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Thermal Science
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Thermal Science

0354-9836

Published by: Society of Thermal Engineers of Serbia

http://thermalscience.vinca.rs/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 199 63 100 13
Engineering and Technology 857 69 107 9

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 241
Documents by Best Scientists*: 398
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 14
SCIMAGO H-index: 62
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.26
Impact Factor: 1.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Thermal Science?

The journal covers a variety of subjects, including Mechanics, Heat transfer, Thermodynamics, Composite material and Thermal. The research on Mechanics discussed in it draws on the closely related field of Classical mechanics. Heat transfer study tackled is connected to the field of Heat exchanger.

  • Mechanics (27.29%)
  • Heat transfer (15.42%)
  • Thermodynamics (11.71%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • New Fractional Derivatives with Nonlocal and Non-Singular Kernel: Theory and Application to Heat Transfer Model (1432 citations)
  • Biomass fast pyrolysis (350 citations)
  • Fractal heat conduction problem solved by local fractional variation iteration method (220 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Thermal Science:

The journal articles facilitate discussions on Thermodynamics, Heat transfer, Mechanics, Applied mathematics and Fractional calculus. The most cited articles focus on Thermodynamics but sometimes tackle the closely related topic of Thermal efficiency which is concerned with Diesel engine. While work presented in the journal articles provide substantial information on Mechanics, it also covers topics in Partial differential equation and Classical mechanics.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Composite material
  • Mechanical engineering

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The primary areas of discussion in Thermal Science are Mechanics, Heat transfer, Composite material, Nanofluid and Thermal. Mechanics studies presented in it focus on topics such as Nusselt number, Reynolds number, Flow (psychology), Turbulence and Natural convection. Heat transfer coefficient is the primary subject of Heat transfer works presented in Thermal Science.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Numerical simulation of 3-D fractional-order convection-diffusion PDE by a local meshless method (12 citations)
  • Effect of parameters on thermal and fluid-flow behavior of battery thermal management system (10 citations)
  • Improving the efficiency of heat recovery circuits of cogeneration plants with combustion of water-fuel emulsions (10 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 Thermal Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ji-Huan He (88 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Xiao-Jun Yang (47 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jordan Hristov (30 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Tasawar Hayat (26 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Dumitru Baleanu (26 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous 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 Thermal Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Soochow University (Suzhou) (157 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • China University of Mining and Technology (116 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 12 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Belgrade (107 papers) published 26 papers at the last edition, 10 more than at the previous edition,
  • Zhongyuan University of Technology (67 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
  • Islamic Azad University (61 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 5 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, 15.70% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 20.34% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.57% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.06% of all publications and 55.03% 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

  • Effects of nanofluids on heat transfer characteristics in shell and tube heat exchanger

    (2021)
    92 Citations
  • Heat transfer analysis in counter flow shell and tube heat exchanger using of design of experiments

    (2021)
    90 Citations
  • The 3-D flow of Casson nanofluid over a stretched sheet with chemical reactions, velocity slip, thermal radiation and Brownian motion

    Muhammad Umar;Zulqurnain Sabir;Ali Imran;Abdul Wahab Hafiz

    (2020)
    54 Citations
  • A numerical approach for 2-D Sutterby fluid-flow bounded at a stagnation point with an inclined magnetic field and thermal radiation impacts

    Zulqurnain Sabir;Ali Imran;Muhammad Umar;Muhammad Zeb

    (2021)
    50 Citations
  • Biologically-inspired transport of solid spherical nanoparticles in an electrically-conducting viscoelastic fluid with heat transfer

    Ahmed Zeeshan;M Mubashir Bhatti;Nouman Ijaz;A Osman Bég

    (2020)
    41 Citations
  • Numerical study for heat transfer enhancement using CuO water nanofluids through mini-channel heat sinks for microprocessor cooling

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • Experimental investigation of specific heat of aqueous graphene oxide Al2O3 hybrid nanofluid

    Yuguo Gao;Yangyang Xi;Yang Zhenzhong;Agus P. Sasmito

    (2021)
    33 Citations
  • Passive control of magneto-nanomaterials transient flow subject to non-linear thermal radiation

    (2021)
    21 Citations
  • Heat transfer performance and friction factor of various nanofluids in a double-tube counter flow heat exchanger

    Dan Zhen;Jin Wang;Yu Pang;Zhanxiu Chen

    (2020)
    20 Citations

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