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Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications
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Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications

1948-5085

Published by: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/thermalscienceapplication

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 185 67 95 14
Materials Science 671 24 26 6
Engineering and Technology 796 42 52 10

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 153
Documents by Best Scientists*: 173
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 6
SCIMAGO H-index: 42
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.41
Impact Factor: 1.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications?

The main points discussed in the journal deals with Mechanics, Heat transfer, Thermodynamics, Heat transfer coefficient and Composite material. Reynolds number, Convection, Turbulence, Pressure drop and Computational fluid dynamics are Mechanics topics of special interest in Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications. In Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, Heat exchanger and Heat sink are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Heat transfer research.

Research on Thermodynamics addressed in Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications frequently intersections with the field of Nuclear engineering. Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications features studies on Heat transfer coefficient, including topics such as Dynamic scraped surface heat exchanger. Thermal conductivity is a primary topic of Composite material research in it.

It focused on Micro heat exchanger research conducted under the discipline of Plate heat exchanger. The study on Plate heat exchanger presented in Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications intersects with subjects under the field of Heat spreader. It focuses on Nanofluid research which is adjacent to topics in Natural convection.

  • Mechanics (46.30%)
  • Heat transfer (42.91%)
  • Thermodynamics (25.24%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Technical Challenges and Opportunities for Concentrating Solar Power With Thermal Energy Storage (106 citations)
  • Fundamental Gas Turbine Heat Transfer (104 citations)
  • Recent Advances in High-Flux, Two-Phase Thermal Management (94 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications:

The published articles generally zeroe in on subjects such as Heat transfer, Thermodynamics, Mechanics, Nanofluid and Heat transfer coefficient. The journal papers facilitate discussions on Heat transfer that incorporate concepts from other fields like Pressure drop, Composite material, Convection and Reynolds number. Issues in Thermodynamics were discussed in the journal publications, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Nanofluids in solar collectors and Thermomagnetic convection.

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

  • Thermodynamics
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Composite material

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications focuses on Mechanics, Heat transfer, Heat flux, Thermal and Computational fluid dynamics. Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications features Mechanics research that overlaps with concepts in Methane. The main emphasis of it is the research on Heat transfer, emphasizing the topic of Heat transfer coefficient.

Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications explores the study of Heat transfer coefficient to improve our understanding of the broader topic of Thermodynamics. Some problems in Heat flux that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Camouflage, Thin film, Stress (mechanics) and Soft computing. The journal explores issues in Thermal which can be linked to other research areas like Optical imaging, Mechanical engineering and Laser.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Heat Transfer in a Rib Turbulated Pin Fin Array for Trailing Edge Cooling (2 citations)
  • Transient Channel Sagging Measurements Under Severe Thermal Loading Condition: An Optical Imaging Approach (1 citations)
  • Application of the Buckingham Π Theorem to Model the Multiple Effect Vacuum Membrane Distillation (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 Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Srinath V. Ekkad (18 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Je-Chin Han (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ting Wang (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Wei Li (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Asterios Pantokratoras (11 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 Thermal Science and Engineering Applications (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Texas A&M University (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Zhejiang University (18 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Indian Institute of Technology Madras (17 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of New Orleans (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Virginia Tech (17 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, 8.51% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 16.28% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.63% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.63% of all publications and 60.47% 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

  • Forced Convection Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of Architected and Three-Dimensional Printable Heat Sinks Based on Triply Periodic Minimal Surfaces

    Oraib Al-Ketan;Mohamed Ali;Mohamad Khalil;Reza Rowshan

    (2021)
    177 Citations
  • Magnetohydrodynamic Natural Convection Heat Transfer of Hybrid Nanofluid in a Square Enclosure in the Presence of a Wavy Circular Conductive Cylinder

    Tahar Tayebi;Ali J. Chamkha

    (2020)
    141 Citations
  • Temperature of Grinding Carbide With Castor Oil-Based MoS2 Nanofluid Minimum Quantity Lubrication

    Menghua Sui;Changhe Li;Wentao Wu;Min Yang

    (2021)
    93 Citations
  • Heat Transfer and Second Law Analysis of Ethylene Glycol-Based Ternary Hybrid Nanofluid Under Laminar Flow

    L. Syam Sundar;Kotturu V.V. Chandra Mouli;Zafar Said;Antonio C. M. Sousa

    (2021)
    60 Citations
  • Optimization for Liquid Cooling Cylindrical Battery Thermal Management System Based on Gaussian Process Model

    Wei Li;Akhil Garg;Mi Xiao;Liang Gao

    (2021)
    51 Citations
  • Impact of Partial Slip on Magneto-Ferrofluids Mixed Convection Flow in Enclosure

    Ali J. Chamkha;A. M. Rashad;A. I. Alsabery;A. I. Alsabery;Z. M. A. Abdelrahman

    (2020)
    49 Citations
  • Numerical Simulation of Nonlinear Thermal Radiation on the 3D Flow of a Couple Stress Casson Nanofluid Due to a Stretching Sheet

    P. V. Satya Narayana;Nainaru Tarakaramu;G. Sarojamma;I. L. Animasaun

    (2021)
    47 Citations
  • Heat Transfer of rGO/CO3O4 Hybrid Nanomaterial-Based Nanofluids and Twisted Tape Configurations in a Tube

    L. Syam Sundar;E. Venkata Ramana;Zafar Said;António M.B. Pereira

    (2021)
    36 Citations
  • Analysis of Thermal Creep Effects on Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in a Microchannel Gas Heating

    K. M. Ramadan;Mohammed Kamil;I. Tlili;O. Qisieh

    (2021)
    34 Citations

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