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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Experimental study on combustion characteristics of fire in data room	35
Identification method of fire smoke and nuisance aerosols in aircraft cargo compartment based on dual wavelength scattered light intensity	22
Fire performance of high-density polyethylene sheets protected by a coating of plasticized polyvinyl chloride/modified-vermiculite	12
Experimental study of spruce wood reaction to fire in single burning item test	10
Upward flame spread over discrete thin solids separated by heat-absorbing inert materials	9
Preparation and properties of alginate based flame-retardant epoxy resin materials	9
Fire dynamics simulator modeling of a line-of-duty death in a firefighting training facility using recent research on materials and firefighter safety	8
Reliability of fire indicators based on the damage differential principle in wildland fire investigation: A laboratory approach	8
Old age and fire injury	8
Experimental research on temperature distribution and charring rate of typical components of wood structure building	7
Challenges and limitation of wearable sensors used in firefighters’ protective clothing	7
The well-meaning but misguided rollback of fire safety in the United States	7
Reduced scale test bench for investigating the upward flame heat impact on external thermal insulation composite system facades	6
Thermal degradation of self-contained breathing apparatus facepiece lenses under radiant thermal loads	6
The effect of repeated washings on thermal protective performances of one most used structural firefighting turnout gear in the Gauteng Province in South Africa	5
On the application of non-uniform water cooling for the fire safety of fuel storage tank farms	5
The study of firefighter operation radio attenuation during fire disaster	5
Fire-extinguishing performance and gas-phase pollution characteristics of different foam agents in extinguishing transformer oil pool fire	5
Improvement of heat release methodologies using mass loss calorimeter and oxygen consumption hood to assess flammability of wood plastic composites	4
Fire Safety Research Institute Materials and Products database—A resource to support fire modeling	4
Literature review and hazard identification relating to fire safety in commercial plastic recycling facilities	4
A review on volatilization of flame retarding compounds from polymeric textile materials used in firefighter protective garment	3
Evaluating the impact of ventilation configurations after fire suppression on temperature, visibility, and carbon monoxide levels at different heights in a firefighter training environment with traini	3
Forensic analysis of lithium-ion cells involved in fires via X-ray and CT scan	3
Performance improvement of the dry chemical-based fire extinguishers using nanocalcium silicate synthesised from biowaste	3

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
Flammability and thermal stability of thermoplastic-based composites filled with natural carbon	3
Re-examination of the intumescence mechanism of ammonium polyphosphate/pentaerythritol/zeolite 4A fire-retarded formulation using advanced spectroscopic techniques	2
Fire protection barriers for polymeric materials: Existing types, integrations, limitations, and future uses	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
Effects of accelerated and natural weathering on fire-retarded industrial wood composite	2
Computational study on the glowing combustion of a wooden ember landing on a non-reacting substrate	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
Modelling of the swelling behaviour of a fire retarded material under a cone calorimeter	2
Toxicity of organophosphorus flame retardants	2
Sensitivity analysis applied to the pyrolysis of charring and non-charring materials under a cone calorimeter	2
Experimental and numerical investigation of a single-tree fire	1
Letter	1
Impact of additive manufacturing on reaction to fire	1
Synergistic effect of nano silicon and piperazine pyrophosphate/melamine polyphosphate on flame retardancy of polypropylene	1
Thermal response of timber connections using densified wood dowels under fire	1
Quantifying disparities in fire-related mortality of US career and volunteer firefighters: A 43-year database study	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
Measuring the fire growth potential of combustible solids using a cone calorimeter	1
Smoke propagation experiments in a real-scale residential building	1
Reaction to fire of polymethylmethacrylate and polyvinylchloride under reduced oxygen concentrations in a controlled-atmospherecone calorimeter	1
Flammability and explosion characteristics of hardwood dust	1
An experimental case study of escooter fire in a four-story building	1
Breakdown characteristics and influencing factors of live 500 kV insulators sprayed by extinguishing agents using helicopters	1
Forced convective heat transfer in vegetation by measuring liquid water evaporation	1
A computational fluid dynamics model to estimate local quantities in firebrand char oxidation	1
Burning behavior of broad leaf shrub species prevalent in the Northwest United States	1
Toward improved thermal exposure classes for structural firefighters	1