OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer is 67. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
An accurate Ghost Cell Immersed Boundary Method for compressible flows with heat transfer	247
Performance improvement technique of natural draft dry cooling tower under ambient wind based on minimum mechanical energy dissipation	242
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]	219
Editorial Board	199
Wall heating effects on aeroacoustic fields radiated by rigid bodies at different flow regimes	185
Influence of ambient temperature and structural parameters on thermal conductivity of carbon nanotube arrays after secondary segmentation	180
Mode- and space-resolved thermal transport of alloy nanostructures	164
Experimental and numerical investigation on the flow and heat transfer characteristics of the variable cross-section internally finned tube	130
Thermal conductivity in spherical and circular inclusion composites with highly- and lowly-conducting imperfect interfaces	126
Heat transfer through a three-layer wall considering the contribution of phase change: A novel approach to the modelling of the process	121
Experimental and numerical investigation on heat transfer mechanism and multifunctional thermodynamic properties of supercritical carbon dioxide/amino-functionalized graphene nanofluids	120
Extraction of thermal conductivity using phonon Boltzmann Transport Equation based simulation of frequency domain thermo-reflectance experiments	120
Assessing effective medium theories for conduction through lamellar composites	117
Thermal performance analysis of liquid cooling system with hierarchically thermal conductive skeleton for large-scaled cylindrical battery module in harsh working conditions	116
Experimental measurements and mathematical modeling of cold plate for aviation thermal management	114
Transient thermal management characteristics of a porous fin with radially outwards fluid flow	112
Graphene-tuned nonreciprocal thermal emitter under near-normal illumination	109
Neutron imaging based vapor fraction measurements in an inductively heated boiling packed bed	109
Numerical and correlation analysis of conjugate heat transfer over the discrete braided composites plate	106
Frosting characteristics on silver iodide (AgI) micro patterned surface under various temperature conditions	105
Comparison of lifetime performance of PEMFC stacks with two cooling strategies under different humidity	104
A numerical study of a suspended compound droplet solidifying under forced convection	101
Equivalent thin-layer temperature field model (ETTM) for bolted rotors to describe interface temperature jump	99
Experimental and numerical studies of the pulsating heat pipe stopover regime	94
Eigenmode analysis of dynamical many-body near-field radiative heat transfer mediated by an external magnetic field	92

Evaluation of the gradient diffusion hypothesis for jet into crossflow field: A prior analysis via large eddy simulation of flat plate film cooling	92
Convection driven by a nonuniform radiative internal heat source in a cavity: Example of medical isotope production in liquid targets	90
Sizing of recuperator for sCO2 Brayton cycle using stack-based thermal resistance framework coupled with unit-cell CFD model	90
Measurements of natural convective heat transfer of the inclined torus	90
Hopf bifurcation from uni-cellular to multi-cellular flows induced by viscous heating in Poiseuille flow of binary mixtures	90
Numerical study of liquid metal magnetoconvection and heat transfer in an electrically conductive square duct	90
A novel simulation approach for concentration-driven evaporation in capillaries	87
Characterization of turbulent pseudo-boiling in transcritical and doubly-transcritical oxygen–methane flames	86
3D topology optimization and additive manufacturability of two-fluid heat exchangers	85
Aerodynamic control of evaporative self-assembly in colloidal droplets	85
Coaxial Airflow Modulation for Cryogen Spray Cooling: Towards Heat Transfer Enhancement and Film Control in Laser Dermatology	85
Multi-material isogeometric topology optimization for thermoelastic metamaterials	85
Numerical and experimental analysis of nanoparticle deposition within geometrically varied microchannels	84
A new optimization strategy for wet steam effect minimization in steam turbine using combined 2D non-equilibrium wet steam flow and mean-line analysis	84
Simulation study on battery thermal management system with dendrite-type spoiler structure	84
Experimental study on combined heat transfer enhancement due to macro-structured surface and electric field during electrospray cooling	83
Experimental investigation on the flow condensation of R450A, R515B, and R1234ze(E) in a 7.0 mm OD micro-fin tube	81
Experimental study on 18650 lithium-ion battery-pack cooling system composed of heat pipe and reciprocating air flow with water mist	81
Effect of the number of ribbed walls on the thermal performance in rectangular channels with 45-deg parallel or criss-cross ribs	81
Characterization of inertia- and shear-induced instabilities of liquid films through analysis of wave evolution, energy transfer, and force balance	81
Study on oil cooling method for the powertrain of electric vehicles	81
Evolution of vortex modes and heat transfer in metal foam/nanoparticles composite phase change materials under the combined action of centrifugal force and magnetic field	78
Computational investigation of flow condensation data from international space station microgravity and earth gravity experiments	77
Optimization assisted divide–combine approach to model cooling of a PV module equipped with TEG by using a trapezoidal shaped hybrid nano-enhanced cooling channel and performance estimation with gener	76
Analytical analysis of non-boiling heat transfer during droplet impact on heated wall and the effect of thermophysical properties	74
Multiphysics simulation and experimental validation of convective drying of paper as a hygroscopic porous biomaterial	74
Experimental and numerical evaluation of convective heat transfer correlations in a packed bed of iron ore pellets	73
Differential multi-probe thermal transport measurements of multi-walled carbon nanotubes grown by chemical vapor deposition	73
Thermal analysis of water-filled micro heat pipes of natural-convection water heat sink	73
Submerged jet's profile-specific heat transfer: Stagnation zone and beyond	73
Transient surface temperatures upon the impact of a single droplet onto a heated surface in the film evaporation regime	72
Enhanced flow boiling heat transfer in narrow gap with different widths using different-mode-interacting boiling	72
Jet stability and mass transfer analysis of a novel high-speed swirl nozzle	72
A method to reduce the fluid mass transfer loss of rotating jet: A kind of microstructure design and research for wave rotor refrigerator	72
Merging theory-based cavitation model adaptable with non-condensable gas effects in prediction of compressible three-phase cavitating flow	71
Stability analysis of magneto-LTNE porous convection in Kelvin–Voigt fluid	71
Efficient analytical framework for transient temperature distribution in a multi-layer linear motor with variable ohmic heating	70
Experimental study of boiling heat transfer and theoretical modelling for critical heat flux on hierarchical structured surfaces	70
A new analytical model for the conduction shape factor of annulus sectors	70
Some properties of a gas flow submitted to a temperature gradient	68
Wicking characteristics of porous media using short copper micro/nanofibers	68
Thermoelastic damping in circular microplate resonators based on fractional dual-phase-lag model and couple stress theory	68
Transient dryout and rewetting in a screen-wick heat pipe under pulsed heat loads with internal temperature and pressure measurement	67
Preferential water vapor condensation on a corrugated surface: A molecular dynamics study	67
Impact of external turbulence on film cooling designs using large eddy simulations	67
Thermal convection modulated by actively oscillating filament: The effect of filament rigidity	67
Molecular dynamics study on the role of hydrogen bonds and interfacial heat transfer between diverse silica surfaces and organic liquids	67
Quantitative visualization on boundary heat transfer of supercritical CO2 mini-channel through-flow (Re=104) via pixelated phase-shifting interferometry	67