OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Progress in Energy and Combustion Science is 59. 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
Norman Chigier (1933 – 2022)	486
Editorial Board	472
Modelling treatment of deposits in particulate filters for internal combustion emissions	438
Advances and challenges of ammonia delivery by urea-water sprays in SCR systems	434
Chemical looping-based energy transformation via lattice oxygen modulated selective oxidation	319
Editorial Board	248
Use of hydrogen in dual-fuel diesel engines	247
Advances in biomass torrefaction: Parameters, models, reactors, applications, deployment, and market	236
Spark ignition transitions in premixed turbulent combustion	218
Laser processing of graphene and related materials for energy storage: State of the art and future prospects	212
Co-pyrolysis of waste plastic and solid biomass for synergistic production of biofuels and chemicals-A review	200
Green, Turquoise, Blue, or Grey? Environmentally friendly Hydrogen Production in Transforming Energy Systems	188
Advances in thermal energy storage: Fundamentals and applications	186
Why can't we just burn hydrogen? Challenges when changing fuels in an existing infrastructure	182
Particles in a turbulent gas: Diffusion, bias, modulation and collisions	173
Recovery of chemicals and energy through thermo-chemical processing of plastic waste	172
Polymer Electrolyte Membranes for Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries: Fundamentals and Applications	170
Multifunctional fluidized bed reactors for process intensification	167
MXene-based heterostructures: Current trend and development in electrochemical energy storage devices	151
Editorial Board	149
Advances and challenges of the Conditional Source-term Estimation model for turbulent reacting flows	144
A comprehensive review of liquid fuel droplet evaporation and combustion behavior with carbon-based nanoparticles	142
Tire pyrolysis char: Processes, properties, upgrading and applications	141
Boron-based composite energetic materials (B-CEMs): Preparation, combustion and applications	139
Challenges and opportunities of light olefin production via thermal and catalytic pyrolysis of end-of-life polyolefins: Towards full recyclability	133

Editorial Board	123
Synthesis and characterization of emulsion fuels –Implications to spray and engine studies	117
A review on the recent advances of flash boiling atomization and combustion applications	116
Mechanical stimulation of gasless reaction in inorganic systems: A mini review	115
Machine learning technology in biodiesel research: A review	111
Intrinsic thermoacoustic instabilities	108
Recent advances in CO2 hydrogenation to value-added products — Current challenges and future directions	107
Flame-made chemoresistive gas sensors and devices	105
Relaxation of electronic excitation in nitrogen/oxygen and fuel/air mixtures: fast gas heating in plasma-assisted ignition and flame stabilization	102
Progress in multiscale research on calcium-looping for thermochemical energy storage: From materials to systems	102
Elucidation of single atom catalysts for energy and sustainable chemical production: Synthesis, characterization and frontier science	101
Current status and challenges of plasma and plasma-catalysis for methane coupling: A review	96
Thermo-kinetic multi-zone modelling of low temperature combustion engines	95
Classical and reactive molecular dynamics: Principles and applications in combustion and energy systems	94
Editorial Board	92
A comprehensive review on flash point behavior of binary ignitable mixtures: Trends, influencing factors, safety and fuel design implications, and future directions	91
Flame stabilization and emission characteristics of ammonia combustion in lab-scale gas turbine combustors: Recent progress and prospects	88
Mass spectrometric sampling of flames: how ionic equilibria in flames produce sampling falsifications and “fake” ions, but provide kinetic and thermodynamic data on the reaction occurring	88
Editorial Board	83
The chemistry of chemical recycling of solid plastic waste via pyrolysis and gasification: State-of-the-art, challenges, and future directions	83
Editorial Board	78
Next generation polymers of intrinsic microporosity with tunable moieties for ultrahigh permeation and precise molecular CO2 separation	78
Synthesis gas as a fuel for internal combustion engines in transportation	77
Ammonia pyrolysis and oxidation chemistry	76
A review of solar hybrid photovoltaic-thermal (PV-T) collectors and systems	72
Combustion engine applications of waste tyre pyrolytic oil	70
Combustion chemistry of alkenes and alkadienes	69
A review of hydrogen/rock/brine interaction: Implications for Hydrogen Geo-storage	67
Energy crop-based rhizoremediation and lignocellulosic biomass production as sustainable bioeconomy-driven solution for biofuel generation and waste mitigation	65
The potential of RuBisCO in CO2 capture and utilization	63
Structure and dynamics of highly turbulent premixed combustion	62
Particle-based high-temperature thermochemical energy storage reactors	61
Classification and computation of extreme events in turbulent combustion	61
Editorial Board	60
Challenges and Opportunities for Application of Reactivity-Controlled Compression Ignition Combustion in Commercially Viable Transport Engines	59
Review of thermoelectric generation for internal combustion engine waste heat recovery	59