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D-Index
63
Citations
15573
World Ranking
1750
National Ranking
108

Jose L. Torero publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jose L. Torero sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 490 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Jose L. Torero D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jose L. Torero sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the Combustion Institute for groundbreaking advances in the understanding of fire dynamics, combustion in microgravity, and protection and supression systems
  • 2008 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Jose L. Torero is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with a significant body of work related to fire dynamics and safety.

Their areas of study include several subfields, such as safety, risk, reliability and quality; civil and structural engineering; aerospace engineering; computational mechanics; and global and planetary change.

Key topics in their research encompass:

  • Fire dynamics and safety research
  • Combustion and detonation processes
  • Fire effects on concrete materials
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Combustion and flame dynamics
  • Thermochemical biomass conversion processes
  • Flame retardant materials and properties

Their recent publications include:

  • Processes defining smouldering combustion: Integrated review and synthesis, 2020, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science
  • Evolution of fire models for estimating structural fire-resistance, 2021, Fire Safety Journal
  • Fire dynamics in mass timber compartments, 2020, Fire Safety Journal
  • Bond Behavior of CFRP-to-Steel Bonded Joints at Mild Temperatures: Experimental Study, 2020, Journal of Composites for Construction
  • Heat losses in a smouldering system: The key role of non-uniform air flux, 2021, Combustion and Flame

They frequently collaborate with several researchers, including:

  • Juan P. Hidalgo
  • Jason I. Gerhard
  • Tarek L. Rashwan
  • David Lange
  • Marco A.B. Zanoni

Their work is often published in venues such as:

  • Fire Safety Journal
  • Combustion and Flame
  • The Sydney eScholarship Repository (The University of Sydney)
  • Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Jose L. Torero has been recognized with awards including:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 2008
  • Fellow of the Combustion Institute, 2018, for groundbreaking advances in the understanding of fire dynamics, combustion in microgravity, and protection and suppression systems

Best Publications

  • SFPE handbook of fire protection engineering

    Morgan J. Hurley;Daniel Gottuk;John R. Hall;Kazunori Harada

  • The severity of smouldering peat fires and damage to the forest soil

    Guillermo Rein;Natalie Cleaver;Clare Ashton;Paolo Pironi

  • Application of genetic algorithms and thermogravimetry to determine the kinetics of polyurethane foam in smoldering combustion

    Guillermo Rein;Chris Lautenberger;A. Carlos Fernandez-Pello;Jose L. Torero

  • SOOTING BEHAVIOR DYNAMICS OF A NON-BUOYANT LAMINAR DIFFUSION FLAME

    A. Fuentes;S. Rouvreau;P. Joulain;J.-P. Vantelon

  • How did the WTC towers collapse: a new theory

    Asif Sohail Usmani;Y.C. Chung;J.L. Torero

  • Behaviour of concrete structures in fire

    A Ian Fletcher;Stephen Welch;L José Torero;O Richard Carvel

  • Forward smolder of polyurethane foam in a forced air flow

    J.L. Torero;A.C. Fernandez-Pello

  • Processes defining smouldering combustion: Integrated review and synthesis

    José L. Torero;Jason I. Gerhard;Marcio F. Martins;Marco A.B. Zanoni

  • Opposed Forced Flow Smoldering of Polyurethane Foam

    J. L. Torero;A.C. Fernandez-Pello;M. Kitano

  • Round-robin study of a priori modelling predictions of the Dalmarnock Fire Test One

    Guillermo Rein;Jose L. Torero;Wolfram Jahn;Jamie Stern-Gottfried;Jamie Stern-Gottfried

  • Kinetic and Fuel Property Effects on Forward Smoldering Combustion

    S. V. Leach;G. Rein;Janet L Ellzey;Ofodike A Ezekoye

  • Average centreline temperatures of a buoyant pool fire obtained by image processing of video recordings

    L Audouin;G Kolb;Jose L. Torero;Jean-Michel Most

  • Self-Sustaining Smoldering Combustion: A Novel Remediation Process for Non-Aqueous-Phase Liquids in Porous Media

    C. Switzer;P. Pironi;J.I. Gerhard;G. Rein

  • Upward flame spread on a vertically oriented fuel surface: The effect of finite width

    Ali S. Rangwala;Steven G. Buckley;Jose L. Torero

  • Small-scale forward smouldering experiments for remediation of coal tar in inert media

    Paolo Pironi;Christine Switzer;Guillermo Rein;Andres Fuentes

  • Estimation of a total mass transfer number from the standoff distance of a spreading flame

    Jose L. Torero;Thomas Vietoris;Guillaume Legros;Pierre Joulain

  • BRE large compartment fire tests - characterising post-flashover fires for model validation

    Stephen Welch;Allan Jowsey;Susan Deeny;Richard Morgan

  • Calculation and design of tunnel ventilation systems using a two- scale modelling Approach

    Francesco Colella;Guillermo Rein;Romano Borchiellini;Ricky O Carvel

  • Smouldering combustion as a treatment technology for faeces: Exploring the parameter space

    L. Yermán;Rory M. Hadden;J. Carrascal;Ivo Fabris

  • Flaming Ignition of Solid Fuels

    Jose L. Torero

Frequent Co-Authors

Guillermo Rein
Guillermo Rein Imperial College London
Jason I. Gerhard
Jason I. Gerhard University of Western Ontario
Asif Usmani
Asif Usmani Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Luke Bisby
Luke Bisby University of Edinburgh
Nickolay Smirnov
Nickolay Smirnov Lomonosov Moscow State University
A. C. Fernandez-Pello
A. C. Fernandez-Pello University of California, Berkeley
Jean-Louis Consalvi
Jean-Louis Consalvi Aix-Marseille University
Giovanni Camino
Giovanni Camino Polytechnic University of Turin
Vittorio Verda
Vittorio Verda Polytechnic University of Turin
Serge Bourbigot
Serge Bourbigot University of Lille

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