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Journal of Fire Sciences
H-index 7

Journal of Fire Sciences

0734-9041

Published by: SAGE

https://journals.sagepub.com/home/jfs

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Materials Science 656 15 29 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 22
Documents by Best Scientists*: 34
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 52
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.439
Impact Factor: 1.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Fire Sciences?

Journal of Fire Sciences covers a variety of subjects, including Waste management, Fire retardant, Composite material, Combustion and Forensic engineering. The work tackled in it goes beyond the discipline of Waste management as it also encompasses Flammability. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Fire retardant, it also covered topics in Thermogravimetric analysis, Chemical engineering and Limiting oxygen index.

Chemical engineering and Ammonium polyphosphate are closely related fields of research discussed in the journal. While Composite material is the key highlight in it, it also covered some subjects on Ignition system and Heat flux. While Combustion is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Mechanics and Environmental engineering.

Journal of Fire Sciences features studies on Mechanics, including topics such as Heat transfer. Forensic engineering research discussed connects with the study of Occupational safety and health. The journal focuses on Smoke but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Simulation and Toxicity.

  • Waste management (21.42%)
  • Fire retardant (17.96%)
  • Composite material (17.88%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • A Review of Recent Progress in Phosphorus-based Flame Retardants (478 citations)
  • Flame Retardants in Commercial Use or Development for Textiles (219 citations)
  • Calculations of the Heat Release Rate by Oxygen Consumption for Various Applications (195 citations)

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

The journal papers tackle a plethora of topics, such as Fire retardant, Waste management, Composite material, Intumescent and Flammability. The works on Fire retardant tackled in the published papers bring together disciplines like Char, Chemical engineering and Nuclear chemistry. While the journal papers focused on Waste management, they were also able to explore topics like Melamine, Combustion and Fire performance.

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

  • Composite material
  • Organic chemistry
  • Oxygen

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The scientific interests tackled in Journal of Fire Sciences are Waste management, Mechanics, Compartment (pharmacokinetics), Fire protection and Development (differential geometry). Waste management research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Combustion and Cooking oil. The concepts on Mechanics presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Radiative transfer, Work (thermodynamics) and Finite element method.

The Development (differential geometry) research presented in Journal of Fire Sciences explores the relationship between Mechanical engineering and the closely related topic of Thermal decomposition. The presented Thermal research focuses mostly on Flame spread and, on occasion, topics in Composite material. It links adjacent topics like Thermal conductivity with Fire retardant.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Theoretical analysis of the liquid thermal structure in a pool fire (4 citations)
  • Flame-retardant behaviors of aluminum phosphates coated sepiolite in epoxy resin: (3 citations)
  • Review of large-scale fire tests on cross-laminated timber: (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 Journal of Fire Sciences (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Wan Ki Chow (54 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • John Clifford Jones (47 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Serge Bourbigot (28 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • J.C. Jones (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Edward D. Weil (16 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 Journal of Fire Sciences (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Science and Technology of China (111 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Hong Kong Polytechnic University (54 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • King's College, Aberdeen (47 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Southwest Research Institute (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Beijing Institute of Technology (23 papers) published 1 paper 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, 7.14% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 26.92% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.69% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 26.92% of all publications and 38.46% 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

  • Flame retardancy of biodegradable polylactic acid with piperazine pyrophosphate and melamine cyanurate as flame retardant

    (2022)
    42 Citations
  • Phosphorous-jointed epoxidized soybean oil and rice husk-based silica as the novel additives for improvement mechanical and flame retardant of epoxy resin:

    Cuong Manh Vu;Van-Huy Nguyen;Quang-Vu Bach

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • The well-meaning but misguided rollback of fire safety in the United States

    (2022)
    10 Citations
  • A chain is no stronger than its weakest link: Weathering resistance of water-based intumescent coatings for steel applications

    Lars-Hendrik Daus;Bernhard Schartel;Volker Wachtendorf;Rolf Mangelsdorf

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • Combustion behavior and fire security of storage grains before and after mildew

    Jingwen Wang;Heng Yu;Weijian Chen;Wei Cai

    (2020)
    9 Citations
  • Organophosphorus-hydrazides as potential reactive flame retardants for epoxy:

    Alexander B Morgan;Vladimir Benin;Donald A Klosterman;Abdulhamid Bin Sulayman

    (2020)
    9 Citations
  • Flame-retardant hybrid materials based on expandable polystyrene beads:

    Jens Reuter;Tobias Standau;Volker Altstädt;Manfred Döring

    (2020)
    7 Citations
  • Simulation of the burning and dripping cables in fire using the particle finite element method

    Julio Marti;Bernhard Schartel;Eugenio Oñate

    (2021)
    6 Citations
  • Facile preparation of uniform polydopamine particles and its application as an environmentally friendly flame retardant for biodegradable polylactic acid

    Benjamin Tawiah;Benjamin Tawiah;Bin Yu;Anthony Chun Yin Yuen;Bin Fei

    (2020)
    6 Citations
  • Reaction to fire of polymethylmethacrylate and polyvinylchloride under reduced oxygen concentrations in a controlled-atmospherecone calorimeter

    (2022)
    5 Citations

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