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Fire Safety Journal

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Engineering and Technology 297 64 158 25

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 136
Documents by Best Scientists*: 291
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index: 105
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.914
Impact Factor: 3.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Fire Safety Journal?

The journal tackles a plethora of topics, such as Mechanics, Structural engineering, Simulation, Forensic engineering and Combustion. The studies on Mechanics discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Meteorology and Plume. In Fire Safety Journal, Fire resistance, Fire performance and Thermal are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Structural engineering research.

It dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Simulation and Smoke. Forensic engineering research featured in Fire Safety Journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Occupational safety and health and Fire protection. Topics in Combustion explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Waste management and Environmental engineering.

The journal explores research in Waste management and the adjacent study of Ignition system.

  • Mechanics (19.56%)
  • Structural engineering (16.42%)
  • Simulation (13.78%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Comments on calculation of temperature in fire-exposed bare steel structures in prEN 1993-1-2: Eurocode 3—design of steel structures—Part 1–2: general rules—structural fire design (963 citations)
  • Heat release rate: The single most important variable in fire hazard☆ (607 citations)
  • Control of smoke flow in tunnel fires using longitudinal ventilation systems - a study of the critical velocity (416 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Fire Safety Journal:

The published papers are organized to reinforce research efforts on Mechanics, Simulation, Structural engineering, Forensic engineering and Fire test. Meteorology and Plume are some topics wherein Mechanics research discussed in the journal papers has an impact. The most cited articles focus on Simulation but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Ignition system and Smoke.

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

  • Composite material
  • Statistics
  • Structural engineering

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Mechanics, Composite material, Combustion, Structural engineering and Ignition system are among the topics commonly tackled in the journal. The studies on Mechanics discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Flame spread and Work (thermodynamics). The concepts on Composite material presented in Fire Safety Journal can also apply to other research fields, including Thermal and Heat flux.

Most of the Heat flux studies addressed also intersect with Cone calorimeter. Many of the studies tackled connect Combustion with a similar field of study like Nuclear engineering. The research on Structural engineering tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Parametric statistics and Fire performance.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • A review of near-limit opposed fire spread (14 citations)
  • An experimental study of the behavior of 3D printed concrete at elevated temperatures (13 citations)
  • Progress on the research of fire behavior and fire protection of lithium ion battery (10 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 Safety Journal (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Bart Merci (54 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous edition,
  • Jose L. Torero (41 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition,
  • Haukur Ingason (37 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Michael A. Delichatsios (33 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Dougal Drysdale (25 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 Safety Journal (based on the number of publications) are:

  • National Institute of Standards and Technology (148 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Edinburgh (130 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Science and Technology of China (102 papers) published 21 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Maryland, College Park (90 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous edition,
  • Ghent University (67 papers) published 15 papers at the last edition, 9 more than 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, 10.63% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 31.23% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.38% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.64% of all publications and 42.75% 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

  • Experimental investigation of water spray on suppressing lithium-ion battery fires

    Lin Zhang;Qiangling Duan;Yujun Liu;Jiajia Xu

    (2021)
    65 Citations
  • Progress on the research of fire behavior and fire protection of lithium ion battery

    Jinhua Sun;Binbin Mao;Qingsong Wang

    (2021)
    63 Citations
  • Real-time forecast of compartment fire and flashover based on deep learning

    (2022)
    55 Citations
  • Influence of architectural visual access on emergency wayfinding: A cross-cultural study in China, United Kingdom and United States

    Runhe Zhu;Jing Lin;Burcin Becerik-Gerber;Nan Li

    (2020)
    51 Citations
  • Mechanical properties of TMCP Q690 high strength structural steel at elevated temperatures

    Guo-Qiang Li;Lin-Xin Song

    (2020)
    42 Citations
  • Evolution of fire models for estimating structural fire-resistance

    Aatif Ali Khan;Asif Usmani;José Luis Torero

    (2021)
    42 Citations
  • Post-fire material properties of stainless-clad bimetallic steel

    Huiyong Ban;Risheng Bai;Risheng Bai;Kwok Fai Chung;Yin Bai

    (2020)
    41 Citations
  • Fire dynamics in mass timber compartments

    Carmen Gorska;Juan P. Hidalgo;Jose L. Torero

    (2021)
    39 Citations
  • Numerical investigation on the effect of ambient pressure on mechanical smoke extraction efficiency in tunnel fires

    Tiantian Tan;Longxing Yu;Long Ding;Zihe Gao

    (2021)
    35 Citations
  • Effect of wind speed and direction on facade fire spread in an isolated rectangular building

    (2022)
    34 Citations

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