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Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung
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Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung

0947-7411

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/231

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 173 62 69 15
Engineering and Technology 597 47 53 14

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 140
Documents by Best Scientists*: 138
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 7
SCIMAGO H-index: 89
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.418
Impact Factor: 2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Heat and Mass Transfer?

Heat and Mass Transfer focuses largely on the fields of Mechanics, Heat transfer, Thermodynamics, Heat transfer coefficient and Nusselt number. Natural convection, Reynolds number, Laminar flow, Turbulence and Flow (psychology) are all aspects of Mechanics discussed in it. Rayleigh number and Combined forced and natural convection are all aspects of Natural convection research featured in it.

Some problems in Heat transfer that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Pressure drop, Heat exchanger and Composite material. The works on Composite material deal in particular with Thermal conductivity. Convection, Thermal conduction, Mass transfer, Forced convection and Nucleate boiling are all subfields of Thermodynamics research that were featured in it.

The journal focused on Nucleate boiling research but expanded to cover Boiling. The research on Heat transfer coefficient featured in it combines topics in other fields like Film temperature, Nanofluid, Plate heat exchanger and Churchill–Bernstein equation. While the journal focused on Nusselt number, it was also able to explore topics like Classical mechanics, Prandtl number, Heat transfer enhancement and Boundary layer.

  • Mechanics (50.70%)
  • Heat transfer (45.72%)
  • Thermodynamics (45.02%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Natural convection of nano-fluids (771 citations)
  • Radiation effect on mixed convection along a vertical plate with uniform surface temperature (492 citations)
  • Heat transfer in stagnation-point flow towards a stretching sheet (453 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Heat and Mass Transfer:

The published articles primarily focus on research topics in Thermodynamics, Heat transfer, Mechanics, Heat transfer coefficient and Nusselt number. Issues in Heat transfer were discussed in the journal papers, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Film temperature and Reynolds number. The most cited articles hold forums on Mechanics that merge themes from other disciplines such as Thermal conduction, Finite difference method and Classical mechanics.

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

  • Composite material
  • Thermodynamics
  • Mechanical engineering

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The discussions in the journal mainly cover the fields of Mechanics, Heat transfer, Composite material, Heat transfer coefficient and Thermal. Heat and Mass Transfer concentrates on Mechanics topics that focus on Heat flux, Pressure drop, Flow (psychology), Turbulence and Convection. Nusselt number, Heat exchanger and Thermal conductivity are some topics wherein Heat transfer research discussed in it have an impact.

The work on Thermal conductivity tackled in it brings together disciplines like Heat capacity and Viscosity. While the primary focus in Heat and Mass Transfer is Heat transfer coefficient, it also dissects topics surrounding Boiling and Nucleate boiling, Critical heat flux and Bubble as a whole. The studies in Thermal featured incorporate elements of Evaporator and Heat pipe.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Predicting the engine trade-off study and performance characteristics using different blends of methyl Ester fish oil and higher alcohol with aid of artificial neural network based multi objective optimization (7 citations)
  • Air dehumidification using various TEG based nano solvents in hollow fiber membrane contactors (5 citations)
  • Utilizing RSM for experimental modeling of mass transfer coefficients in a perforated rotating disc contactor (PRDC) (5 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 Heat and Mass Transfer (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ioan Pop (33 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ali J. Chamkha (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Rama Subba Reddy Gorla (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Moh'd A. Al-Nimr (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Harmindar S. Takhar (21 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 Heat and Mass Transfer (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Islamic Azad University (100 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (79 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Xi'an Jiaotong University (57 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Indian Institute of Technology Madras (57 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (49 papers) published 4 papers 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, 8.65% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 7.89% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.84% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.16% of all publications and 72.11% 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

  • Impacts of heated rotating inner cylinder and two-phase nanofluid model on entropy generation and mixed convection in a square cavity

    Ammar I. Alsabery;Ammar I. Alsabery;Engin Gedik;Ali J. Chamkha;Ishak Hashim

    (2020)
    56 Citations
  • Heat transfer and flow characteristics of hybrid Al 2 O 3 /TiO 2 –water nanofluid in a minichannel heat sink

    Mohammad Ataei;Farhad Sadegh Moghanlou;Saeed Noorzadeh;Mohammad Vajdi

    (2020)
    49 Citations
  • A critical review on measures to suppress flow boiling instabilities in microchannels

    Ning Mao;Jiaojiao Zhuang;Tianbiao He;Mengjie Song

    (2021)
    43 Citations
  • Performance investigation of a solar thermal collector provided with air jets impingement on multi V-shaped protrusion ribs absorber plate

    Raj Kumar;Rahul Nadda;Adit Rana;Ranchan Chauhan

    (2020)
    42 Citations
  • Comparative analysis on the influence of antioxidants role with Pistacia khinjuk oil biodiesel to reduce emission in diesel engine

    V. Karthickeyan;B. Ashok;S. Thiyagarajan;K. Nanthagopal

    (2020)
    38 Citations
  • Improving the performance of stepped solar still using a graphite and PCM as hybrid store materials with internal reflectors coupled with evacuated tube solar collector

    A. E. Kabeel;Mohamed M. Khairat Dawood;Tamer Nabil;Bader Essa Alonafal

    (2020)
    31 Citations
  • Numerical study of nanocomposite phase change material-based heat sink for the passive cooling of electronic components

    Adeel Arshad;Mark Jabbal;Hamza Faraji;Pouyan Talebizadehsardari

    (2021)
    30 Citations
  • Investigation of the influences of kaolin-deionized water nanofluid on the thermal behavior of concentric type heat exchanger

    Ataollah Khanlari;Duygu Yılmaz Aydın;Adnan Sözen;Metin Gürü

    (2020)
    28 Citations

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