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Advanced Thermodynamic Systems and Engines

Advanced Thermodynamic Systems and Engines is a research topic within Mechanical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 14k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the development, optimization, and application of Stirling engines, including thermoacoustic and free-piston variations. It covers topics such as solar-powered Stirling engines, cryocoolers, multi-objective optimization, and thermodynamic analysis for performance enhancement.

  • Stirling Engines
  • Thermoacoustic
  • Heat Engine
  • Optimization
  • Solar Power
  • Cryocoolers
  • Multi-objective
  • Thermodynamic Analysis
  • Free-piston Engine
  • Performance Optimization
Research works
14k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-3%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
50% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Advanced Thermodynamic Systems and Engines

Which countries lead Advanced Thermodynamic Systems and Engines research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (890 and 219 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 890 works
  2. 2 United States 219 works
  3. 3 India 146 works
  4. 4 Russia 104 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 78 works
  6. 6 Japan 72 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 71 works
  8. 8 Italy 63 works
  9. 9 Iran 62 works
  10. 10 Germany 58 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 50.5%United States: 12.4%India: 8.3%Russia: 5.9%6 others listed: 22.9%50%largest
China890 · 50.5%United States219 · 12.4%India146 · 8.3%Russia104 · 5.9%6 others listed404 · 22.9%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Advanced Thermodynamic Systems and Engines research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Advanced Thermodynamic Systems and Engines research, followed by Xi'an Jiaotong University and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 108 works
  2. 2 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 57 works
  3. 3 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 45 works
  4. 4 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 33 works
  5. 5 Zhejiang UniversityChina 24 works
  6. 6 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 22 works
  7. 7 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 21 works
  8. 8 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 19 works
  9. 9 Tsinghua UniversityChina 16 works
  10. 10 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 16 works

Who are the leading researchers in Advanced Thermodynamic Systems and Engines?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Advanced Thermodynamic Systems and Engines include Kai You Wang, Qiang Zhang and Douglas Scott.

  1. 1 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  2. 2 Qiang Zhang China 184k citations
  3. 3 Douglas Scott Canada 172k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Advanced Thermodynamic Systems and Engines?

The most cited paper in Advanced Thermodynamic Systems and Engines is "The theory of homogeneous turbulence" (M. Z. v. Krzywoblocki, 1953), with 1,929 citations. Next come "Techno-economic survey of Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) systems" (1,491) and "Rotavirus and Severe Childhood Diarrhea" (1,480).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The theory of homogeneous turbulence M. Z. v. Krzywoblocki · Journal of the Franklin Institute Aug 1953 1,929
2 Techno-economic survey of Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) systems Sylvain Quoilin, Martijn van den Broek, Sébastien Declaye et al. · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews Open access Mar 2013 1,491
3 Rotavirus and Severe Childhood Diarrhea Umesh D. Parashar, Christopher James Gibson, Joseph Bresee et al. · Emerging infectious diseases Open access Feb 2006 1,480
4 A review of thermodynamic cycles and working fluids for the conversion of low-grade heat Huijuan Chen, D. Yogi Goswami, Elias K. Stefanakos · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 31 Jul 2010 1,317
5 A review of working fluid and expander selections for organic Rankine cycle Junjiang Bao, Li Zhao · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 18 Apr 2013 1,317
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Where is Advanced Thermodynamic Systems and Engines research done?

The largest centres of Advanced Thermodynamic Systems and Engines research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Xi'an (China) and Wuhan (China).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 260 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 85 works
  3. 3 Xi'anChina 74 works
  4. 4 WuhanChina 39 works
  5. 5 MoscowRussia 36 works
  6. 6 NanjingChina 35 works
  7. 7 HangzhouChina 34 works
  8. 8 TokyoJapan 30 works
  9. 9 TianjinChina 27 works
  10. 10 TehranIran 26 works
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Where is the best place to study Advanced Thermodynamic Systems and Engines?

Among universities, judged by research, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Beijing Institute of Technology and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%30%mean 15.7%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Xi'an Jiaotong Unive…Beijing Institute of…Shanghai Jiao Tong U…University of Chines…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 93.024.8%15.8×57 +12.4%
2Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 66.417.4%13.4×33 +101.9%
3University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 60.98.8%13.3×45 +109.1%
4Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 57.617.3%3.2×19 +30.0%
5Beijing University of TechnologyChina 48.415.4%10.0×14 -10.4%
6University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 46.114.9%4.5×11 +160.6%
7Southeast UniversityChina 45.417.3%3.7×11 +36.0%
8Shandong UniversityChina 43.316.2%3.9×11 +109.7%
9Zhejiang UniversityChina 43.29.8%4.3×24 +27.2%
10Tsinghua UniversityChina 42.515.1%3.3×16 -14.6%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Advanced Thermodynamic Systems and Engines, country by country

Is Advanced Thermodynamic Systems and Engines research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2020.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Advanced Thermodynamic Systems and Engines as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.011% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Advanced Thermodynamic Systems and Engines0.0092% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Advanced Thermodynamic Systems and Engines over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Advanced Thermodynamic Systems and Engines10.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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