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Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer
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Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

0887-8722

Published by: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

https://arc.aiaa.org/journal/jtht

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 254 48 61 10
Engineering and Technology 1129 12 12 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 80
Documents by Best Scientists*: 90
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 80
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.396
Impact Factor: 1.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer?

The journal tackles a plethora of topics, such as Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Heat transfer, Heat transfer coefficient and Thermal conductivity. Mechanics studies presented include Natural convection, Convective heat transfer, Nusselt number, Reynolds number and Convection. The journal focuses on different Natural convection studies like Combined forced and natural convection and Rayleigh number.

The work on Nusselt number addressed in it expands to the thematically related Prandtl number. The Thermodynamics research presented places emphasis on topics like Laminar flow, Thermal diffusivity, Heat pipe, Forced convection and Turbulence. The studies in Heat transfer featured incorporate elements of Thermal conduction, Radiative transfer, Optics and Thermal radiation.

Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer holds forums on Radiative transfer that merges themes from other disciplines such as Computational physics and Scattering. In addition to Heat transfer coefficient research, the journal aims to explore topics under Thermal resistance and Heat sink. The Thermal conductivity works featured in it incorporate elements from Thermal and Thermal contact conductance.

  • Mechanics (46.54%)
  • Thermodynamics (36.91%)
  • Heat transfer (35.34%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Thermal Conductivity of Nanoparticle -Fluid Mixture (1749 citations)
  • Review of chemical-kinetic problems of future NASA missions, II: Mars entries (948 citations)
  • Assessment of two-temperature kinetic model for ionizing air (577 citations)

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

The journal papers mainly deal with areas of study such as Thermodynamics, Mechanics, Heat transfer, Heat transfer coefficient and Thermal conductivity. The studies tackled in the published articles, which mainly focus on Mechanics, apply to Classical mechanics as well. While the most cited articles focused on Heat transfer, they were also able to explore topics like Radiative transfer, Optics and Computer simulation.

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

  • Thermodynamics
  • Composite material
  • Mechanical engineering

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer investigates areas of study like Mechanics, Heat transfer coefficient, Heat transfer, Thermal conductivity and Heat flux. The study of Thermal diffusivity and how it intertwines with concepts under Prandtl number were explored in the presented Mechanics research. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Heat transfer coefficient, it also covered topics in Nanofluid, Thermal, Convection, Heat exchanger and Heat capacity.

The presented Heat transfer research provided insight into the related

  • Vibration that connect with fields like Thermal resistance,
  • Turbulence kinetic energy that intertwine with fields like Large eddy simulation.. Boiling heat transfer, Aerospace engineering, Flow conditions and Mass flux are some topics wherein Thermal conductivity research discussed in the journal have an impact. Heat flux research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Thermocouple, Hypersonic speed, Mechanical engineering, Coolant and Ferrofluid.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Forward and Inverse Analyses of Two-Dimensional Eccentric Annular Fins for Space-Restriction Circumstances (6 citations)
  • Parametric Shape Optimization of Pin-Fin Arrays Using a Surrogate Model-Based Bayesian Method (4 citations)
  • Three-Dimensional Analysis of Transparent Flames by Light Field Deconvolution (4 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 Thermophysics and Heat Transfer (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Iain D. Boyd (46 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Deborah A. Levin (46 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • M. Michael Yovanovich (44 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Je-Chin Han (40 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • G. P. Peterson (37 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 Thermophysics and Heat Transfer (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Texas A&M University (121 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ames Research Center (103 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Glenn Research Center (80 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (79 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Langley Research Center (76 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as 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, 8.94% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 7.14% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.04% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.39% of all publications and 71.43% 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

  • Magnetohydrodynamic Mixed Convection and Entropy Analysis of Nanofluid in Gamma-Shaped Porous Cavity

    Ali J. Chamkha;Mohamed Ahmed Mansour;Ahmed Mohamed Rashad;Hadi Kargarsharifabad

    (2020)
    72 Citations
  • Magnetoconvection and Entropy Analysis in T-Shaped Porous Enclosure Using Finite Element Method

    Shafqat Hussain;Taher Armaghani;Muhammad Jamal

    (2020)
    42 Citations
  • Prediction of Heat-Generation and Electromagnetic Parameters from Temperature Response in Porous Fins

    Ranjan Das;Balaram Kundu

    (2021)
    29 Citations
  • Flow and Mass Transfer of Pyrolytic Aviation Kerosene in Curved Channel

    Keyu Gong;Yong Cao;Yu Feng;Ying Zhang

    (2021)
    28 Citations
  • Assessment of Thermochemistry Modeling for Hypersonic Flow over a Double Cone

    Michael E. Holloway;Kyle M. Hanquist;Iain D. Boyd

    (2020)
    25 Citations
  • Three-Dimensional Stretching/Shrinking Flow of Hybrid Nanofluid with Slips and Joule Heating

    (2022)
    16 Citations
  • Modified Nonlinear Coupled Constitutive Relations Model for Hypersonic Nonequilibrium Flows

    Zhenyu Yuan;Wenwen Zhao;Zhongzheng Jiang;Weifang Chen

    (2020)
    15 Citations
  • Forward and Inverse Analyses of Two-Dimensional Eccentric Annular Fins for Space-Restriction Circumstances

    Ranjan Das;Balaram Kundu

    (2021)
    15 Citations
  • Analysis of Associative Ionization Rates for Hypersonic Flows

    Iain D. Boyd;Eswar Josyula

    (2021)
    13 Citations

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