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Radiative Heat Transfer Studies

Radiative Heat Transfer Studies is a research topic within Computational Mechanics. Science Explorer counts 21k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the analysis and modeling of radiative heat transfer, with an emphasis on inverse techniques, spectral properties, and interactions with participating media and turbulence. It includes research on Monte Carlo simulations, finite volume methods, and tomography-based reconstructions to study thermal radiation in various complex geometries and materials.

  • Radiative Heat Transfer
  • Inverse Analysis
  • Thermal Radiation
  • Monte Carlo Simulation
  • Participating Media
  • Finite Volume Method
  • Spectral Properties
  • Turbulence-Radiation Interaction
  • Tomography-Based Reconstruction
  • Heat Transfer Modeling
Research works
21k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+21%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
48% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Radiative Heat Transfer Studies

Which countries lead Radiative Heat Transfer Studies research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.2k and 325 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1.2k works
  2. 2 United States 325 works
  3. 3 Russia 248 works
  4. 4 India 194 works
  5. 5 France 129 works
  6. 6 Germany 110 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 69 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 66 works
  9. 9 Japan 66 works
  10. 10 South Korea 59 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: 47.9%United States: 13.4%Russia: 10.2%India: 8.0%6 others listed: 20.5%48%largest
China1,164 · 47.9%United States325 · 13.4%Russia248 · 10.2%India194 · 8.0%6 others listed499 · 20.5%

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

Which institutions lead Radiative Heat Transfer Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Radiative Heat Transfer Studies research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 56 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 52 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 43 works
  4. 4 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 40 works
  5. 5 Beihang UniversityChina 38 works
  6. 6 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 29 works
  7. 7 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 27 works
  8. 8 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 25 works
  9. 9 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 25 works
  10. 10 Zhejiang UniversityChina 24 works

Who are the leading researchers in Radiative Heat Transfer Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Radiative Heat Transfer Studies include Huan Liu.

  1. 1 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 Radiative Heat Transfer Studies?

The most cited paper in Radiative Heat Transfer Studies is "Thermal Radiation Heat Transfer" (Gordon Ellison, 2010), with 5,429 citations. Next come "Numerically stable algorithm for discrete-ordinate-method radiative transfer in multiple scattering and emitting layered media" (3,593) and "On mathematical modeling of turbulent combustion with special emphasis on soot formation and combustion" (2,787).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Thermal Radiation Heat Transfer Gordon Ellison Book chapter 8 Nov 2010 5,429
2 Numerically stable algorithm for discrete-ordinate-method radiative transfer in multiple scattering and emitting layered media Knut H. Stamnes, S. C. Tsay, Warren J. Wiscombe et al. · Applied Optics 15 Jun 1988 3,593
3 On mathematical modeling of turbulent combustion with special emphasis on soot formation and combustion Bjorn Fossmo Magnussen, Bjørn Helge Hjertager · Symposium (International) on Combustion Conference paper 1977 2,787
4 A fixed grid numerical modelling methodology for convection-diffusion mushy region phase-change problems Vaughan R. Voller, Chander Prakash · International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer Aug 1987 2,677
5 A Universally Applicable Equation for the Instantaneous Heat Transfer Coefficient in the Internal Combustion Engine Gerhard Woschni · SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series Conference paper Feb 1967 2,356
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Where is Radiative Heat Transfer Studies research done?

The largest centres of Radiative Heat Transfer Studies research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Moscow (Russia) and Shanghai (China).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 255 works
  2. 2 Xi'anChina 94 works
  3. 3 MoscowRussia 90 works
  4. 4 ShanghaiChina 82 works
  5. 5 NanjingChina 71 works
  6. 6 HarbinChina 56 works
  7. 7 WuhanChina 50 works
  8. 8 HangzhouChina 43 works
  9. 9 ParisFrance 32 works
  10. 10 TehranIran 30 works
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Where is the best place to study Radiative Heat Transfer Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Harbin Institute of Technology and Beihang 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%10%20%30%mean 18.65%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Xi'an Jiaotong Unive…Zhejiang UniversityHarbin Institute of …Beihang University
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 76.423.5%5.8×29 +48.2%
2Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 74.616.4%8.5×40 +0.2%
3Beihang UniversityChina 68.616.0%12.0×38 +182.0%
4Zhejiang UniversityChina 67.219.4%3.2×24 +81.8%
5Southeast UniversityChina 64.127.3%3.1×13 +45.2%
6Northeastern UniversityChina 63.521.6%7.8×20 +52.5%
7King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia 61.321.0%11.2×9 +138.1%
8North China Electric Power UniversityChina 58.818.1%10.4×20 +26.3%
9Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 57.610.3%9.8×25 +130.3%
10Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 56.912.9%3.1×25 +56.8%

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 Radiative Heat Transfer Studies, country by country

Is Radiative Heat Transfer Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Radiative Heat Transfer 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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Radiative Heat Transfer Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.017% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Radiative Heat Transfer Studies0.015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Radiative Heat Transfer 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%Radiative Heat Transfer Studies10.3% 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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