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Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer

Tech Science Press · United States · Est. 2010

ISSN2151-8629eISSN2151-8629

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2023-05-18). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.35

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.336

Total Worksi

882

Total Citationsi

6,275

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.65

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Thermodynamics; Engineering (miscellaneous); Materials Science (miscellaneous); Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2010

Annual Volume~ 85 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications882

Publisher OrgGlobal Digital Central

OA Since2009

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Tech Science Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2151-8629 / 2151-8629

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

397

2019

392

2020

329

2021

345

2022

331

2023

640

2024

207

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Engineering (miscellaneous)Q2

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q3

Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Thermodynamics

Scopus Categories

Engineering (miscellaneous)Materials Science (miscellaneous)Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Nanofluid Flow and Heat TransferHeat Transfer and OptimizationHeat Transfer and Boiling StudiesHeat Transfer MechanismsFluid Dynamics and Turbulent FlowsHeat and Mass Transfer in Porous MediaLattice Boltzmann Simulation StudiesSpacecraft and Cryogenic TechnologiesFluid Dynamics and Thin FilmsSolar-Powered Water Purification Methods

Frequently asked questions about Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer

Is Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer a predatory journal?

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2023-05-18). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer?

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 2.65.

Is Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer?