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Computational Thermal Sciences

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 271 41 32 9
Engineering and Technology 1029 15 18 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 60
Documents by Best Scientists*: 47
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 26
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.261
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Computational Thermal Sciences: An International Journal?

The foci of Computational Thermal Sciences: An International Journal are Mechanics, Heat transfer, Natural convection, Thermodynamics and Nanofluid. Mechanics and Magnetohydrodynamics are closely related fields of research discussed in the journal. Computational Thermal Sciences: An International Journal holds forums on Heat transfer that merges themes from other disciplines such as Nusselt number and Flow (psychology).

The work on Natural convection tackled in it brings together disciplines like Convective heat transfer and Classical mechanics. Thermodynamics studies presented include Mass transfer and Phase-change material. The concepts on Nanofluid presented in Computational Thermal Sciences: An International Journal can also apply to other research fields, including Heat transfer enhancement and Porous medium.

It focused on Rayleigh number research but expanded to cover Prandtl number.

  • Mechanics (62.35%)
  • Heat transfer (19.14%)
  • Natural convection (15.12%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • THE USE OF TRANSPORT APPROXIMATION AND DIFFUSION-BASED MODELS IN RADIATIVE TRANSFER CALCULATIONS (103 citations)
  • AN ASSESSMENT OF WORKING-FLUID MIXTURES USING SAFT-VR MIE FOR USE IN ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLE SYSTEMS FOR WASTE-HEAT RECOVERY (42 citations)
  • CONJUGATE NATURAL CONVECTION IN AN ENCLOSURE WITH LOCAL HEAT SOURCES (34 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Computational Thermal Sciences: An International Journal:

The journal papers generally zeroe in on subjects such as Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Combined forced and natural convection, Nanofluid and Natural convection. The journal articles aim to investigate interdisciplinary topics such as Mechanics and Blood flow. The most cited papers explore themes in Nanofluid like Thermophoresis and link them with other fields of study like Enclosure.

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

  • Thermodynamics
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Mechanics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Mechanics, Nanofluid, Magnetohydrodynamics, Porous medium and Heat transfer are the subjects of interest in the journal. Computational Thermal Sciences: An International Journal explores topics in Mechanics which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Activation energy and Thermal radiation. Nanofluid research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Dimensionless quantity, Natural convection, Nusselt number, Microchannel and Gravitational field.

The studies in Magnetohydrodynamics featured incorporate elements of Non-Newtonian fluid, Radiation and Slip (materials science). The Porous medium works featured in Computational Thermal Sciences: An International Journal incorporate elements from Thermal conduction and Finite element method. The subject of Computer simulation, which is connected to the field of Leidenfrost effect, Biomedical engineering and Bioheat transfer, serves as the foundation of the Heat transfer research featured in Computational Thermal Sciences: An International Journal.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF PULSED JETS OF A HIGH-CURRENT PULSED SURFACE DISCHARGE (3 citations)
  • EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL THERMAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF HELICAL SCREW INSERTS IN A TUBE WITH DOUBLE STRIPS AT LAMINAR FLOW (3 citations)
  • NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF TIME-FRACTIONAL BIOHEAT TRANSFER MODEL DURING CRYOSURGICAL TREATMENT OF SKIN CANCER (1 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 Computational Thermal Sciences: An International Journal (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ali J. Chamkha (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Darbhasayanam Srinivasacharya (5 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Osman Anwar Beg (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kabindra Nath Rai (5 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Darrell W. Pepper (4 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 Computational Thermal Sciences: An International Journal (based on the number of publications) are:

  • American University of Ras Al Khaimah (11 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Science and Technology of Oran Mohamed-Boudiaf (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • VIT University (7 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • National Institute of Technology, Warangal (6 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Salford (6 papers) absent 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 2021 edition, 46.15% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 19.05% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.76% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 9.52% of all publications and 66.67% 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

  • THERMOPHORESIS AND BROWNIAN MOTION EFFECTS ON MHD MICROPOLAR NANOFLUID FLOW PAST A STRETCHING SURFACE WITH NON-UNIFORM HEAT SOURCE/SINK

    Kempannagari Anantha Kumar;Vangala Sugunamma;Naramgari Sandeep

    (2020)
    34 Citations
  • A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MHD NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID FLOWS WITH THE EFFECTS OF CHEMICAL REACTION AND RADIATION OVER A STRETCHING SHEET

    M. Vinodkumar Reddy;Pallavarapu Lakshminarayana;Kuppalapalle Vajravelu

    (2021)
    33 Citations
  • MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC RADIATIVE FLOW OF A MAXWELL FLUID ON AN EXPANDING SURFACE WITH THE EFFECTS OF DUFOUR AND SORET AND CHEMICAL REACTION

    M. Vinodkumar Reddy;Pallavarapu Lakshminarayana;Kuppalapalle Vajravelu

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • STABILITY ANALYSIS ON Ag-MgO/WATER HYBRID NANOFLUID FLOW OVER AN EXTENDING/CONTRACTING RIGA WEDGE AND STAGNATION POINT

    H. Thameem Basha;R. Sivaraj;Isaac L. Animasaun

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • NONLINEAR THERMAL RADIATION AND ACTIVATION ENERGY EFFECTS ON BIOCONVECTIVE FLOW OF EYRING-POWELL FLUID

    A. Sumithra;R. Sivaraj;A. Jasmine Benazir;Oluwole Daniel Makinde

    (2021)
    18 Citations
  • Numerical analysis of transport phenomena under turbulent annular impinging jet

    Prasun Dutta;Himadri Chattopadhyay

    (2021)
    17 Citations
  • NUMERICAL STUDY OF MHD HEAT CONVECTION OF NANOFLUID IN AN OPEN ENCLOSURE WITH INTERNAL HEATED OBJECTS AND SINUSOIDAL HEATED BOTTOM

    Endalkachew Getachew Ushachew;Mukesh Kumar Sharma;Oluwole Daniel Makinde

    (2021)
    14 Citations
  • HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER OF A NON-NEWTONIAN JEFFREY NANOFLUID OVER AN EXTRUSION STRETCHING SHEET WITH THERMAL RADIATION AND NONUNIFORM HEAT SOURCE/SINK

    Dulal Pal;Gopinath Mandal

    (2020)
    13 Citations
  • MHD FREE CONVECTION AND SINUSOIDAL HEATING IN A WAVY CAVITY FILLED WITH A HEAT-GENERATING POROUS MEDIUM USING CU-WATER NANOFLUIDS

    Sameh Elsayed Ahmed;M. A. Mansour;Ahmed M. Rashad;Z. Morsy

    (2020)
    13 Citations
  • INFLUENCE OF VARIABLE LIQUID PROPERTIES ON MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER OF A CASSON LIQUID OVER A SLENDER ROTATING DISK: NUMERICAL AND OPTIMAL SOLUTION

    Hanumesh Vaidya;K. V. Prasad;Kuppalapalle Vajravelu;B. Srikantha Setty

    (2020)
    11 Citations

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