Ryan McGlen

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Ryan McGlen is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Automotive Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ryan McGlen has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 11 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 8 papers in Automotive Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ryan McGlen's work include Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies (11 papers), Heat Transfer and Optimization (10 papers) and Advanced Battery Technologies Research (8 papers). Ryan McGlen is often cited by papers focused on Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies (11 papers), Heat Transfer and Optimization (10 papers) and Advanced Battery Technologies Research (8 papers). Ryan McGlen collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Malaysia. Ryan McGlen's co-authors include David Reay, P.A. Kew, Song Lin, Roshan Jachuck, Chris Sutcliffe, Rafał Wróbel, David Greenwood, James Marco, Daniel Worwood and Widanalage Dhammika Widanage and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Power Sources, Applied Thermal Engineering and Energies.

In The Last Decade

Ryan McGlen

24 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Heat Pipes: Theory, Design and Applications

2006 559 citations David Reay, Ryan McGlen et al. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ryan McGlen United Kingdom	13	987	306	244	191	174	25	1.3k
Yalong Sun China	25	1.2k 1.2×	383 1.3×	158 0.6×	345 1.8×	177 1.0×	37	1.5k
Serguei Dessiatoun United States	18	1.3k 1.3×	244 0.8×	92 0.4×	302 1.6×	357 2.1×	81	1.6k
Frank M. Gerner United States	14	1.0k 1.0×	151 0.5×	124 0.5×	307 1.6×	245 1.4×	50	1.4k
Yuanqiang Luo China	18	628 0.6×	228 0.7×	177 0.7×	101 0.5×	105 0.6×	30	928
Chao Dang China	22	841 0.9×	559 1.8×	512 2.1×	334 1.7×	174 1.0×	85	1.6k
Jinlong Liu China	15	469 0.5×	171 0.6×	104 0.4×	94 0.5×	74 0.4×	42	767
Shanshan Xu China	12	419 0.4×	420 1.4×	141 0.6×	287 1.5×	108 0.6×	22	1.1k
Martin Désilets Canada	16	604 0.6×	659 2.2×	645 2.6×	140 0.7×	139 0.8×	54	1.5k
Georgios Kampitsis Switzerland	16	608 0.6×	908 3.0×	215 0.9×	128 0.7×	183 1.1×	33	1.7k

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Ireland, John R., Zhen Guo, Dinh Quang Truong, et al.. (2025). Effect of cylindrical cell tab architecture on global external temperature distribution using optical fibre temperature measurement. Journal of Power Sources. 657. 238184–238184.

Ireland, John R., James Marco, Dinh Quang Truong, Ryan McGlen, & Kevin Lynn. (2025). An Investigation into the Insertion of a Solid Mandrel into a Commercial Cylindrical Li-Ion Cell for Improved Thermal Performance. Energies. 18(7). 1825–1825. 1 indexed citations

Ireland, John R., James Marco, & Ryan McGlen. (2024). The effect of increasing the thermal conductivity of a cylindrical cell housing on thermal performance. 1–6. 1 indexed citations

Wróbel, Rafał & Ryan McGlen. (2021). Heat pipes in thermal management of electrical machines – A review. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress. 26. 101053–101053. 22 indexed citations

McGlen, Ryan. (2021). An introduction to additive manufactured heat pipe technology and advanced thermal management products. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress. 25. 100941–100941. 25 indexed citations

Wróbel, Rafał & Ryan McGlen. (2020). Opportunities and Challenges of Employing Heat-Pipes in Thermal Management of Electrical Machines. Newcastle University ePrints (Newcastle Univesity). 961–967. 21 indexed citations

Law, Richard, et al.. (2018). Experimental investigation into the feasibility of using a variable conductance heat pipe for controlled heat release from a phase-change material thermal store. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress. 7. 125–130. 8 indexed citations

Worwood, Daniel, et al.. (2017). A new approach to the internal thermal management of cylindrical battery cells for automotive applications. Journal of Power Sources. 346. 151–166. 106 indexed citations

Greenwood, David, et al.. (2017). A study into different cell-level cooling strategies for cylindrical lithium-ion cells in automotive applications. International Journal of Powertrains. 7(2/3). 1–1. 3 indexed citations

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Worwood, Daniel, Elham Hosseinzadeh, David Greenwood, et al.. (2017). Thermal Analysis of Fin Cooling Large Format Automotive Lithium-Ion Pouch Cells. Warwick Research Archive Portal (University of Warwick). 1. 1–6. 3 indexed citations

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Worwood, Daniel, Elham Hosseinzadeh, James Marco, et al.. (2016). Thermal analysis of a lithium-ion pouch cell under aggressive automotive duty cycles with minimal cooling. 30 (6 .)–30 (6 .). 14 indexed citations

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Parlak, Murat & Ryan McGlen. (2015). Cooling of high power active phased array antenna using axially grooved heat pipe for a space application. 743–748. 10 indexed citations

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Ahmad, Syed Waqas, John S. Lewis, Ryan McGlen, & Tassos G. Karayiannis. (2014). Pool Boiling on Modified Surfaces Using R-123. Heat Transfer Engineering. 35(16-17). 1491–1503. 24 indexed citations

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Ameli, M. J., Brian Agnew, Patrick Leung, et al.. (2013). A novel method for manufacturing sintered aluminium heat pipes (SAHP). Applied Thermal Engineering. 52(2). 498–504. 107 indexed citations

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Yan, Yuying, Xiao Jin Yang, & Ryan McGlen. (2012). AN INVESTIGATION ON LIGHTWEIGHT MAGNESIUM ALLOY HEAT PIPES. 2(4). 2 indexed citations

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Aris, Mohd Shukri Mohd, Ryan McGlen, I. Owen, & Chris Sutcliffe. (2011). An experimental investigation into the deployment of 3-D, finned wing and shape memory alloy vortex generators in a forced air convection heat pipe fin stack. Applied Thermal Engineering. 31(14-15). 2230–2240. 37 indexed citations

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Reay, David, Ryan McGlen, & P.A. Kew. (2006). Heat Pipes: Theory, Design and Applications. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 559 indexed citations breakdown →

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McGlen, Ryan, Jonathan G.M. Lee, & Cosimo Buffone. (2005). Design of a Test Facility and Micro-Channel Heat Exchanger Prototype for High Power Electronic Components. 209–214. 1 indexed citations

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McGlen, Ryan, Roshan Jachuck, & Song Lin. (2004). Integrated thermal management techniques for high power electronic devices. Applied Thermal Engineering. 24(8-9). 1143–1156. 293 indexed citations

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Lin, Song, et al.. (2004). Numerical study of heat pipe application in heat recovery systems. Applied Thermal Engineering. 25(1). 127–133. 60 indexed citations

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