Fire Technology

Top Research Topics at Fire Technology?

Fire Technology covers a variety of subjects, including Forensic engineering, Structural engineering, Fire protection, Smoke and Mechanics. In addition to Forensic engineering research, the journal aims to explore topics under Occupational safety and health and Fire test. The Structural engineering study featured in it draws parallels with the field of Fire resistance.

The study on Fire protection presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Firefighting. The study on Smoke presented in it intersects with the topics under Simulation.

• Forensic engineering (23.25%)
• Structural engineering (11.38%)
• Fire protection (10.81%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Estimating large pool fire burning rates (305 citations)
• Calculation of Response Time of Ceiling Mounted Fire Detectors (276 citations)
• Estimating room temperatures and the likelihood of flashover using fire test data correlations (247 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Fire Technology:

The main points discussed in the most cited articles deal with Forensic engineering, Structural engineering, Simulation, Fire test and Waste management. The most cited publications facilitate discussions on Forensic engineering that incorporate concepts from other fields like Firefighting, Composite material and Arc flash. The studies on Simulation discussed at the journal papers can also contribute to research in the domains of Mechanics, Computational fluid dynamics, Smoke and Fire detection.

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

• Composite material
• Statistics
• Law

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The scientific interests tackled in Fire Technology are Mechanics, Structural engineering, Composite material, Smoke and Ignition system. In the journal, Plume and Work (thermodynamics) are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Mechanics research. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Structural engineering, apply to Fire resistance as well.

Composite material research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Combustion and Thermal. Ignition system research discussed connects with the study of Nuclear engineering. Finite element method research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Creep and Parametric statistics.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Smart Detection of Fire Source in Tunnel Based on the Numerical Database and Artificial Intelligence (12 citations)
• Review of Current Practice in Probabilistic Structural Fire Engineering: Permanent and Live Load Modelling (9 citations)
• A Critical Appraisal of the UK’s Regulatory Regime for Combustible Façades (8 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.

Top authors and change over time

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

• John M. Watts (64 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Guillermo Rein (23 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Samuel L. Manzello (21 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• James A. Milke (20 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Michael Spearpoint (19 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

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

• National Institute of Standards and Technology (151 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• National Research Council (108 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Science and Technology of China (88 papers) published 17 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Maryland, College Park (67 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• University of Edinburgh (54 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 2 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, 11.80% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 36.31% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.64% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.46% of all publications and 44.59% 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.