OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Combustion Theory and Modelling is 1. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
An improved stiff-ODE solving framework for reacting flow simulations with detailed chemistry in OpenFOAM	39
Optimisation method for automatic selection of rate constants of global reaction mechanisms	26
Unifying definition of the local equivalence ratio for complex mixtures and the concept of bonding fraction	25
Three-dimensional simulations of isobaric premixed flames freely propagating in narrow circular channels: breaking of symmetry	18
Explosion evolution characteristic of methane-acetylene mixtures under constant volume space	14
Physics-informed machine learning models for shock initiation criteria of reactive metamaterials	13
Comparative study of combustion processes generated by the use of different fuels: energy and exergy analysis	12
Verification and validation of detonation-shock-dynamics relations for explosives described by general equation of state and chemical reaction models	11
An iterative methodology for REDIM reduced chemistry generation and its validation for partially-premixed combustion	10
Effects of thermal expansion on Taylor dispersion-controlled diffusion flames	10
On the evolution of fuel droplet evaporation zone and its interaction with flame front in ignition of spray flames	10
Correction	8
Low-order modelling of the light-round ignition transient in a premixed annular combustor	8
Diffusive-thermal instabilities of a planar premixed flame aligned with a shear flow	7
Large eddy simulation/thickened flame model simulations of a lean partially premixed gas turbine model combustor	7
Application of machine learning in low-order manifold representation of chemistry in turbulent flames	7
Analysis of an innovative sampling strategy based on k-means clustering algorithm for POD and POD-DEIM reduced order models of a 2-D reaction-diffusion system	7
Development of a turbulence dissipation based reaction rate model for progress variable in turbulent premixed flames	6
Nonlinear analysis of flame hydrodynamic instability at large gas expansion ratio	6
Assessing diffusion model impacts on enstrophy and flame structure in turbulent lean premixed flames	6
Reaction zone structure of spontaneous reaction wave at steady subsonic and supersonic speeds	6
A fast uncertainty quantification methodology and sampling technique for joint probability distribution of the Arrhenius rate expression: a case study applied to H ₂	6
LES of premixed jet flames subjected to extreme turbulence using flamelet-generated manifolds: a comparison of unstrained and strained flamelets	6
Large-eddy simulation of split injection strategies in RCCI conditions	6
Effect of hydrogen addition on the consumption speed of lean premixed laminar methane flames exposed to combined strain and heat loss	6

Flame-acoustic interactions in high-pressure H ₂ /air diffusion flames	5
Investigation of coarse-graining parameters for super-grid LEM closure applied to LES of practical bluff-body flames	5
Flame stabilisation by a highly conductive body: multiple steady-state solutions and time-dependent dynamics	5
The spectral characterisation of reduced order models in chemical kinetic systems	5
Numerical investigation on lean methane combustion with modified effective thermal conductivity of the porous media	5
Effects of artificial flame front thickening on intermediate minor species prediction using the LES–FGM method	5
Local combustion regime identification using machine learning	5
Computational assessment of soot models in ethylene/air laminar diffusion flames	4
Comparison of combustion duration and end-gas autoignition in inwardly and outwardly propagating flames induced by different ignition configurations	4
Three-dimensional vorticity effects on extinction behaviour of laminar flamelets	4
A cross-scale hotspot ignition optimisation model based on void collapse and its interaction	4
Three-dimensional shock–flame interactions: effect of wall friction	4
Using computational singular perturbation as a diagnostic tool in ODE and DAE systems: a case study in heterogeneous catalysis	4
Numerical simulation of turbulent premixed flames with the conditional source-term estimation model using Bernstein polynomial expansion	4
Hotspot auto-ignition induced detonation development: emphasis on energy density and chemical reactivity	4
Asymptotic analysis of detonation development at SI engine conditions using computational singular perturbation	4
Chemical dynamics of the autoignition of near-stoichiometric and rich methanol/air mixtures	4
Impact of a discretisation method and chemical kinetics on the accuracy of simulation of a lifted hydrogen flame	4
Modelling extinction/re-ignition processes in fire plumes under oxygen-diluted conditions using flamelet tabulation approaches	4
Determining the global activation energy of methane–air premixed flames	4
A coupled model of composite synthesis in combustion regime	4
Stochastic characterisation of unstable lean hydrogen–air annular premixed flames	4
Numerical investigation of the effects of the porous medium on a compression ignition engine fueled with ammonia	3
Quenching modes of local flame–wall interaction for turbulent premixed methane combustion in a constant volume vessel	3
A data-driven framework to predict ignition delays of straight-chain alkanes	3
Experimental study and thermodynamic analysis of coal spontaneous combustion characteristics	3
Differential diffusion modelling for LES of premixed and partially premixed flames with presumed FDF	3
Molecular dynamics study on the effect of pressure on the combustion of NEPE propellant	3
Simulation of underground coal gasification based on a coupled thermal-hydraulic-chemical model	3
Scale-similarity models for the chemical source terms in large eddy simulation	3
