OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Refrigeration is 33. 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
Energy conversion efficiency improvement of a Stirling type PTR for dual temperature cooling by adopting two active work-recovery phase shifters	114
The fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics of R-32 in a small Tube	82
LSTM-Based Modeling and Cross-Correlation Sensitivity Analysis for Heat Pump Refrigerant Distribution	62
Demand reduction and energy saving potential of thermal energy storage integrated heat pumps	52
Tuning the sound characteristics of flow-induced noise generated in a refrigeration system	50
A black box based model for phase change heat exchanger in refrigeration system simulations using Kriging interpolation method	49
Model predictive control for the performance improvement of air source heat pump heating system via variable water temperature difference	47
Performance assessment of aluminum slitted finned tube heat exchangers with small tube diameters	44
A metro train air conditioning system fault diagnosis method based on explainable artificial intelligence: Considering interpretability and generalization	44
Oil circulation ratio prediction in a vapor compression system using a discharge side oil separator and mass flow correction	43
Study on non-uniform internal pressure distribution of twin-screw refrigeration compressor	43
Design optimisation of a screw compressor with a focus on rotor depth: A computational fluid dynamics approach	43
Modeling and experimental investigation of oil retention in pipelines of multi-split air conditioning system	42
Natural refrigerants: The IIR Gustav Lorentzen Conference	39
Flow boiling heat transfer characteristics and correlation development of R290/R600a mixtures in an internally threaded tube	37
Calorimetric determination of emissivity for metallic foils: An innovative approach for thermal analysis	37
Experimental investigation on piston offset and performance of helium valved linear compressor with an external gas bypass	37
Prediction of water status during freeze drying with genetic and whale algorithms of machine learning	36
Assessment of the cold storage capacity used in bulk handling of perishable agricultural produce in Ugandan cities	36
Performance optimization in thermoelectric coolers using physical data-driven artificial neural networks	36
Experimental study and general correlation of condensation heat transfer for zeotropic mixture refrigerants in smooth and microfin tubes	36
The characteristics of flow patterns in the shell-and-plate heat exchanger	35
Size and match of the collector-evaporator for direct-expansion solar assisted heat pumps using potential alternative refrigerants	35
Application of eXtreme gradient boosting in the performance prediction of a refrigeration system working with alternative refrigerants	34
Machine learning model of regenerative evaporative cooler for performance prediction based on experimental investigation	34

Measurement and modeling of void fraction for developing two-phase flow of R134a in a horizontal tube after an expansion valve	34
Experimental study of the lubricant-refrigerant flow in a rotary compressor	34
Experimental and numerical investigation on heat transfer performance of a single-tube six-fin tube evaporator	34
Air-side fouling of finned heat exchangers: Part 2, experimental investigation and assessment of test protocol	34
Simulation and classification optimization design of ultra-low temperature heat exchangers in dilution refrigerator using local thermal nonequilibrium model	33
Mathematical modelling of freezing of vacuum-packed beef with irregular geometries and structures	33
A novel experimental rig to investigate the effect of the refrigerant on the oil supply of a variable capacity reciprocating compressor	33
A novel characterization methodology for vapor-injected compressors: A comparative analysis with existing black-box models	33