OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Refrigeration is 32. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
New generalized flow boiling heat transfer and frictional pressure drop correlations for R32	123
Effects of crystal formation on the initial frost thickness and density on cold surfaces	91
A novel experimental rig to investigate the effect of the refrigerant on the oil supply of a variable capacity reciprocating compressor	87
Energy conversion efficiency improvement of a Stirling type PTR for dual temperature cooling by adopting two active work-recovery phase shifters	62
The fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics of R-32 in a small Tube	58
Reasonable performance comparison for a refrigeration system using different refrigerants: Case with propane and isobutane mixtures with several compositions	58
Natural refrigerants: The IIR Gustav Lorentzen Conference	58
Experimental study of the lubricant-refrigerant flow in a rotary compressor	53
Demand reduction and energy saving potential of thermal energy storage integrated heat pumps	52
Energy evaluation of a low temperature commercial refrigeration plant working with the new low-GWP blend R468A as drop-in of R404A	52
Experimental study of ammonia flow boiling in a vertical tube bundle: Part 2 – Enhanced dimple tube with full length solid round PVC nonconductive rod	49
Modeling and experimental investigation of oil retention in pipelines of multi-split air conditioning system	48
Flow boiling heat transfer characteristics and correlation development of R290/R600a mixtures in an internally threaded tube	47
Experimental investigation of the extreme seeking control on a transcritical CO2 heat pump water heater	46
Study on non-uniform internal pressure distribution of twin-screw refrigeration compressor	44
The characteristics of flow patterns in the shell-and-plate heat exchanger	44
Experimental investigation on two-phase flow pattern of ammonia inside 4 mm and 8 mm horizontal smooth tubes	42
Oil circulation ratio prediction in a vapor compression system using a discharge side oil separator and mass flow correction	40
Study on off-grid performance and economic viability of photovoltaic energy storage refrigeration systems	38
Design optimisation of a screw compressor with a focus on rotor depth: A computational fluid dynamics approach	38
Model predictive control for the performance improvement of air source heat pump heating system via variable water temperature difference	38
Size and match of the collector-evaporator for direct-expansion solar assisted heat pumps using potential alternative refrigerants	37
A black box based model for phase change heat exchanger in refrigeration system simulations using Kriging interpolation method	37
Assessment of the cold storage capacity used in bulk handling of perishable agricultural produce in Ugandan cities	37
Novel design of a high efficiency multi-bed active magnetic regenerator heat pump	36

Experimental and numerical investigation on heat transfer performance of a single-tube six-fin tube evaporator	36
Comprehensive experimental performance study on a small-capacity transcritical R744 vapour-compression refrigeration unit equipped with an innovative ejector	34
Measurement and modeling of void fraction for developing two-phase flow of R134a in a horizontal tube after an expansion valve	34
Machine learning model of regenerative evaporative cooler for performance prediction based on experimental investigation	34
Air-side fouling of finned heat exchangers: Part 2, experimental investigation and assessment of test protocol	34
Experimental investigation on piston offset and performance of helium valved linear compressor with an external gas bypass	33
Compression-assisted absorption refrigeration cycle employing organic working pairs for ultra-low grade heat recovery	32
Corrigendum to ‘Pressure drop prediction for R407C fluid during flow evaporation in horizontal pipes using Kalman filter’ [International Journal of Refrigeration 168 (2024) 149–158]	32
Development of design guidelines for fin-and-tube heat exchangers with low-GWP refrigerants	32
Energy Saving Analysis of refrigeration room Group Control Based on Kernel Ridge Regression Algorithm	32
A general correlation for heat transfer during evaporation of falling films on single horizontal plain tubes	32
A novel characterization methodology for vapor-injected compressors: A comparative analysis with existing black-box models	32