OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer is 66. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Stability analysis of magneto-LTNE porous convection in Kelvin–Voigt fluid	236
Aerodynamic control of evaporative self-assembly in colloidal droplets	184
Transient thermal management characteristics of a porous fin with radially outwards fluid flow	165
A modeling study of spatial and temporal frost growth on the edge of windward fins for a tube-finned heat exchanger	161
Self-draining microchannel surface structure for droplet condensation with controlled droplet radius distribution	159
Enhanced flow boiling heat transfer in narrow gap with different widths using different-mode-interacting boiling	159
Analytical temperature profiles for laser-irradiated gold nanorod immersed in an optically non-absorbing medium	150
Local flow dynamics in the motion of slug bubbles in a flowing mini square channel	146
Volumetric laser heating of nanosuspension microdroplets: Slow evaporation to mid-air explosion	141
Eigenmode analysis of dynamical many-body near-field radiative heat transfer mediated by an external magnetic field	137
Low-energy activation of large convective heat transfer via flow resonance triggered by impinging jet	131
Experimental validation of positive relationship between the heat fluxes at departure from nucleate boiling and large bubble formation	131
Thermal conductivity in spherical and circular inclusion composites with highly- and lowly-conducting imperfect interfaces	126
New dimensionless equation for mass transfer at evaporation of open liquid surface in mixed or forced convection	125
3D pore-scale simulations and 1D volume-averaged calculations of the flow and thermal non-equilibrium for low-velocity filtration combustion	123
Evaporation of refrigerant R134a, R404A and R407C with low mass flux in smooth vertical tube	120
Heat transfer through a three-layer wall considering the contribution of phase change: A novel approach to the modelling of the process	120
A multiscale thermodynamic generalization of Maxwell-Stefan diffusion equations and of the dusty gas model	116
Puffing/micro-explosion of two closely spaced composite droplets in tandem: Experimental results and modelling	113
Research on solar-driven interfacial evaporation regeneration performance of different solutions for liquid desiccant cooling system	111
Adsorption and energy storage characteristics of ionic liquids in porous zeolite-templated carbon materials	107
Synergic inverse design of adsorbent bed topology and heterogeneous adsorbent porosity distribution for adsorption desalination via data-free deep learning	104
Editorial Board	101
Numerical and correlation analysis of conjugate heat transfer over the discrete braided composites plate	101
Corrigendum to “A discussion on the relation between the intermittent flow sub-regimes and the frictional pressure drop” [Int. J. Heat Mass Transf. 181 (2021) 121895]	100

Thermal performance analysis of liquid cooling system with hierarchically thermal conductive skeleton for large-scaled cylindrical battery module in harsh working conditions	98
Conditionally Exact Closed-Form Solution for Moving Boundary Problems in Heat and Mass Transfer in the Presence of Advection	98
Measurements of the liquid film thickness for annular flow during flow condensation in a circular tube	98
Mechanism study on spreading dynamics of nanofluids droplet coupled with thermal evaporation	98
Assessing effective medium theories for conduction through lamellar composites	97
Experimental and numerical investigation on the flow and heat transfer characteristics of the variable cross-section internally finned tube	97
Differential multi-probe thermal transport measurements of multi-walled carbon nanotubes grown by chemical vapor deposition	95
Numerical study of liquid metal magnetoconvection and heat transfer in an electrically conductive square duct	95
Effects of flow loop compressible volume position on system instabilities during flow boiling in micro-channel heat sinks	93
Hopf bifurcation from uni-cellular to multi-cellular flows induced by viscous heating in Poiseuille flow of binary mixtures	89
Evaporation induced self-assembly of rough colloids: A multiscale simulation study	87
Sizing of recuperator for sCO2 Brayton cycle using stack-based thermal resistance framework coupled with unit-cell CFD model	87
A new analytical model for the conduction shape factor of annulus sectors	86
Convection driven by a nonuniform radiative internal heat source in a cavity: Example of medical isotope production in liquid targets	85
Coaxial Airflow Modulation for Cryogen Spray Cooling: Towards Heat Transfer Enhancement and Film Control in Laser Dermatology	85
Multiphase flow and interface dynamics in a blast furnace hearth: Effects of slag viscosity and coke diameter	83
Novel hybrid structures to improve performance of miniature flat evaporator loop heat pipes for electronics cooling	81
Study on oil cooling method for the powertrain of electric vehicles	81
Comparative study of the main electromagnetic models applied to melt pool prediction with gas metal arc: Effect on flow, ripples from drop impact, and geometry	80
Thermal convection modulated by actively oscillating filament: The effect of filament rigidity	80
Flow state transition and bi-stability of spanwise flow structures in quasi-two-dimensional Rayleigh–Bénard convection	79
Subcooled flow boiling characteristics and CHF in an eccentric annulus at low pressure conditions	77
Coupled modeling and simulation of tank self-pressurization and thermal stratification	75
Heat transfer and pressure drop correlations for direct on-chip microscale jet impingement cooling with alternating feeding and draining jets	75
Improved startup performance of a dual compensation chamber loop heat pipe by sequential cooling to the compensation chambers	74
Numerical investigation on forced, natural, and mixed convective heat transfer of n-decane in laminar flow at supercritical pressures	74
Particle sedimentation in cored-wire-arc directed energy deposition: Particle migration and suppression mechanism via ultrasonic vibration	73
Enhanced pool boiling of refrigerants R-134a, R-1336mzz(Z) and R-1336mzz(E) on micro- and nanostructured tubes	73
Investigation on the thermal and hydrodynamic performance of a microchannel heat sink partially filled with porous medium	73
Impact of external turbulence on film cooling designs using large eddy simulations	73
Fluid dynamics of mixing in the tanks of small vanadium redox flow batteries: Insights from order-of-magnitude estimates and transient two-dimensional simulations	71
Thermoelastic damping in circular microplate resonators based on fractional dual-phase-lag model and couple stress theory	71
Impact of an intermediate layer on immiscible viscous fingering instability in radial Hele-Shaw cell	71
Performance improvement technique of natural draft dry cooling tower under ambient wind based on minimum mechanical energy dissipation	69
Submerged jet's profile-specific heat transfer: Stagnation zone and beyond	69
Two-group phase distribution characteristics for air-water flow in 5 × 5 vertical rod bundle channel with mixing vane spacer grids	68
Quantitative visualization on boundary heat transfer of supercritical CO2 mini-channel through-flow (Re=104) via pixelated phase-shifting interferometry	68
Graphene-tuned nonreciprocal thermal emitter under near-normal illumination	68
Generalizing multi-branching radial symmetric flow structures	68
Mode- and space-resolved thermal transport of alloy nanostructures	67
A numerical study of a suspended compound droplet solidifying under forced convection	67
Influence of ambient temperature and structural parameters on thermal conductivity of carbon nanotube arrays after secondary segmentation	66