Response of one-dimensional ionised layer to oscillatory electric fields	3
LES of autoignition process in a turbulent droplet-laden mixing layer – impact of an evaporation model and discretisation method	3
Updated asymptotic structure of cool diffusion flames	3
PAH growth assisted by five-membered ring: pyrene formation from acenaphthylene	3
Conditional space evaluation of progress variable definitions for Cambridge/Sandia swirl flames	3
A new preferential diffusion model applied to FGM simulations of hydrogen flames	3
Two-dimensional structure and dynamics of a flame stabilised on a flat porous burner	3
A simplified two-mixture-fraction-based flamelet modelling and its validation on a non-premixed staged combustion system	3
Numerical investigation of two-phase ethanol ignition in uniform droplet-laden weakly turbulent flows	2
A theoretical study on the relationship between pressure rise and the Damköhler number of end-gas auto-ignition in spark-ignited engines	2
On the evaluation of crude oil oxidation during thermogravimetry by generalised regression neural network and gene expression programming: application to thermal enhanced oil recovery	2
Evolution mechanism of coal–oxygen adsorption in underground coal fires: from physisorption to chemisorption	2
Smouldering combustion in cellulose and hemicellulose mixtures: Examining the roles of density, fuel composition, oxygen concentration, and moisture content	2
Numerical modeling and parametric analysis of performance of a monopropellant thruster using a single-part catalyst bed model	2
Prediction of lower explosion limit of liquid fuel aerosol	2
Investigation of conditional source-term estimation coupled with a semi-empirical model for soot predictions in two turbulent flames	2
Examination of probability distribution of mixture fraction in LES/FDF modelling of a turbulent partially premixed jet flame	2
Assessment of optimal reaction progress variable characteristics for partially premixed flames	2
Construction of reduced chemical mechanisms orientated toward specific applications: a case study of primary reference fuel	2
Experimental investigation of the impact of different flame holder materials on the flame stability and flame characteristics using double-layered combustor wall material	2

Effect of flame radiation on aluminium particle combustion time	2
Flame speed in diffusion dominated premixed flames	2
Experimental investigation on critical slowing down of premixed combustion in a backward-facing step combustor	2
The combined effects of chemical reaction order and stoichiometry on nonpremixed edge flames	2
Development and validation of skeletal/global mechanisms describing TMP-based flame inhibition	2
Structure and similarity properties of the laminar counterflow spray flame	2
Stochastic modelling for the effects of micromixing on soot in turbulent non-premixed flames	2
Design of combustion experiments using differential entropy	1
Analysis of laminar premixed flame structure of isooctane/2-methylfuran/air mixtures with a skeletal mechanism	1
Inward swirling flamelet model	1
Efficient two-dimension particle element method of interior ballistic two-phase flow	1
The kinetics and warm flame chemistry associated with radiative extinction of spherical diffusion flames	1
Linear quadrature method of moments for solving the transported probability density function model for turbulent combustion	1
Hydrodynamic instability of premixed tubular flame stabilized in stretched rotating flow	1
Evolutionary equations for the disturbed flame stabilised at the flat burner	1
Modelling of unsteady pool fires – fuel depth and pan wall effects	1
Insights into and the evolution of a novel predictive model for free burning wooden cribs	1
A Tsuji burner in a counterflow	1
Simulation of reaction initiation in powder compacting from the surface with composite formation in equivalent reaction cell	1
Reaction-Diffusion Manifolds including differential diffusion applied to methane/air combustion in strong extinction regimes	1
Experimental and numerical study of a novel Liquefied Petroleum Gas cooktop burner	1
Optimization and prediction of performance and emission characteristics of a CRDI diesel engine fueled with waste plastic oil using RSM and ANN	1
Kinetics of catalytic oxidation of oxygenated fuels on Pt/ZSM-5 catalyst	1
Investigation of a new method for direct chemistry integration in Conditional Source-term Estimation	1
Multigrid laminar flame calculations using sparser analytical Jacobians, parallel iterative solvers, and hybrid integration	1
Grid resolution requirement of chemical explosive mode analysis for large eddy simulations of premixed turbulent combustion	1
Efficient treatment of secondary kinetic processes for pre-partitioned adaptive chemistry approaches	1
Autoignition of isolated n-heptane droplets in air and hot combustion products at microturbine conditions	1
Flamelet/transported PDF simulations of ethylene/air jet turbulent non-premixed flame using a three-equation PAH-based soot production model	1
Large eddy simulations of a buoyant turbulent line flame using conditional source-term estimation (CSE)	1
Modelling of opposed flame spread over thin electric wires: estimation of flame spread rates and limiting oxygen concentrations	1
On-the-fly reduced-order modelling of the filter density function with time-dependent subspaces	1
An experimental study of surrogates of diesel from indirect coal liquefaction and the development of an improved kinetic mechanism	1
Flame front reconstruction and volume estimation through computational geometry: a case study on machine vision applied to combustion systems	1
Radiative heat recuperation in combustion of layered solid fuel	1
Recent advances in co-firing of biomass and other fuels in fluidised systems: a review	1
Coflow filtration combustion waves	1