OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Fire Sciences is 3. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Evaluation of propane explosion with applied water mist	31
Experimental study on combustion characteristics of fire in data room	17
Fire performance of high-density polyethylene sheets protected by a coating of plasticized polyvinyl chloride/modified-vermiculite	11
Identification method of fire smoke and nuisance aerosols in aircraft cargo compartment based on dual wavelength scattered light intensity	9
Experimental study of spruce wood reaction to fire in single burning item test	7
Design of a radiant panel test at reduced scale for the high throughput development of artificial turf structures	7
Preparation and properties of alginate based flame-retardant epoxy resin materials	6
Fire dynamics simulator modeling of a line-of-duty death in a firefighting training facility using recent research on materials and firefighter safety	6
Challenges and limitation of wearable sensors used in firefighters’ protective clothing	6
Jetfire lab: Jetfire at reduced scale	6
The well-meaning but misguided rollback of fire safety in the United States	6
Upward flame spread over discrete thin solids separated by heat-absorbing inert materials	6
Old age and fire injury	6
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	5
On the application of non-uniform water cooling for the fire safety of fuel storage tank farms	4
Reduced scale test bench for investigating the upward flame heat impact on external thermal insulation composite system facades	4
Fire-extinguishing performance and gas-phase pollution characteristics of different foam agents in extinguishing transformer oil pool fire	4
Simulation of the burning and dripping cables in fire using the particle finite element method	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	3
Bench-scale experimental study on the fire behavior of electric cable arrays by considering different layouts	3
A review on volatilization of flame retarding compounds from polymeric textile materials used in firefighter protective garment	3
The study of firefighter operation radio attenuation during fire disaster	3
Literature review and hazard identification relating to fire safety in commercial plastic recycling facilities	3
Flame retardancy of biodegradable polylactic acid with piperazine pyrophosphate and melamine cyanurate as flame retardant	3

Fire Safety Research Institute Materials and Products database—A resource to support fire modeling	3
Improvement of heat release methodologies using mass loss calorimeter and oxygen consumption hood to assess flammability of wood plastic composites	3
Performance improvement of the dry chemical-based fire extinguishers using nanocalcium silicate synthesised from biowaste	3