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Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering
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Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering

1556-7265

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/umte20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 433 7 5 3
Materials Science 790 12 6 3

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 27
Documents by Best Scientists*: 14
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 62
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.404
Impact Factor: 2.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering?

The journal is mainly concerned with subjects like Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Heat transfer, Thermal conductivity and Condensed matter physics. Mechanics study tackled is connected to the field of Classical mechanics. Research on Thermodynamics presented in Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering focuses, in particular, on Nanofluid, Nusselt number, Nucleate boiling, Heat flux and Pressure drop.

In addition to Heat transfer research, it aims to explore topics under Thin film, Nanotechnology, Boiling and Composite material. The journal focuses on Nanotechnology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Work (thermodynamics), Thermal transport, Thermal management of electronic devices and systems and Microscale chemistry. The study on Boiling presented in Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering intersects with subjects under the field of Critical heat flux.

Thermal conductivity research featured in Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Optoelectronics and Thermal resistance, Thermal, Interfacial thermal resistance. It facilitates discussions on Condensed matter physics that incorporate concepts from other fields like Thermal conduction and Thermal radiation. The journal focused on Phonon research but expanded to cover Scattering.

  • Mechanics (26.04%)
  • Thermodynamics (23.61%)
  • Heat transfer (19.10%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Dropwise Condensation on Micro- and Nanostructured Surfaces (167 citations)
  • Nano- and Microstructures for Thin-Film Evaporation—A Review (111 citations)
  • Thermal Rectification Enabled by Near-Field Radiative Heat Transfer Between Intrinsic Silicon and a Dissimilar Material (107 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering:

The journal papers investigate studies in Phonon, Heat transfer, Nanotechnology, Thermodynamics and Boiling. While Phonon is the focus of the most cited papers, it also provides insights into the studies of Scattering, Thermal and Statistical physics. In addition to Thermodynamics research, the most cited articles aim to explore topics under Mechanics, Porous medium and Temperature gradient.

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

  • Thermodynamics
  • Optics
  • Composite material

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering focuses on Thermal management of electronic devices and systems, Thermal radiation, Condensed matter physics, Non-equilibrium thermodynamics and Passive cooling. The studies in Thermal management of electronic devices and systems featured incorporate elements of Thermal conduction, Phonon scattering and Thermal transport. While it focused on Thermal transport, it was also able to explore topics like Electron phonon, Vibrational energy and Nanotechnology, Microelectronics.

Issues in Thermal radiation were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Semimetal, Phonon, Surface phonon and Dispersion (water waves). Topics in Condensed matter physics explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Excited state, Nanoscopic scale and Thermal modulation. The concepts on Evaporation presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Heat pipe, Mechanics and Computer cooling.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Impact of Electron-Phonon Interaction on Thermal Transport: A Review (1 citations)
  • Hyperbolic volume and surface phonon polaritons excited in an ultrathin hyperbolic slab: connection of dispersion and topology (1 citations)
  • Drifting mass accommodation coefficients: in situ measurements from a steady state molecular dynamics setup (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 Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Zhuomin M. Zhang (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Suresh V. Garimella (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Masahiko Shibahara (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Gang Chen (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • William P. King (5 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 Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Georgia Institute of Technology (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Purdue University (16 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (9 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 2021 edition, 10.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 11.11% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 22.22% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 44.44% of all publications and 22.22% 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 parametric study of subcooled flow boiling of Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>/water nanofluid using numerical simulation and artificial neural networks

    (2022)
    27 Citations
  • Analysis of a Square Split-and-Recombined Electroosmotic Micromixer with Non-aligned Inlet-Outlet Channels

    (2023)
    15 Citations
  • Simultaneous Evaluation of Heat Capacity and In-plane Thermal Conductivity of Nanocrystalline Diamond Thin Films

    Luke Yates;Zhe Cheng;Tingyu Bai;Karl Hobart

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • Temperature and Strain Effects in Micro-Raman Thermometry for Measuring In-Plane Thermal Conductivity of Thin Films

    Shouyuan Huang;Yijie Chen;Zhe Luo;Xianfan Xu

    (2021)
    5 Citations
  • Three-Dimensional Thermal Stress Effects on Nonlinear Torsional Vibration of Carbon Nanotubes Embedded in an Elastic Medium

    (2021)
    4 Citations
  • Medium-Bridge Near-Field Thermophotovoltaic System

    (2023)
    3 Citations
  • Simultaneous Determination of Thermal Conductivity and Heat Capacity in Thin Films with Picosecond Transient Thermoreflectance and Picosecond Laser Flash

    (2023)
    1 Citations
  • Significance of Variable Thermal Conductivity and Diffusivity on Nonsimilar Magneto-Thermo Convective Flow of a Micropolar Fluid on Stretching and Shrinking Surfaces

    (2024)
    0 Citations
  • Editorial for Issue 2/3 by Pamela M. Norris, Editor-in-Chief

    (2022)
    0 Citations
  • Thermal Insulation Performance of Monolithic Silica Aerogel with Gas Permeation Effect at Pressure Gradients and Large Temperature Differences

    (2023)
    0 Citations

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