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Fire Ecology
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Fire Ecology

0974-0198

Published by: Springer

https://fireecology.springeropen.com/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 173 103 120 19
Environmental Sciences 459 28 30 11

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 141
Documents by Best Scientists*: 144
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 46
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.168
Impact Factor: 5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Fire Ecology?

Fire Ecology is organized to address concerns in the fields of Ecology, Fire regime, Vegetation, Forestry and Ecosystem. Fire ecology, Habitat, Prescribed burn, Ecology (disciplines) and Disturbance (ecology) are all subfields of Ecology research that were featured in Fire Ecology. Fire Ecology tackles studies in Environmental resource management and the interrelated subject of Land management to gain insights into Ecology (disciplines).

While work presented in it provided substantial information on Fire regime, it also covered topics in Environmental protection, Climate change, Seasonality, Physical geography and Dendrochronology. Issues in Vegetation were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Shrub, Agroforestry, Species richness and Woodland. Species richness research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Species diversity and Introduced species.

The studies on Forestry discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Range (biology), Canopy, Understory and Regeneration (ecology). Topics in Understory were tackled in line with various other fields like Agronomy and Forb. The Agronomy study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Botany.

  • Ecology (40.19%)
  • Fire regime (23.60%)
  • Vegetation (23.36%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A Project for Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (759 citations)
  • The Use of Fire in the Cerrado and Amazonian Rainforests of Brazil: Past and Present (183 citations)
  • Trends in Wildfire Severity: 1984 to 2010 in the Sierra Nevada, Modoc Plateau, and Southern Cascades, California, USA (167 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Fire Ecology:

The published papers primarily tackle Ecology, Vegetation, Physical geography, Fire regime and Forestry. Aside from investigating topics in Prescribed burn, Ecosystem and Species richness under Ecology, the published articles also explore concepts in Tree (data structure). Agroforestry, Biodiversity, Fire ecology and Disturbance (ecology) are some topics wherein Fire regime research discussed in the most cited papers has an impact.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Ecology
  • Ecosystem
  • Habitat

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The topics of Forestry, Ecosystem, Vegetation, Ecology and Fire regime are the focal point of discussions in Fire Ecology. The research on Forestry tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Shrub and Canopy, Understory. While it mainly focused on Ecosystem studies, it also tackled the scientific discipline of interrelated fields such as

  • Abundance (ecology) which intersects with area such as Quaking Aspen, Thinning, Sassafras and Spatial distribution,
  • Wildlife which connect with Scale (map), Disturbance (ecology), Environmental resource management, Growing season and Deciduous,
  • Biomass (ecology) together with Biodiversity, Woody plant, Semi-arid climate, Land management and Quercus shumardii..

Fire Ecology facilitates discussions on Vegetation that incorporate concepts from other fields like Soil carbon, Hydrology, Forest ecology, Dry season and Field plot. The journal served as a forum through which researchers explored different topics like Ecology and Event (relativity). The featured Fire regime studies mainly concentrate on Fire ecology but also cover areas of interest in Seedling, Deserts and xeric shrublands, Quercus gambelii and Remote sensing.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Revitalized Karuk and Yurok cultural burning to enhance California hazelnut for basketweaving in northwestern California, USA (11 citations)
  • Spatial scale in prescribed fire regimes: an understudied aspect in conservation with examples from the southeastern United States (2 citations)
  • Fire, land cover, and temperature drivers of bat activity in winter (1 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Fire Ecology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Scott L. Stephens (20 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Andrew T. Hudak (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jan W. van Wagtendonk (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Penelope Morgan (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • J. Morgan Varner (11 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Fire Ecology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • United States Forest Service (117 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • United States Geological Survey (45 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Idaho (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of California, Berkeley (24 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • University of Washington (19 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 3.85% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 52.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.00% of all publications and 16.00% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Changing wildfire, changing forests: the effects of climate change on fire regimes and vegetation in the Pacific Northwest, USA

    Jessica E. Halofsky;David L. Peterson;Brian J. Harvey

    (2020)
    586 Citations
  • Prescribed fire science: the case for a refined research agenda

    J. Kevin Hiers;Joseph J. O’Brien;J. Morgan Varner;Bret W. Butler

    (2020)
    206 Citations
  • Large California wildfires: 2020 fires in historical context

    Jon E. Keeley;Jon E. Keeley;Alexandra D. Syphard

    (2021)
    197 Citations
  • Vegetation type conversion in the US Southwest: frontline observations and management responses

    Unknown

    (2022)
    94 Citations
  • A review of fire effects across South American ecosystems: the role of climate and time since fire

    Melisa Adriana Giorgis;Melisa Adriana Giorgis;Sebastián Rodolfo Zeballos;Lucas Manuel Carbone;Heike Zimmermann

    (2021)
    51 Citations
  • Housing arrangement and vegetation factors associated with single-family home survival in the 2018 Camp Fire, California

    Eric E. Knapp;Yana S. Valachovic;Stephen L. Quarles;Nels G. Johnson

    (2021)
    47 Citations
  • Vegetation’s influence on fire behavior goes beyond just being fuel

    (2022)
    44 Citations
  • Revitalized Karuk and Yurok cultural burning to enhance California hazelnut for basketweaving in northwestern California, USA

    Tony Marks-Block;Frank K. Lake;Rebecca Bliege Bird;Lisa M. Curran

    (2021)
    41 Citations
  • Northern spotted owl nesting forests as fire refugia: a 30-year synthesis of large wildfires

    (2021)
    31 Citations
  • A large database supports the use of simple models of post-fire tree mortality for thick-barked conifers, with less support for other species

    C. Alina Cansler;C. Alina Cansler;Sharon M. Hood;Phillip J. van Mantgem;J. Morgan Varner

    (2020)
    30 Citations

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