OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Thermal Sciences is 45. 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 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Thermal improvement of linear Fresnel solar system utilizing Al2O3-water nanofluid and multi-way twisted tape	215
Free convection heat transfer analysis of a suspension of nano–encapsulated phase change materials (NEPCMs) in an inclined porous cavity	179
Thermal performance of open microchannel heat sink with variable pin fin height	139
Experimental study on enhanced heat transfer and flow performance of magnetic nanofluids under alternating magnetic field	97
An experimental study on heat transfer enhancement and flow characteristics of a tube with plain, perforated and dimpled twisted tape inserts	95
Thermal assessment of solar concentrated system with utilizing CNT nanoparticles and complicated helical turbulator	93
Experimental study of thermal management system for cylindrical Li-ion battery pack based on nanofluid cooling and copper sheath	86
Fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics of microchannel heat sinks with different groove shapes	82
Thermo-hydraulic performance analysis of a solar air heater (SAH) with quarter-circular ribs on the absorber plate: A comparative study	82
Nusselt number analysis from a battery pack cooled by different fluids and multiple back-propagation modelling using feed-forward networks	81
Thermal management of a simulated battery with the compound use of phase change material and fins: Experimental and numerical investigations	73
Heat transfer and flow characteristics of Fe3O4-water nanofluids under magnetic excitation	72
Experimental investigation of performance improvement of double-pipe heat exchangers with novel perforated elliptic turbulators	71
Identification and classification of the flow pattern of hydrogen-air-steam mixture gas under steam condensation	67
Multi-objective optimization and performance assessment of microchannel heat sinks with micro pin-fins	64
MHD nanofluid free convection inside the wavy triangular cavity considering periodic temperature boundary condition and velocity slip mechanisms	64
Colored radiative cooling: How to balance color display and radiative cooling performance	63
Thermo-hydraulic performance of a solar air heater with staggered C-shape finned absorber plate	62
Dual-band nonreciprocal thermal radiation by coupling optical Tamm states in magnetophotonic multilayers	61
Experimental study on heat transfer, friction factor, entropy and exergy efficiency analyses of a corrugated plate heat exchanger using Ni/water nanofluids	61
The investigation of molten pool dynamic behaviors during the “∞” shaped oscillating laser welding of aluminum alloy	59
Recent advances in textile materials for personal radiative thermal management in indoor and outdoor environments	59
Effects of geometric parameters of circular pin-fins on fluid flow and heat transfer in an interrupted microchannel heat sink	58
Numerical and experimental study of the heat transfer process in a double pipe heat exchanger with inner corrugated tubes	58
Experimental and computational determination of heat transfer, entropy generation and pressure drop under turbulent flow in a tube with fly ash-Cu hybrid nanofluid	58

Heat transfer enhancement of symmetric and parallel wavy microchannel heat sinks with secondary branch design	57
Tunable nonreciprocal thermal emitter based on metal grating and graphene	56
Radiant heating floors with PCM bands for thermal energy storage: A numerical analysis	54
Design and assessments on a hybrid pin fin-metal foam structure towards enhancing melting heat transfer: An experimental study	54
Perfect metamaterial absorber for solar energy utilization	54
Investigation on a gas-atomized spray cooling upon flat and micro-structured surfaces	54
Numerical study of combined air and phase change cooling for lithium-ion battery during dynamic cycles	52
Experimental and numerical investigation on the thermal performance of triple tube heat exchanger equipped with different inserts with WO3/water nanofluid under turbulent condition	52
Thermal performance enhancement of a double-tube heat exchanger with novel twisted annulus formed by counter-twisted oval tubes	52
Predicting the thermal conductivity of soils using integrated approach of ANN and PSO with adaptive and time-varying acceleration coefficients	51
Development mechanism and solidification morphology of molten pool generated by laser cladding	51
Optimization of nanofluid heat transfer in a microchannel heat sink with multiple synthetic jets based on CFD-DPM and MLA	50
A new ultra-thin vapor chamber with composite wick for thin electronic products	49
Heat transfer optimization based on finned microchannel heat sink	49
Numerical investigation on comprehensive control system of cooling and heat insulation for high geothermal tunnel: A case study on the highway tunnel with the highest temperature in China	48
Performance assessment of flat-plate solar collector with internal fins and porous media through an integrated approach of CFD and experimentation	48
The effects of variable porosity and cell size on the thermal performance of functionally-graded foams	48
Numerical study on heat transfer and flow characteristics of novel microchannel heat sinks	47
Experimental investigation on the performance of hybrid Fe3O4 coated MWCNT/Water nanofluid as a coolant of a Plate heat exchanger	47
Thermal management for conjugate heat transfer of curved solid conductive panel coupled with different cooling systems using non-Newtonian power law nanofluid applicable to photovoltaic panel systems	46