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Published by: Global Digital Central
http://www.thermalfluidscentral.org/journals/index.php/Heat_Mass_Transfer
| Discipline name | Position | Best Scientists | Publications | D-Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | 396 | 15 | 16 | 4 |
| Engineering and Technology | 932 | 22 | 32 | 8 |
The primary areas of discussion in the journal are Thermal fluids, Mechanics, Mass transfer, Fluid mechanics and Thermodynamics. The concepts on Thermal fluids presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Combustion, Composite material and Thermal science. It explores research in Mechanics and the adjacent study of Magnetohydrodynamics.
The research on Mass transfer featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Porosity, Porous medium, Flow (psychology) and Casson fluid. The research on Fluid mechanics tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Thermal, Thermal radiation, Classical mechanics, Fluid dynamics and Slip (materials science). Heat transfer coefficient, Convective heat transfer, Heat flux, Critical heat flux and Film temperature are among the areas of Thermodynamics tackled.
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer holds forums on Heat transfer that merges themes from other disciplines such as Heat exchanger, Boundary layer and Churchill–Bernstein equation.
The published articles are organized to address concerns in the fields of Thermodynamics, Thermal fluids, Mechanics, Heat transfer and Fluid mechanics. The journal publications address concerns in the field of Thermal fluids by exploring it in line with topics in Boiling which intersect with Critical heat flux, Nucleate boiling, Microchannel, Volume of fluid method and Two-phase flow subjects. The most cited papers deal with Fluid mechanics in conjunction with Newtonian fluid and similar fields in Brinkman number, Churchill–Bernstein equation, Flow conditioning and Nusselt number.
Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer explores disciplines such as Mechanics, Mass transfer, Combustion, Thermal fluids and Fluid mechanics. The Flow (mathematics) studies presented in the journal fall under the field of Mechanics, but it also has connections to other fields such as Liquid air. The studies on Flow (mathematics) discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Heat transfer and Transversal (combinatorics).
While Combustion is the focus of Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer, it also provided insights into the studies of Natural convection and Porous medium. Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer explores issues in Thermal fluids which can be linked to other research areas like Turbulence, Flow field, Thermal radiation and Accumulator (structured product). The research on Fluid mechanics tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Flow pattern, Tube (fluid conveyance), Two-phase flow and Stratified flow.
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 Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer (based on the number of publications) are:
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 Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer (based on the number of publications) are:
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.
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, 97.30% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 100.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 0.00% of all publications and 0.00% were from other institutions.
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.
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.
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:
The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.
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