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Journal of Heat Transfer
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Journal of Heat Transfer

0022-1481

Published by: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers

https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/heattransfer

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 315 19 25 7
Engineering and Technology 1325 8 8 4

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 42
Documents by Best Scientists*: 50
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index:
SCIMAGO SJR:
Impact Factor: 1.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Heat Transfer-transactions of The Asme?

The journal explores disciplines such as Heat transfer, Thermodynamics, Mechanics, Heat transfer coefficient and Heat flux. Heat transfer research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Thermal conduction and Turbulence, Reynolds number. The work on Thermal conduction tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Thermal conductivity, Boundary value problem and Thermal resistance.

The Thermodynamics research presented places emphasis on topics like Boiling, Nucleate boiling, Film temperature, Heat exchanger and Fluid dynamics. Subcooling is the primary subject of Boiling works presented in it. The journal concentrates on Mechanics topics that focus on Natural convection, Convection, Nusselt number, Forced convection and Laminar flow.

Presentations on Natural convection include those discussing Rayleigh number, Combined forced and natural convection and Rayleigh–Bénard convection. Journal of Heat Transfer-transactions of The Asme focused on Nusselt number research but expanded to cover Prandtl number. The concepts on Heat transfer coefficient presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Plate heat exchanger and Churchill–Bernstein equation.

  • Heat transfer (57.47%)
  • Thermodynamics (50.44%)
  • Mechanics (50.14%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Investigation on Convective Heat Transfer and Flow Features of Nanofluids (4192 citations)
  • Convective Transport in Nanofluids (3915 citations)
  • Measuring Thermal Conductivity of Fluids Containing Oxide Nanoparticles (2333 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Heat Transfer-transactions of The Asme:

The published papers investigate studies in Heat transfer, Thermodynamics, Mechanics, Heat transfer coefficient and Heat flux. In addition to Heat transfer research, the published papers aim to explore topics under Convection, Nusselt number, Turbulence, Reynolds number and Thermal conduction. The studies on Heat transfer coefficient discussed at the published articles can also contribute to research in the domains of Film temperature, Heat sink and Churchill–Bernstein equation.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Composite material
  • Thermodynamics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of Heat Transfer-transactions of The Asme investigates studies in Mechanics, Heat transfer, Composite material, Heat flux and Surface (mathematics). Research on Mechanics presented in the journal focuses, in particular, on Reynolds number, Flow (psychology), Turbulence, Flow (mathematics) and Natural convection. Topics in Heat transfer were tackled in line with various other fields like Thermal conductivity, Laminar flow and Porous medium.

Journal of Heat Transfer-transactions of The Asme investigates Composite material research which frequently intersects with Thermal. Many of the studies tackled connect Heat flux with a similar field of study like Boiling. Microchannel and Chemical engineering are some topics wherein Boiling research discussed in Journal of Heat Transfer-transactions of The Asme have an impact.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Heat Transfer Problems (21 citations)
  • Thermosolutal Marangoni Impact on Bioconvection in Suspension of Gyrotactic Microorganisms Over an Inclined Stretching Sheet (8 citations)
  • Bioconvection of a Radiating Hybrid Nanofluid Past a Thin Needle in the Presence of Heterogeneous–Homogeneous Chemical Reaction (6 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 Journal of Heat Transfer-transactions of The Asme (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ephraim M Sparrow (137 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • E. M. Sparrow (104 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • C. L. Tien (84 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John H. Lienhard (70 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Adrian Bejan (70 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 Journal of Heat Transfer-transactions of The Asme (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Minnesota (384 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of California, Berkeley (303 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Purdue University (289 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (231 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of California, Los Angeles (204 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 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, 3.11% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 12.30% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 3.21% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.72% of all publications and 65.78% 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

  • A Three-Dimensional Non-Newtonian Magnetic Fluid Flow Induced Due to Stretching of the Flat Surface With Chemical Reaction

    Unknown

    (2022)
    62 Citations
  • A Comparative Modeling Study of Thermal Mitigation Strategies in Irreversible Electroporation Treatments.

    (2021)
    16 Citations
  • Combined Influence of Fluid Viscoelasticity and Inertia on Forced Convection Heat Transfer From a Circular Cylinder

    (2020)
    14 Citations
  • General Correlations for Laminar Flow Friction Loss and Heat Transfer in Plain Rectangular Plate-Fin Cores

    Kuan-Ting Lin;Dantong Shi;Milind A. Jog;Raj M. Manglik

    (2020)
    11 Citations
  • Use of Cuckoo Search Algorithm for Performance Evaluation of Split Elliptic Shaped Fins for Enhanced Rate of Heat Transfer

    Alok Ranjan;Ranjan Das;Sagnik Pal;Arindam Majumder

    (2021)
    11 Citations
  • Ultra-High Temperature Thermal Conductivity Measurements of a Reactive Magnesium Manganese Oxide Porous Bed Using a Transient Hot Wire Method

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • A Steady-State Energy-Based Monte Carlo Method for Phonon Transport with Arbitrary Temperature Difference

    (2022)
    9 Citations
  • Experimental Study on Heat Transfer of Leading Edge Film-Cooling With Counter-Inclined Cylindrical and Laid-Back Holes

    (2020)
    9 Citations
  • Characterization and Scaling of Forced Convective Swirl in Sinusoidal Wavy-Plate-Fin Cores of Compact Heat Exchangers

    Dantong Shi;Kuan-Ting Lin;Milind A. Jog;Raj M. Manglik

    (2021)
    9 Citations
  • Heat Transfer Due to Annular Jets Impinging on a Moving Surface

    (2022)
    7 Citations

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