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International Journal of Energy Research
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International Journal of Energy Research

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Engineering and Technology 62 447 804 54

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 1228
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1696
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 31
SCIMAGO H-index: 133
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.873
Impact Factor: 4.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at International Journal of Energy Research?

The journal focuses largely on the fields of Chemical engineering, Waste management, Thermodynamics, Mechanics and Process engineering. The studies on Chemical engineering discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Hydrogen, Supercapacitor, Electrochemistry and Catalysis. Many of the studies tackled connect Waste management with a similar field of study like Combustion.

The presentations discussing Thermodynamics offer insights in topics such as Heat transfer, Refrigerant and Heat pump.

  • Chemical engineering (16.17%)
  • Waste management (10.97%)
  • Thermodynamics (9.86%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Renewable hydrogen production (679 citations)
  • Size effects on the hydrogen storage properties of nanostructured metal hydrides: A review (476 citations)
  • Markal, a linear-programming model for energy systems analysis: Technical description of the bnl version (457 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International Journal of Energy Research:

The journal papers tackle a plethora of topics, such as Waste management, Thermodynamics, Exergy, Process engineering and Mechanical engineering. While the journal papers focused on Waste management, they were also able to explore topics like Hydrogen production, Hydrogen, Thermal efficiency, Biomass and Electricity generation. The most cited papers feature Thermodynamics research that overlaps with concepts in Mechanics.

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

  • Composite material
  • Oxygen
  • Chemical engineering

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

International Journal of Energy Research aims to foster the development of research in Chemical engineering, Nuclear engineering, Optoelectronics, Catalysis and Composite material. The journal is focused mainly on Chemical engineering, particularly Graphene.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Network-constrained rail transportation and power system scheduling with mobile battery energy storage under a multi-objective two-stage stochastic programming (38 citations)
  • Numerical study on sensitivity analysis of factors influencing liquid cooling with double cold‐plate for lithium‐ion pouch cell (35 citations)
  • COVID-19 pandemic facilitating energy transition opportunities. (28 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 International Journal of Energy Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ibrahim Dincer (119 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Mahendra Singh Sodha (87 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Samuel M. Sami (35 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Saffa Riffat (34 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Marc A. Rosen (29 papers) published 2 papers 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 International Journal of Energy Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Indian Institutes of Technology (150 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous edition,
  • King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (141 papers) published 15 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (130 papers) published 38 papers at the last edition, 17 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Ontario Institute of Technology (106 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Xi'an Jiaotong University (100 papers) published 40 papers at the last edition, 20 more than 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, 3.52% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 13.99% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.97% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.79% of all publications and 67.24% 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

  • Hydrogen from solar energy, a clean energy carrier from a sustainable source of energy

    Seyed Ehsan Hosseini;Mazlan Abdul Wahid

    (2020)
    609 Citations
  • Sustainability of the four generations of biofuels – A review

    Nurul Syahirah Mat Aron;Kuan Shiong Khoo;Kit Wayne Chew;Pau Loke Show

    (2020)
    413 Citations
  • A review on modeling of solar photovoltaic systems using artificial neural networks, fuzzy logic, genetic algorithm and hybrid models

    Kunal Sandip Garud;Simon Jayaraj;Moo‐Yeon Lee

    (2021)
    267 Citations
  • Impact of coronavirus (COVID‐19) pandemic on air transport mobility, energy, and environment: A case study

    (2020)
    253 Citations
  • Numerical investigation of a new combined energy system includes parabolic dish solar collector, Stirling engine and thermoelectric device

    Mehdi Mehrpooya;Noradin Ghadimi;Mohammad Marefati;Sohrab Ali Ghorbanian

    (2021)
    245 Citations
  • Progress on the demand side management in smart grid and optimization approaches

    Eity Sarker;Pobitra Halder;Mehdi Seyedmahmoudian;Elmira Jamei

    (2021)
    244 Citations
  • A review on development of offshore wind energy conversion system

    Jinjiang Li;Guandao Wang;Zhiheng Li;Shaolong Yang

    (2020)
    199 Citations
  • A novel heat dissipation structure based on flat heat pipe for battery thermal management system

    Unknown

    (2022)
    197 Citations
  • Progress and challenges: Review for direct liquid fuel cell

    Norazuwana Shaari;Siti Kartom Kamarudin;Raihana Bahru;Siti Hasanah Osman

    (2021)
    131 Citations
  • Exergoeconomic and environmental investigation of an innovative poly‐generation plant driven by a solid oxide fuel cell for production of electricity, cooling, desalinated water, and hydrogen

    Shahriyar Ghazanfari Holagh;Maghsoud Abdollahi Haghghi;Zahra Mohammadi;Ata Chitsaz

    (2020)
    127 Citations

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