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Experimental Heat Transfer
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Experimental Heat Transfer

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Published by: Taylor & Francis

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Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 264 23 26 10
Engineering and Technology 815 24 28 10

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 57
Documents by Best Scientists*: 62
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 44
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.619
Impact Factor: 2.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Experimental Heat Transfer?

Experimental Heat Transfer is organized to address concerns in the fields of Heat transfer, Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Heat transfer coefficient and Composite material. Heat transfer research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Nusselt number, Pressure drop, Thermal and Heat exchanger. The in-depth study on Nusselt number also explores topics in the intersecting field of Laminar flow.

It features Mechanics research that overlaps with concepts in Optics. Heat flux, Nucleate boiling, Boiling, Critical heat flux and Convection are all aspects of Thermodynamics discussed in the journal. The study on Nucleate boiling presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Subcooling.

The close relationship between Plate heat exchanger and Dynamic scraped surface heat exchanger is one of the points of interest dissected in Heat transfer coefficient research. The work tackled in it goes beyond the discipline of Composite material as it also encompasses Nanofluid. The journal focuses on Convective heat transfer research which is adjacent to topics in Forced convection.

  • Heat transfer (51.34%)
  • Mechanics (47.44%)
  • Thermodynamics (45.55%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • HYDRODYNAMIC AND HEAT TRANSFER STUDY OF DISPERSED FLUIDS WITH SUBMICRON METALLIC OXIDE PARTICLES (2862 citations)
  • Estimation of Thermal Conductivity of Nanofluid Using Experimental Effective Particle Volume (333 citations)
  • FRICTIONAL FLOW CHARACTERISTICS OF WATER FLOWING THROUGH RECTANGULAR MICROCHANNELS (303 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Experimental Heat Transfer:

The journal publications generally zeroe in on subjects such as Thermodynamics, Heat transfer, Mechanics, Heat transfer coefficient and Nusselt number. While Heat transfer is the focus of the journal publications, it also provides insights into the studies of Turbulence, Heat exchanger, Composite material and Convection. The works on Mechanics tackled in the published articles bring together disciplines like Tube (fluid conveyance) and Heat sink.

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

  • Composite material
  • Thermodynamics
  • Mechanics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main research concerns discussed in the journal are Mechanics, Heat transfer, Composite material, Thermal and Tube (fluid conveyance). It facilitates discussions on Mechanics that incorporate concepts from other fields like Boiling and Inlet. The majority of Heat transfer studies in it are focused on the subject of Heat transfer coefficient.

Topics in Composite material were tackled in line with various other fields like Cylinder, Nanofluid, Phase-change material and Aspect ratio. Heat exchanger, Thermal energy storage and Sensitivity (control systems) are some topics wherein Thermal research discussed in Experimental Heat Transfer have an impact. While Experimental Heat Transfer focused on Tube (fluid conveyance), it was also able to explore topics like Condensation heat transfer, Bubble column reactor, Bubble column, Condensation and Bundle.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Experimental and semi-analytical investigation of heat transfer in nucleate pool boiling by considering surface structuring methods (11 citations)
  • Effect of nano-enhanced PCM on the thermal performance of a designed cylindrical thermal energy storage system (10 citations)
  • Experimental hydrothermal characteristics of concentric tube heat exchanger with V-cut twisted tape turbulator using PCM dispersed mono/hybrid nanofluids (7 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 Experimental Heat Transfer (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Santosh Kumar Sahu (8 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Wen-Jei Yang (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Frank P. Incropera (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Young I. Cho (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Surjya K. Pal (7 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 Experimental Heat Transfer (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Islamic Azad University (17 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Purdue University (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (11 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Tsinghua University (10 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous 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, 1.49% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 21.21% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.55% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.67% of all publications and 57.58% 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

  • An experimental study on heat transfer and fluid flow of rough plate heat exchanger using Al2O3/water nanofluid

    M. Attalla;Hussein M. Maghrabie

    (2020)
    47 Citations
  • Experimental hydrothermal characteristics of concentric tube heat exchanger with V-cut twisted tape turbulator using PCM dispersed mono/hybrid nanofluids

    Sumit Kr. Singh;Jahar Sarkar

    (2021)
    39 Citations
  • Experimental and numerical study of flow and heat transfer from a pulsed jet impinging on a pinned surface

    Saeed Rakhsha;Mehran Rajabi Zargarabadi;Seyfolah Saedodin

    (2021)
    32 Citations
  • Experimental study of using system of flat heat pipe-phase change material inclusion heat sink for thermal regulation of simulated PV

    (2022)
    28 Citations
  • Experimental investigation for heat and flow characteristics of solar air heater having symmetrical gaps in multiple-arc rib pattern as roughness elements

    Rajneesh Kumar;Varun Goel;Suvanjan Bhattacharyya;V. V. Tyagi

    (2021)
    26 Citations
  • Performance comparison of sensible and latent heat-based thermal storage system during discharging – an experimental study

    C. Suresh;R.P. Saini

    (2020)
    25 Citations
  • Influence of System Pressure on Pool Boiling Regimes on a Microstructured Surface Compared to a Smooth Surface

    Matthias Zimmermann;Michael Heinz;Axel Sielaff;Tatiana Gambaryan-Roisman

    (2020)
    22 Citations
  • Thermal performance of a flat-plate solar collector using aqueous colloidal dispersions of multi-walled carbon nanotubes with different outside diameters

    Wail Sami Sarsam;S. N. Kazi;A. Badarudin

    (2020)
    22 Citations
  • Investigation of the condensation heat-transfer between the wet air and 3-D finned-tube heat exchanger surface with different anti-corrosion coatings

    (2021)
    20 Citations
  • Multi-sections solar distiller integrated with solar air heater: numerical investigation and experimental validation

    (2023)
    19 Citations

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