Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Discussion
Topic · Mechanical Engineering

Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies

Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies is a research topic within Mechanical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 30k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on fundamental issues related to flow boiling heat transfer, particularly in microchannels and minichannels. It covers topics such as two-phase flow, nucleate boiling, condensation, heat exchangers, and pulsating heat pipes. The research explores various aspects of heat transfer and fluid dynamics in small-scale channels, with applications in thermal management and heat exchanger design.

  • Microchannels
  • Boiling Heat Transfer
  • Two-Phase Flow
  • Heat Transfer
  • Pulsating Heat Pipes
  • Nucleate Boiling
  • Condensation
  • Heat Exchangers
  • Pool Boiling
  • Heat Pipe
Research works
30k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+16%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
51% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies

Which countries lead Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (2.3k and 625 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 2.3k works
  2. 2 India 625 works
  3. 3 United States 540 works
  4. 4 South Korea 199 works
  5. 5 Japan 189 works
  6. 6 Russia 159 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 150 works
  8. 8 Iran 150 works
  9. 9 Iraq 109 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 104 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: 51.3%India: 13.7%United States: 11.8%South Korea: 4.3%6 others listed: 18.8%51%largest
China2,347 · 51.3%India625 · 13.7%United States540 · 11.8%South Korea199 · 4.3%6 others listed861 · 18.8%

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

Which institutions lead Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Xi'an Jiaotong University publishes the most Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 196 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 111 works
  3. 3 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 92 works
  4. 4 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 71 works
  5. 5 Tsinghua UniversityChina 52 works
  6. 6 South China University of TechnologyChina 46 works
  7. 7 Tianjin UniversityChina 44 works
  8. 8 Harbin Engineering UniversityChina 44 works
  9. 9 Chongqing UniversityChina 36 works
  10. 10 Zhejiang UniversityChina 36 works

Who are the leading researchers in Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies include Kai You Wang, Lei Jiang and Qiang Zhang.

  1. 1 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  2. 2 Lei Jiang China 214k citations
  3. 3 Qiang Zhang China 184k citations
  4. 4 Yuming Guo Australia 175k citations
  5. 5 Yadong Li China 155k citations
  6. 6 Huan Liu Australia 148k 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 Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies?

The most cited paper in Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies is "A model for predicting flow regime transitions in horizontal and near horizontal gas‐liquid flow" (Yemada Taitel, Abe E. Dukler, 1976), with 2,923 citations. Next come "Heat transfer characteristics of nanofluids: a review" (2,148) and "Modelling flow pattern transitions for steady upward gas‐liquid flow in vertical tubes" (1,754).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A model for predicting flow regime transitions in horizontal and near horizontal gas‐liquid flow Yemada Taitel, Abe E. Dukler · AIChE Journal 1976 2,923
2 Heat transfer characteristics of nanofluids: a review Xiangqi Wang, ARUN SADASHIV MUJUMDAR · International Journal of Thermal Sciences 11 Aug 2006 2,148
3 Modelling flow pattern transitions for steady upward gas‐liquid flow in vertical tubes ‪Yehuda Taitel, Dvora Barnea, Abe E. Dukler · AIChE Journal May 1980 1,754
4 A Method of Correlating Heat-Transfer Data for Surface Boiling of Liquids Warren Max Rohsenow · Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Open access Aug 1952 1,650
5 Significance of Liquid-Film Coefficients in Gas Absorption P.V. Danckwerts · Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Jun 1951 1,563
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies research done?

The largest centres of Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Shanghai (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Novosibirsk.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 437 works
  2. 2 Xi'anChina 249 works
  3. 3 ShanghaiChina 205 works
  4. 4 NanjingChina 132 works
  5. 5 GuangzhouChina 103 works
  6. 6 TianjinChina 91 works
  7. 7 HarbinChina 86 works
  8. 8 WuhanChina 73 works
  9. 9 HangzhouChina 73 works
  10. 10 TokyoJapan 67 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. NovosibirskRU · 58.4 works9.1×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies than the world average.

See Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies on the map

Where is the best place to study Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Xi'an Jiaotong University, City University of Hong Kong and South China University of Technology 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%20%40%mean 22.02%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Hong Kong Polytechni…South China Universi…Xi'an Jiaotong Unive…City University of H…
above the meannear itbelow it

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 71.018.7%22.4×196 +45.2%
2City University of Hong KongChina 65.617.7%9.4×27 +109.5%
3South China University of TechnologyChina 64.824.2%8.4×46 +29.6%
4Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina 64.736.9%2.4×10 +152.8%
5Beijing University of TechnologyChina 59.119.6%10.2×36 +84.0%
6Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 57.511.6%6.4×92 +45.2%
7United Arab Emirates UniversityUnited Arab Emirates 55.427.7%7.5×9 +276.6%
8Southeast UniversityChina 54.519.7%4.7×34 +132.2%
9Nanjing University of Science and TechnologyChina 53.523.6%3.9×16 +156.2%
10University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 53.120.5%3.6×29 +39.5%

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 Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies, country by country

Is Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies.

still counting19801990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.028% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies0.025% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies 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%Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies10.1% 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.

Discussion

Ask a question or share a note about Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies. Posts are plain text and can be reported.