OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Case Studies in Thermal Engineering is 70. 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
Evaluation of flat plate solar heater filling in nanofluid under climatic of Iraq conditions	274
Emission characteristics of filterable particulate matter and condensable particulate matter from coal-fired power plants	233
Configuration optimization of a membrane-based total heat exchanger with cross-corrugated triangular ducts considering thermal economy and entropy generation	165
Retraction notice to “Numerical simulation study on the effect of spindle-shaped louver fins on heat transfer performance of wasp-waisted tube radiator” [Case Stud. Therm. Eng. 45 (2023) 102929]	164
Numerical study on coupled multiphase thermal and mass transfer of moving surface impacted by jet array in semi-enclosed space	144
Global fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics analysis of an open air-cooled drive motor for drilling application	142
Efficiency optimized axial flow compressor stage with a given shape of flow-path	137
Numerical solutions of convective transport on Brinkman-viscoelastic fluid over a bluff body saturated in porous region	137
Flow and heat transfer in obstacled twisted tubes	132
Experiment and Simulation of Critical Parameters for Building Windows under Thermal Explosion	128
Optimization of a high-temperature recuperator equipped with corrugated helical heat exchanger for improvement of thermal-hydraulic performance	127
A primitive method for cooling water: does the shape matter?	125
Influence of catalytic wall on the effective radius of a blunt body geometry in a nonequilibrium hypersonic flow	120
The performance of practical refrigerators: A comparative study of the endoreversible and low-dissipation models	120
Numerical analysis of free-piston stirling cooler systems for improving cooling performance	119
An experimental study of a newly designed freezing desalination unit equipped with reversed vapor compression cycle	118
An approach to estimate CCV (cycle-to-cycle variation) of effective energy output of thermal engine: A case study on a high speed gasoline engine	117
Analysis of effective thermal conductivity of pebble bed by artificial neural network and its computational and experimental verification	114
Experimental investigation of heat spreading in a wickless and ultrathin thermal ground plane	113
An Extended Thermosyphon Cooling System for APR-1400 Reactor Design	112
Prediction of CO emission from partially-premixed gas cooker	110
Thermal diffusivity from Fourier’s inverse problem supervised by an optimization model: Theoretical analysis and experimental validation	107
Thermodynamic and mathematical analysis of geothermal power plants operating in different climatic conditions	103
Modeling and estimation of thermal performance factor of MgO-water nanofluids flow by artificial neural network based on experimental data	101
Influence of bed height and drying temperature on shrimp drying characteristics using a fluidized-bed dryer	101

Evaluation of several liquid–vapor phase change models for numerical simulation of subcooled flow boiling	101
Finite element method for the heated Newtonian fluid inside a connected optical cavities	99
Analysis of the thermal insulation performance of turbine blade thermal barrier coatings considering inlet non-uniformity	99
The effect of initial conditions (temperature and pressure) on combustion of Fe-coated-aluminum hydride nanoparticles using the molecular dynamics approach	97
Numerical study on hot streak migration characteristics of micro axial turbine	95
Clean heating using mid–deep-groundwater heat pumps in Mei County, China	95
New methodology based on simplifications of the short-term models of CSP for long-term tuning: a case study in Spain	94
A handy model for the dynamic thermal response of the building-plant system	90
Study on the development of aerial fire extinguishing munition for forest fires and fire extinguishing tests	90
Ballistic and thermal characterisation of greener composite solid propellants based on phase stabilized ammonium nitrate	89
Numerical and experimental investigation of the effect of radiant reflector on the conical solar collector for heat transfer enhancement	89
Efficacy of dispersing nano-powders on rate of cold storage during solidification considering transient conduction	88
Effects of flow regime and conjugate heat transfer on particle deposition in heat exchange duct	88
The integrated multi-performance fast optimization strategy for battery thermal management system	88
Conjugate gradient method with regularization in estimating mold surface heat flux during continuous casting	88
Influence of boundary conditions on non-equilibrium heat transport under ultrafast laser action based on the lattice Boltzmann method	88
Performance assessment of a solar water distiller using circular parabolic absorber: An experimental investigation	87
Thermal efficiency and performance enhancement examination in a new PHE design	84
Case study of natural convection topology optimization based on finite volume method	83
Design and optimization of liquid helium-free cooling systems for magnetic resonance imaging device using multi-physical modeling	82
Thermodynamics and solar radiative analysis in Jeffery-Hamel flow through non-parallel channel by novel improved residual power series method	82
Influence of lateral ambient wind speed on fire smoke behavior in tunnel with unpowered ventilation caps shaft	81
Study on the heat transfer characteristics of mine roadway surrounding rock under periodic airflow temperature: Numerical simulation and experimental validation	81
Experimental analysis and performance evaluation of a solar PV-driven diffusion absorption refrigeration system	81
Open-ended microwave oven with E-field uniformity	81
Boosting the thermal efficiency of a flat-tube parabolic trough solar collector with the introduction of innovative slashed triangular prism turbulators	80
Numerical investigation on thermal-fractional characteristics inside a heated tube enhanced with a novel grooved cone turbulator	80
Study of thermal behavior on multi-tank cascade system for ship-borne hydrogen storage tank using a new design configuration	80
Computational analysis for efficient thermal transportation of ternary hybrid nanofluid flow across a stretching sheet with Cattaneo-Christov heat flux model	80
Study on the impact parameters of convective heat transfer in industrial-scale Siemens reactor	77
A multi-criteria optimization for a radial heat sink with semicircular fins based on the design of experiments approach	77
Experimental case study for optimizing heat sink performance using ZnO nanocarriers integrated with phase change materials for environmental sustainability	77
Two-dimensional cylinderical bioheat transfer through cloth-insulated human skin	76
Assessment of biogas-powered absorption cooling systems and biomass potential for sustainable rural development: A case study in Yenişehir, Turkiye	76
Experimental study on the heat transfer performance of vapor chamber with uniform/gradient wicks	75
Experimental investigation and scenario-based optimization of energy flexibility in embedded radiant cooling systems	75
Experimental and numerical studies on scaling and thermal conductivity of backward step ethanol fueled micro-combustor	75
Thermal performance enhancement in evacuated tube solar collector with working fluid MWCNT/Al2O3/MgO tri-hybrid nanofluid	73
Effect of ultrasonic on thermo-hydraulic characteristics of shell and tube heat exchangers with twisted tape	72
Heat transfer analysis of magnetized fluid flow through a vertical channel with thin porous surfaces: Python approach	72
Analytical investigation of heat and mass transfer in MHD nano fluid flow past a moving vertical plate	71
Prabhakar fractional model for natural convection flow of kerosene oil based hybrid nanofluid containing ferric oxide and zinc oxide nanoparticles	71
Examining stagnation-point flow impinging on a deforming cylinder in Reiner-Rivlin fluid with integrated heat and mass transfer	71
Thermally oscillatory flow inside an irregular channel through a porous medium with velocity and temperature slips	71
Thermal and radiative effects on unsteady MHD flow of Casson fluid past a rotating porous medium with variable mass diffusion	70