Numerical Heat Transfer; Part A: Applications

Top Research Topics at Numerical Heat Transfer Part A-applications?

The journal investigates areas of study like Mechanics, Heat transfer, Thermodynamics, Natural convection and Nusselt number. The Mechanics study featured in Numerical Heat Transfer Part A-applications draws parallels with the field of Classical mechanics. In Numerical Heat Transfer Part A-applications, Thermal, Geometry, Flow (psychology), Fluid dynamics and Thermal conduction are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Heat transfer research.

The Geometry study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Finite element method. Heat transfer coefficient, Convective heat transfer, Heat flux, Combined forced and natural convection and Forced convection are all subfields of Thermodynamics research that were featured in the journal. While work presented in Numerical Heat Transfer Part A-applications provided substantial information on Heat transfer coefficient, it also covered topics in Film temperature and Churchill–Bernstein equation.

Numerical Heat Transfer Part A-applications focuses on Natural convection but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Grashof number, Streamlines, streaklines, and pathlines, Enclosure and Buoyancy. Numerical Heat Transfer Part A-applications dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Nusselt number and Prandtl number. It explores research in Turbulence and the adjacent study of Jet (fluid).

• Mechanics (63.99%)
• Heat transfer (43.23%)
• Thermodynamics (39.00%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• ENHANCEMENTS OF THE SIMPLE METHOD FOR PREDICTING INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUID FLOWS (2823 citations)
• ENTHALPY-POROSITY TECHNIQUE FOR MODELING CONVECTION-DIFFUSION PHASE CHANGE: APPLICATION TO THE MELTING OF A PURE METAL (1004 citations)
• a Calculation Procedure for Two-Dimensional Elliptic Situations (516 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Numerical Heat Transfer Part A-applications:

The most cited publications primarily tackle Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Heat transfer, Natural convection and Nusselt number. The journal publications hold forums on Thermodynamics that merge themes from other disciplines such as Flow (psychology) and Porous medium. The study of Heat transfer in the published papers encompasses disciplines such as Geometry, as well as fields such as Mathematical analysis, all of which overlap with one another.

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

• Quantum mechanics
• Thermodynamics
• Mechanical engineering

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The aim of Numerical Heat Transfer Part A-applications is to expand the discussion of research in Mechanics, Heat transfer, Thermal, Flow (psychology) and Work (thermodynamics). It features Mechanics research that overlaps with concepts in Heat exchanger. The study of Energy engineering and how it intertwines with concepts under Cooling channel and Gas turbines were explored in the presented Heat transfer research.

Topics in Thermal were tackled in line with various other fields like Coolant, Nuclear engineering, Heat pipe, Bending and Numerical analysis. Topics in Flow (psychology) explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Turbulator, Computational fluid dynamics, Core (optical fiber), Deflection angle and Nusselt number. In addition to Work (thermodynamics) research, it aims to explore topics under Forced convection, Cathode, Entropy (classical thermodynamics), Proton exchange membrane fuel cell and Pore scale.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Optimization and analysis of maximum temperature in a battery pack affected by low to high Prandtl number coolants using response surface methodology and particle swarm optimization algorithm (13 citations)
• Enhancement of the turbulent convective heat transfer in channels through the baffling technique and oil/multiwalled carbon nanotube nanofluids (6 citations)
• A novel stochastic approach to study water droplet/flame interaction of water mist systems (5 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Numerical Heat Transfer Part A-applications (based on the number of publications) are:

• Bengt Sundén (61 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Ephraim M Sparrow (44 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Kambiz Vafai (36 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Subhash C. Mishra (36 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Yogesh Jaluria (34 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Numerical Heat Transfer Part A-applications (based on the number of publications) are:

• Xi'an Jiaotong University (97 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Minnesota (82 papers) absent at the last edition,
• National Cheng Kung University (61 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
• Indian Institute of Technology Madras (58 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (50 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, 4.29% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 22.39% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.48% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.45% of all publications and 62.69% 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.