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Fire
H-index 24

Fire

2571-6255

Published by: MDPI

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/fire

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 154 94 148 21
Environmental Sciences 309 75 104 17

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 296
Documents by Best Scientists*: 365
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 6
SCIMAGO H-index: 35
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.572
Impact Factor: 2.7

Top Publications

  • What Do the Australian Black Summer Fires Signify for the Global Fire Crisis?

    Unknown

    (2021)
    139 Citations
  • Towards an Integrated Approach to Wildfire Risk Assessment: When, Where, What and How May the Landscapes Burn

    Unknown

    (2023)
    124 Citations
  • In the line of fire: consequences of human-ignited wildfires to homes in the U.S. (1992-2015)

    Nathan Mietkiewicz;Jennifer K. Balch;Tania Schoennagel;Stefan Leyk

    (2020)
    75 Citations
  • Atmospheric Trends of CO and CH4 from Extreme Wildfires in Portugal Using Sentinel-5P TROPOMI Level-2 Data

    Cátia Magro;Leónia Nunes;Oriana C. Gonçalves;Nuno R. Neng

    (2021)
    50 Citations
  • Generation and Mapping of Fuel Types for Fire Risk Assessment

    Elena Aragoneses;Emilio Chuvieco

    (2021)
    49 Citations
  • A Field Study of Tropical Peat Fire Behaviour and Associated Carbon Emissions

    (2022)
    48 Citations
  • Megafires in a Warming World: What Wildfire Risk Factors Led to California’s Largest Recorded Wildfire

    (2022)
    42 Citations
  • Building Loss in WUI Disasters: Evaluating the Core Components of the Wildland–Urban Interface Definition

    Michael D. Caggiano;Todd J. Hawbaker;Benjamin M. Gannon;Chad M. Hoffman

    (2020)
    42 Citations

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