Journal profile · Thermodynamics
Heat Transfer Research
ISSN 1064-2285 · Begell House Inc. · BYELARUS · Bimonthly
Heat Transfer Research: CAS Zone 4 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.5; subscription journal; review about 3 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 103 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Heat Transfer Research is published by Begell House Inc. and is in Zone 4 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Heat Transfer and Optimization, Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer and Heat Transfer Mechanisms, together about 36.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Mechanical Engineering and Computational Mechanics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Heat Transfer Research (ISSN1064-2285) presents archived theoretical, applied, and experimental papers selected globally. Selected papers from technical conference proceedings and academic laboratory reports are also published. Papers are selected and reviewed by a group of expert associate editors, guided by a distinguished advisory board, and represent the best of current work in the field. Heat Transfer Research is published under an exclusive license to Begell House, Inc., in full compliance with the International Copyright Convention. Subjects covered in Heat Transfer Research encompass the entire field of heat transfer and relevant areas of fluid dynamics, including conduction, convection and radiation, phase change phenomena including boiling and solidification, heat exchanger design and testing, heat transfer in nuclear reactors, mass transfer, geothermal heat recovery, multi-scale heat transfer, heat and mass transfer in alternative energy systems, and thermophysical properties of materials.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Thermodynamics
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Heat Transfer and OptimizationEngineering13.5%
- Nanofluid Flow and Heat TransferEngineering11.3%
- Heat Transfer MechanismsEngineering11.3%
- Heat Transfer and Boiling StudiesEngineering9.4%
- Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent FlowsEngineering7.4%
- Radiative Heat Transfer StudiesEngineering4.3%
- Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic SystemsEnergy3.9%
- Heat transfer and supercritical fluidsEngineering3.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Thermodynamics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Thermodynamics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Thermodynamics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.34LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.47LetPub ·
- h-index
- 18LetPub ·
- h-index
- 38OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 264OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.38OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 20%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 2.25%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 90LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,476 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 65 | 1 | 4 |
| 2025 | 103 | 3 | 104 |
| 2024 | 97 | 5 | 259 |
| 2023 | 113 | 5 | 446 |
| 2022 | 132 | 7 | 715 |
| 2021 | 126 | 8 | 938 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Begell House Inc.
- Country or region
- BYELARUS
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- ISSN
- 1064-2285
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Heat Transfer Research
What CAS zone is Heat Transfer Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Heat Transfer Research is in Zone 4 of Engineering, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Thermodynamics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Heat Transfer Research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.5; CiteScore 3.2, h-index 38.
How long does peer review take at Heat Transfer Research?
Authors report an average review time of about 3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Heat Transfer Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Heat Transfer Research is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Heat Transfer Research open access, and what is the APC?
Heat Transfer Research is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .