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Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer

Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer is a research topic within Biomedical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 37k research works in it since 1950. 20.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the heat transfer enhancement in nanofluids, exploring topics such as thermal conductivity, convective transport, experimental investigations, and the impact of magnetic fields. It includes reviews, applications, and studies on viscosity in the context of nanofluid heat transfer.

  • Nanofluids
  • Heat Transfer
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Convective Transport
  • Enhancement
  • Experimental Investigation
  • Review
  • Magnetic Field Effect
  • Viscosity
  • Applications
Research works
37k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
7.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
20.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+63%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer research?

By volume, India and Pakistan publish the most (2.6k and 1k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 India 2.6k works
  2. 2 Pakistan 1k works
  3. 3 China 990 works
  4. 4 Saudi Arabia 917 works
  5. 5 Iran 437 works
  6. 6 Egypt 285 works
  7. 7 Iraq 267 works
  8. 8 Malaysia 266 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 250 works
  10. 10 United States 241 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.

India: 35.4%Pakistan: 14.1%China: 13.7%Saudi Arabia: 12.7%6 others listed: 24.1%35%largest
India2,560 · 35.4%Pakistan1,018 · 14.1%China990 · 13.7%Saudi Arabia917 · 12.7%6 others listed1,745 · 24.1%

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

Which institutions lead Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer research?

By volume in 2022–2025, King Khalid University publishes the most Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer research, followed by Vellore Institute of Technology University and COMSATS University Islamabad.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 King Khalid University Saudi Arabia 160 works
  2. 2 Vellore Institute of Technology University India 142 works
  3. 3 COMSATS University Islamabad Pakistan 101 works
  4. 4 King Abdulaziz University Saudi Arabia 73 works
  5. 5 Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University Saudi Arabia 66 works
  6. 6 Quaid-i-Azam University Pakistan 59 works
  7. 7 Siksha O Anusandhan University India 55 works
  8. 8 National Institute of Technology Warangal India 53 works
  9. 9 National University of Sciences and Technology Pakistan 50 works
  10. 10 Gauhati University India 48 works

Who are the leading researchers in Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer include Tasawar Hayat, Nasrudin Abd Rahim and Gang Chen.

  1. 1 Tasawar Hayat 4.6k citations
  2. 2 Nasrudin Abd Rahim 2.7k citations
  3. 3 Gang Chen 2.5k citations
  4. 4 Ajay Singh 2.4k citations
  5. 5 D.D. Ganji 2.3k citations
  6. 6 Ali J. Chamkha 2.2k citations
  7. 7 Adrian Bejan 2.2k citations
  8. 8 Dumitru Bǎleanu 2.2k citations
  9. 9 Ji‐Huan He 2.2k citations
  10. 10 Ioan Pop 2.1k citations

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

Where is Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer research done?

The largest centres of Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer research in 2022–2025 are Islamabad (Pakistan), Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), Chennai (India) and Abhā (Saudi Arabia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Davanagere District, New Mirpur and Kalaburagi.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Islamabad Pakistan 402 works
  2. 2 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 224 works
  3. 3 Chennai India 163 works
  4. 4 Abhā Saudi Arabia 160 works
  5. 5 Beijing China 154 works
  6. 6 Vellore India 146 works
  7. 7 Dhaka Bangladesh 139 works
  8. 8 Bengaluru India 138 works
  9. 9 Tehran Iran 138 works
  10. 10 Cairo Egypt 124 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Davanagere DistrictIN · 47.7 works191×
  2. New MirpurPK · 22.1 works71×
  3. KalaburagiIN · 31.6 works70×
  4. BaffaPK · 24.8 works56×
  5. AbhāSA · 159.8 works45×
  6. ShimogaIN · 28.2 works43×
  7. KhobarSA · 37.6 works42×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer?

Among universities, judged by research, King Khalid University, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology and COMSATS University Islamabad 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%50%100%mean 33.8%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →King Khalid University: 160, 33.8%Babol Noshirvani University of Technology: 48, 47.2%COMSATS University Islamabad: 101, 26.9%Islamia University of Bahawalpur: 43, 36.4%Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University: 66, 25.2%King Abdulaziz University: 73, 21.6%Vellore Institute of Technology University: 142, 17.5%Quaid-i-Azam University: 59, 33.2%University of Gour Banga: 17, 75.4%Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University: 38, 20.8%Babol Noshirvani Uni…Islamia University o…King Khalid UniversityCOMSATS University I…
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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
1King Khalid University Saudi Arabia 82.733.8%46.3×160 +1531.8%
2Babol Noshirvani University of Technology Iran 72.347.2%58.8×48 +510.3%
3COMSATS University Islamabad Pakistan 71.426.9%45.5×101 +139.8%
4Islamia University of Bahawalpur Pakistan 70.936.4%28.0×43 +462.9%
5Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University Saudi Arabia 70.525.2%27.0×66 +166.5%
6King Abdulaziz University Saudi Arabia 69.121.6%14.2×73 +275.9%
7Vellore Institute of Technology University India 67.217.5%15.2×142 +395.1%
8Quaid-i-Azam University Pakistan 66.533.2%41.0×59 +109.0%
9University of Gour Banga India 66.275.4%71.6×17 +42.9%
10Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University Saudi Arabia 66.120.8%63.1×38 +1167.9%

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 Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 63% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer.

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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.