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Heat Transfer

John Wiley & Sons Inc. · United States · Est. 1971

ISSN2688-4534eISSN2688-4542

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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 ↗

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📊 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

0.45

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.826

Total Worksi

2,419

Total Citationsi

20,911

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.69

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Thermodynamics; Condensed Matter Physics; Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1971

Annual Volume~ 268 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,419

Publisher OrgWiley

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2688-4534 / 2688-4542

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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

308

2019

394

7.2k

2020

415

6.3k

2021

379

4.1k

2022

204

1.3k

2023

281

1.6k

2024

320

895

2025

203

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.

Condensed Matter PhysicsQ2

Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Thermodynamics

Scopus Categories

Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesCondensed Matter Physics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Nanofluid Flow and Heat TransferHeat Transfer MechanismsFluid Dynamics and Turbulent FlowsHeat Transfer and OptimizationHeat and Mass Transfer in Porous MediaHeat Transfer and Boiling StudiesSolar Thermal and Photovoltaic SystemsPhase Change Materials ResearchRheology and Fluid Dynamics StudiesFluid Dynamics and Thin Films

Frequently asked questions about Heat Transfer

Is Heat Transfer a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Heat Transfer: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Heat Transfer?

Heat 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 2.69.

Is Heat Transfer indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Heat Transfer is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Heat Transfer?