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Annual Review of Heat Transfer
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Annual Review of Heat Transfer

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 405 8 7 4
Engineering and Technology 1290 11 14 4

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 25
Documents by Best Scientists*: 25
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
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SCIMAGO SJR:
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Annual Review of Heat Transfer?

The main points discussed in Annual Review of Heat Transfer deals with Mechanics, Heat transfer, Optoelectronics, Nanotechnology and Composite material. Convective heat transfer and Fluid dynamics are Mechanics topics of special interest in Annual Review of Heat Transfer. The featured Heat transfer research is covered under the field of Thermodynamics.

The Optoelectronics study featured in the journal draws parallels with the field of Thermoelectric effect.

  • Mechanics (21.78%)
  • Heat transfer (14.85%)
  • Optoelectronics (10.40%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • TRANSPORT IN MICROCHANNELS - A CRITICAL REVIEW (210 citations)
  • NUMERICAL FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER UNDER IMPINGING JETS: A REVIEW (189 citations)
  • Thermal radiation in particulate media with dependent and independent scattering (149 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Annual Review of Heat Transfer:

The published articles are organized to reinforce research efforts on Mechanics, Heat transfer, Thermal conductivity, Optoelectronics and Convective heat transfer. The most cited publications hold forums on Mechanics that merge themes from other disciplines such as Thermal shock and Radiation. The most cited publications focus on Heat transfer but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Flow (mathematics), Chemical engineering and Work (thermodynamics).

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Thermodynamics
  • Semiconductor
  • Heat transfer

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal aims to foster the development of research in Thermal radiation, Near and far field, Metamaterial, Computational physics and Atomic physics. The journal addresses concerns in the field of Thermal radiation by exploring it in line with topics in Polariton which intersect with Nanotechnology subjects. The majority of Nanotechnology studies presented zero in on Nanoscopic scale.

The overlapping concepts between Nanophotonics and Engineering physics, Radiative cooling, Photonic crystal and Thermal engineering are the key highlights of Metamaterial study. Annual Review of Heat Transfer tackles studies in Statistical physics and the interrelated subject of Photonics to gain insights into Radiative transfer. Plasmon research presented falls under the umbrella topic of Optoelectronics.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • THE DEPENDENT SCATTERING EFFECT ON RADIATIVE PROPERTIES OF MICRO/NANOSCALE DISCRETE DISORDERED MEDIA (5 citations)
  • EXPERIMENTAL EXPLORATION OF NEAR-FIELD RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER (4 citations)
  • CHEMICAL POTENTIAL OF PHOTONS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR CONTROLLING RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER (4 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Annual Review of Heat Transfer (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Gang Chen (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Arun K. Nayak (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Arnab Dasgupta (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Dinesh K. Chandraker (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • C.L. Tien (6 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Annual Review of Heat Transfer (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of California, Berkeley (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Purdue University (9 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Georgia Institute of Technology (7 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2020 edition, 20.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 37.50% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.50% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 25.00% of all publications and 25.00% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Immersed Boundary Methods for Thermofluids Problems

    (2022)
    20 Citations
  • CHEMICAL POTENTIAL OF PHOTONS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR CONTROLLING RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER

    Bo Zhao;Shanhui Fan

    (2020)
    12 Citations
  • THE DEPENDENT SCATTERING EFFECT ON RADIATIVE PROPERTIES OF MICRO/NANOSCALE DISCRETE DISORDERED MEDIA

    B. X. Wang;Changying Zhao

    (2020)
    8 Citations
  • SOME ADVANCES IN NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF MULTISCALE HEAT TRANSFER PROBLEMS AND PARTICULARLY FOR BOILING HEAT TRANSFER

    (2022)
    6 Citations
  • Characterization and Understanding of Thermal Transport in Stationary and Moving Particle Beds for Concentrating Solar Power

    (2022)
    5 Citations
  • THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF LI-ION CELLS FOR IMPROVED SAFETY AND PERFORMANCE: A REVIEW

    (2023)
    4 Citations
  • Dispersed Multiphase Heat and Mass Transfer

    (2022)
    4 Citations
  • Thermal Energy Storage for Energy Decarbonization

    (2023)
    4 Citations
  • NEAR-FIELD THERMAL RADIATION OF METAMATERIALS/METASURFACES CONSTRUCTED OF NATURAL ANISOTROPIC MATERIALS

    (2020)
    3 Citations

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