-infrared photothermal therapy	57
Oscillatory natural convection in a square enclosure containing a PCM suspension	55
Numerical investigation of conjugate heat transfer to a turbulent dual offset jet	55
Theoretical evaluation on the thermal response of coal during the conventional crossing-point temperature measurement	55
ZrC–Au core-shell nanoparticles for efficient solar photothermal conversion	53
An optimizing study of silicon-based microchannels for enhanced thermal transfer	52
Effect of degradation of the thermal barrier coating on the cooling performance of vane in gas turbine	52
Acceleration analysis and unsteady mathematical prediction of flame spread over thermal insulation layer in u-shaped building façade fires	52
Theoretical and experimental investigation on the thermal penetration depth in the surrounding rock of a deeply buried high-temperature tunnel	52
Investigation of mixing and heat transfer characteristics of long-hole SK direct contact heat exchanger	50
Multiscale topology optimization of cellular structures with high thermal conductivity and large convective surface area	50
Influence of metal foam thickness on the conduction and convective heat transfer for a flat plate with metal foam impinged by a rectangular slot jet	50
Real-time reconstruction of thermal boundary condition of porous media via temperature sequence	50
Computational characterisation of the heat flow meter method applied to moist bio-based insulating building materials	49
Experimental study on serpentine minichannel heat sink: Effect of rib existence and distance	48
Editorial Board	47
Experimental thermal study of solar salt and subcritical pressure water in a shell and tube heat exchanger	47
Viscoplastic model-based analysis of in-service oscillation temperature and thermal stress in a rotating component	47