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Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science
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Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 116 96 146 20
Engineering and Technology 405 89 118 19

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 235
Documents by Best Scientists*: 299
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 145
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.758
Impact Factor: 3.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science?

The journal generally zeroes in on subjects such as Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Heat transfer, Turbulence and Reynolds number. While Mechanics is the key highlight in it, it also covered some subjects on Optics and Flow visualization. The presentations discussing Thermodynamics offer insights in topics such as Heat transfer coefficient, Heat flux, Nucleate boiling, Boiling and Critical heat flux.

While Heat transfer coefficient is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Plate heat exchanger, Convection and Nanofluid. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science explores issues in Heat transfer which can be linked to other research areas like Nusselt number, Heat exchanger and Composite material. The studies in Turbulence featured incorporate elements of Laminar flow, Classical mechanics and Boundary layer.

It explores research in Reynolds number and the adjacent study of Particle image velocimetry. The journal holds forums on Vortex that merges themes from other disciplines such as Wake and Vortex shedding. The in-depth study on Pressure drop also explores topics in the intersecting field of Two-phase flow.

  • Mechanics (59.72%)
  • Thermodynamics (28.27%)
  • Heat transfer (24.49%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Describing the Uncertainties in Experimental Results (5031 citations)
  • Heat transfer to impinging isothermal gas and flame jets (777 citations)
  • Fundamental issues related to flow boiling in minichannels and microchannels (729 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science:

The journal articles are organized to reinforce research efforts on Thermodynamics, Mechanics, Heat transfer, Heat transfer coefficient and Reynolds number. The most cited papers address concerns in Mechanics which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Classical mechanics and Optics. The works on Heat transfer tackled in the published papers bring together disciplines like Nusselt number, Boiling and Composite material.

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

  • Composite material
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Thermodynamics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal was organized to reinforce research efforts on Mechanics, Flow (psychology), Reynolds number, Wake and Pressure drop. While Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science focused on Mechanics, it was also able to explore topics like Airflow and Volume (thermodynamics). It focused on Reynolds number research conducted under the discipline of Turbulence.

The Wake works featured in it incorporate elements from Gas lift, Superficial velocity, Two-phase flow, Geometry and Vortex. Pressure drop research presented in Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science encompasses a variety of subjects, including Natural gas, Petroleum engineering, Gas liquid flow, Parts-per notation and Pulmonary surfactant. The journal deals with Heat transfer in conjunction with Convection and similar fields in Drop (liquid).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Early warning detection of thermoacoustic instability using three-dimensional complexity-entropy causality space (1 citations)
  • Review: Applications of infrared thermography for studying flows with participating media (1 citations)
  • Effect of SDBS surfactant on gas–liquid flow pattern and pressure drop in upward-inclined pipelines (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 Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Somchai Wongwises (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hubert Chanson (23 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Mohy S. Mansour (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Rong Fung Huang (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mehdi Ashjaee (18 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 Thermal and Fluid Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Xi'an Jiaotong University (152 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University (94 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Tsinghua University (82 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (55 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (53 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 2022 edition, 16.67% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 6.67% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.67% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.00% of all publications and 76.67% 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

  • Ignition and combustion enhancement in a cavity-based supersonic combustor by a multi-channel gliding arc plasma

    Rong Feng;Yuhui Huang;Jiajian Zhu;Zhenguo Wang

    (2020)
    106 Citations
  • Pool boiling heat transfer of HFE-7100 on metal foams

    Leonardo Lachi Manetti;Gherhardt Ribatski;Reinaldo Rodrigues de Souza;Elaine Maria Cardoso

    (2020)
    74 Citations
  • Effect of T-shaped micro-fins on pool boiling heat transfer performance of surfaces

    (2022)
    46 Citations
  • An experimental investigation on cone-jet mode in electrohydrodynamic (EHD) atomization

    Zhentao Wang;Zhentao Wang;Qisi Wang;Bin Li;Yaosheng Zhang

    (2020)
    44 Citations
  • Experimental investigation on the condensation regime and pressure oscillation characteristics of vertical upward steam jet condensation with low mass flux

    Qingchuan Yang;Binbin Qiu;Weixiong Chen;Daotong Chong

    (2020)
    42 Citations
  • Visualization and measurements of shock waves in cavitating flow

    Martin Petkovšek;Marko Hočevar;Matevž Dular

    (2020)
    42 Citations
  • Investigation on the conditions leading to the micro-explosion of emulsified fuel droplet using two colors LIF method

    Omar Moussa;Dominique Tarlet;Patrizio Massoli;Jérôme Bellettre

    (2020)
    41 Citations
  • Impact of inlet subcooling on flow boiling in microchannels

    (2022)
    41 Citations
  • Experimental and theoretical study of bubble coalescence and departure behaviors during nucleate pool boiling on uniform smooth and micro-pin-finned surfaces under different subcoolings and heat fluxes

    Jie Zhou;Baojin Qi;Yonghai Zhang;Jinjia Wei

    (2020)
    39 Citations

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