OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Fire Sciences is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Experimental research on temperature distribution and charring rate of typical components of wood structure building	25
Experimental study on combustion characteristics of fire in data room	16
Experiments in aerial firefighting with and without additives and its application to suppress wildfires near electrical transmission lines	16
Mine conveyor belt fire classification	14
Flammability and explosion characteristics of hardwood dust	12
Reaction to fire of polymethylmethacrylate and polyvinylchloride under reduced oxygen concentrations in a controlled-atmospherecone calorimeter	11
Durability and performance of wood flour/polyethylene composites containing fire retardants after weathering via ASTM D2565	9
Quantification of hydrogen cyanide in fire effluent	8
Thermal response of timber connections using densified wood dowels under fire	7
Radiative ignition properties of food grains and surface temperatures at ignition	7
Experimental and numerical investigation of a single-tree fire	7
Effects of spacing on flaming and smoldering firebrands in wildland–urban interface fires	6
The well-meaning but misguided rollback of fire safety in the United States	6
Development of a pyrolysis model for oriented strand board: Part II—Thermal transport parameterization and bench-scale validation	6
Simulation of the burning and dripping cables in fire using the particle finite element method	5
Flammability and thermal stability of thermoplastic-based composites filled with natural carbon	5
Nitrogen as an environmentally friendly suppression agent for aircraft cargo fire safety	5
Thermal degradation of self-contained breathing apparatus facepiece lenses under radiant thermal loads	5
Toward improved thermal exposure classes for structural firefighters	5
A probabilistic analysis of non-military hangar fire protection systems	5
Development of a pyrolysis model for oriented strand board. Part I: Kinetics and thermodynamics of the thermal decomposition	5
Evaluation of propane explosion with applied water mist	5
Towards real-time fire data synthesis using numerical simulations	4
Review of large-scale fire tests on cross-laminated timber	4
Editorial	4

Reduced scale test bench for investigating the upward flame heat impact on external thermal insulation composite system facades	3
Material-scale flammability characteristics of epoxy-based coating systems	3
Revisiting the “Steiner Tunnel” test method covered under ASTM E84: An overview and analysis of the test method	3
Comparison of fire extinguishing performance of four halon substitutes and Halon 1301	3
Numerical assessment for aircraft cargo compartment fire suppression system safety	3
Experimental study of spruce wood reaction to fire in single burning item test	3
Fire-induced flows for complex fire scenarios in a mechanically ventilated two-storey structure	3
Evaluation of fire-retardant biocomposites exposed to various heat fluxes at medium and large scales	2
Flame retardancy of biopolymers enhanced by bio-based flame retardants: A review	2
Breakdown characteristics and influencing factors of live 500 kV insulators sprayed by extinguishing agents using helicopters	2
Automatic early detection of wildfire smoke with visible-light cameras and EfficientDet	2
An analysis of the WTC fires using CIB correlations and simple modeling	2
Polylactic acid flame-retarded by nano-compound of form II ammonium polyphosphate with montmorillonite	2
Experimental investigation at reduced scale of the effect of a ceiling on the burning rate of a pool fire	1
Analysis of fire extinguishing performance and mechanisms in transformer oil pool fires by large-scale compressed nitrogen foam: Impact of different nozzle pressures	1
A preliminary study on the fire suppression efficacy of a prototype system on hydrocarbon-based diffusion flames	1
The effect of repeated washings on thermal protective performances of one most used structural firefighting turnout gear in the Gauteng Province in South Africa	1
Experimental study on the flame extension and risk analysis of a diffusion impinging flame in confined compartment	1
The study of firefighter operation radio attenuation during fire disaster	1
Fire-extinguishing performance and gas-phase pollution characteristics of different foam agents in extinguishing transformer oil pool fire	1
Measuring the fire growth potential of combustible solids using a cone calorimeter	1
The character of residential cooktop fires	1
In-depth temperature and smoke production of charring wood under a constant external heat flux	1
Current commercial reactive and polymeric flame retardants in polyurethane foams	1
Influence of parameter variation intervals on pyrolysis sensitivity analysis for charring and non-charring materials	1
On the application of non-uniform water cooling for the fire safety of fuel storage tank farms	1
Design of a radiant panel test at reduced scale for the high throughput development of artificial turf structures	1
Effects of accelerated and natural weathering on fire-retarded industrial wood composite	1
Modelling of the swelling behaviour of a fire retarded material under a cone calorimeter	1
Fire Safety Research Institute Materials and Products database—A resource to support fire modeling	1