2026 Jose L. Torero: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	63	1748	1664	109	98	490	15573

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

2638
Citations
The severity of smouldering peat fires and damage to the forest soil

Guillermo Rein;Natalie Cleaver;Clare Ashton;Paolo Pironi

407
Citations
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

326
Citations
SOOTING BEHAVIOR DYNAMICS OF A NON-BUOYANT LAMINAR DIFFUSION FLAME

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

289
Citations
How did the WTC towers collapse: a new theory

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

278
Citations
Behaviour of concrete structures in fire

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

203
Citations
Forward smolder of polyurethane foam in a forced air flow

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

173
Citations
Processes defining smouldering combustion: Integrated review and synthesis

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

163
Citations
Opposed Forced Flow Smoldering of Polyurethane Foam

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

148
Citations
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

143
Citations
Kinetic and Fuel Property Effects on Forward Smoldering Combustion

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

142
Citations
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

139
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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

137
Citations
Upward flame spread on a vertically oriented fuel surface: The effect of finite width

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

137
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Small-scale forward smouldering experiments for remediation of coal tar in inert media

Paolo Pironi;Christine Switzer;Guillermo Rein;Andres Fuentes

136
Citations
Estimation of a total mass transfer number from the standoff distance of a spreading flame

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

128
Citations
BRE large compartment fire tests - characterising post-flashover fires for model validation

Stephen Welch;Allan Jowsey;Susan Deeny;Richard Morgan

128
Citations
Calculation and design of tunnel ventilation systems using a two- scale modelling Approach

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

127
Citations
Smouldering combustion as a treatment technology for faeces: Exploring the parameter space

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

124
Citations
Flaming Ignition of Solid Fuels

Jose L. Torero

122
Citations