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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. 17.1% 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%
5.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
17.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+17%
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Which countries lead Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (2.1k and 583 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 2.1k works
  2. 2 India 583 works
  3. 3 United States 487 works
  4. 4 South Korea 179 works
  5. 5 Japan 177 works
  6. 6 Russia 151 works
  7. 7 Iran 142 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 135 works
  9. 9 Iraq 102 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 94 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: 50.1%India: 14.2%United States: 11.9%South Korea: 4.4%6 others listed: 19.5%50%largest
China2,059 · 50.1%India583 · 14.2%United States487 · 11.9%South Korea179 · 4.4%6 others listed801 · 19.5%

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

Which institutions lead Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Xi'an Jiaotong University publishes the most Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies research, followed by Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Tsinghua University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 172 works
  2. 2 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 83 works
  3. 3 Tsinghua UniversityChina 47 works
  4. 4 South China University of TechnologyChina 42 works
  5. 5 Institute of ThermophysicsRussia 40 works
  6. 6 Harbin Engineering UniversityChina 40 works
  7. 7 Tianjin UniversityChina 39 works
  8. 8 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 33 works
  9. 9 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 33 works
  10. 10 Chongqing UniversityChina 32 works

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

The most-cited researchers publishing on Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies include İbrahim Dinçer, R.Z. Wang and Issam Mudawar.

  1. 1 İbrahim Dinçer Canada 5.9k citations
  2. 2 R.Z. Wang China 3.3k citations
  3. 3 Issam Mudawar United States 2.4k citations
  4. 4 D.D. Ganji Iran 2.3k citations

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

Where is Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies research done?

The largest centres of Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies research in 2022–2025 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, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 393 works
  2. 2 Xi'an China 220 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 181 works
  4. 4 Nanjing China 121 works
  5. 5 Guangzhou China 93 works
  6. 6 Tianjin China 83 works
  7. 7 Harbin China 77 works
  8. 8 Wuhan China 71 works
  9. 9 Hangzhou China 66 works
  10. 10 Tokyo Japan 64 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. NovosibirskRU · 56.2 works9.2×
← 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.

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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 Mustansiriyah University 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 21.73%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Xi'an Jiaotong University: 172, 28.7%City University of Hong Kong: 23, 21.2%Mustansiriyah University: 16, 31.7%Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology: 9, 26.8%Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology: 8, 17.6%South China University of Technology: 42, 28.9%Beijing University of Technology: 31, 26.5%Tianjin University of Commerce: 18, 13.2%Indian Institute of Technology Patna: 11, 14.8%Indian Institute of Technology Bombay: 23, 7.9%Mustansiriyah Univer…Xi'an Jiaotong Unive…Ulsan National Insti…City University of H…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 74.728.7%20.9×172 +36.8%
2 City University of Hong KongHong Kong 66.521.2%7.7×23 +239.6%
3 Mustansiriyah UniversityIraq 62.131.7%11.3×16 —
4 Ulsan National Institute of Science and TechnologySouth Korea 59.126.8%11.3×9 +105.9%
5 Bangladesh University of Engineering and TechnologyBangladesh 56.417.6%11.7×8 +239.5%
6 South China University of TechnologyChina 56.028.9%7.5×42 -8.3%
7 Beijing University of TechnologyChina 54.926.5%8.6×31 +0.7%
8 Tianjin University of CommerceChina 54.813.2%58.7×18 +182.7%
9 Indian Institute of Technology PatnaIndia 53.914.8%16.7×11 +834.4%
10 Indian Institute of Technology BombayIndia 53.37.9%10.3×23 +267.7%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies.

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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.

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.