OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Fire Sciences is 2. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Fire performance of high-density polyethylene sheets protected by a coating of plasticized polyvinyl chloride/modified-vermiculite	34
Experimental study on combustion characteristics of fire in data room	19
Identification method of fire smoke and nuisance aerosols in aircraft cargo compartment based on dual wavelength scattered light intensity	11
Design of a radiant panel test at reduced scale for the high throughput development of artificial turf structures	10
Experimental study of spruce wood reaction to fire in single burning item test	8
Upward flame spread over discrete thin solids separated by heat-absorbing inert materials	8
Fire dynamics simulator modeling of a line-of-duty death in a firefighting training facility using recent research on materials and firefighter safety	7
Challenges and limitation of wearable sensors used in firefighters’ protective clothing	7
Preparation and properties of alginate based flame-retardant epoxy resin materials	7
Old age and fire injury	7
Experimental research on temperature distribution and charring rate of typical components of wood structure building	6
Thermal degradation of self-contained breathing apparatus facepiece lenses under radiant thermal loads	6
The well-meaning but misguided rollback of fire safety in the United States	6
Reduced scale test bench for investigating the upward flame heat impact on external thermal insulation composite system facades	6
Fire-extinguishing performance and gas-phase pollution characteristics of different foam agents in extinguishing transformer oil pool fire	5
On the application of non-uniform water cooling for the fire safety of fuel storage tank farms	5
Fire Safety Research Institute Materials and Products database—A resource to support fire modeling	4
The study of firefighter operation radio attenuation during fire disaster	4
Improvement of heat release methodologies using mass loss calorimeter and oxygen consumption hood to assess flammability of wood plastic composites	4
The effect of repeated washings on thermal protective performances of one most used structural firefighting turnout gear in the Gauteng Province in South Africa	4
A probabilistic analysis of non-military hangar fire protection systems	3
Flame retardancy of biodegradable polylactic acid with piperazine pyrophosphate and melamine cyanurate as flame retardant	3
Effects of accelerated and natural weathering on fire-retarded industrial wood composite	3
A review on volatilization of flame retarding compounds from polymeric textile materials used in firefighter protective garment	3
Literature review and hazard identification relating to fire safety in commercial plastic recycling facilities	3

Flammability and thermal stability of thermoplastic-based composites filled with natural carbon	3
Performance improvement of the dry chemical-based fire extinguishers using nanocalcium silicate synthesised from biowaste	3
Modelling of the swelling behaviour of a fire retarded material under a cone calorimeter	2
An assessment of recent thermal radiation model performance for propane gas fire experiments	2
Durability and performance of wood flour/polyethylene composites containing fire retardants after weathering via ASTM D2565	2
Sensitivity analysis applied to the pyrolysis of charring and non-charring materials under a cone calorimeter	2
Toxicity of organophosphorus flame retardants	2
Block it and rock it: Smoke suppressants that form a protective layer in PA 6.6	2
Quantification of hydrogen cyanide in fire effluent	2
Re-examination of the intumescence mechanism of ammonium polyphosphate/pentaerythritol/zeolite 4A fire-retarded formulation using advanced spectroscopic techniques	2
Computational study on the glowing combustion of a wooden ember landing on a non-reacting substrate	2
Analysis of fire extinguishing performance and mechanisms in transformer oil pool fires by large-scale compressed nitrogen foam: Impact of different nozzle pressures	2
Experimental and numerical investigation of a single-tree fire	2