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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Evaluation of propane explosion with applied water mist	27
Experimental study on combustion characteristics of fire in data room	18
Fire performance of high-density polyethylene sheets protected by a coating of plasticized polyvinyl chloride/modified-vermiculite	17
Identification method of fire smoke and nuisance aerosols in aircraft cargo compartment based on dual wavelength scattered light intensity	17
Design of a radiant panel test at reduced scale for the high throughput development of artificial turf structures	16
Experimental study of spruce wood reaction to fire in single burning item test	10
Preparation and properties of alginate based flame-retardant epoxy resin materials	9
Upward flame spread over discrete thin solids separated by heat-absorbing inert materials	9
Jetfire lab: Jetfire at reduced scale	6
Challenges and limitation of wearable sensors used in firefighters’ protective clothing	6
The well-meaning but misguided rollback of fire safety in the United States	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
Experimental research on temperature distribution and charring rate of typical components of wood structure building	6
Old age and fire injury	6
Thermal degradation of self-contained breathing apparatus facepiece lenses under radiant thermal loads	6
Reduced scale test bench for investigating the upward flame heat impact on external thermal insulation composite system facades	5
Polylactic acid flame-retarded by nano-compound of form II ammonium polyphosphate with montmorillonite	5
Simulation of the burning and dripping cables in fire using the particle finite element method	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	4
Fire-extinguishing performance and gas-phase pollution characteristics of different foam agents in extinguishing transformer oil pool fire	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
Bench-scale experimental study on the fire behavior of electric cable arrays by considering different layouts	4
Fire Safety Research Institute Materials and Products database—A resource to support fire modeling	4
Performance improvement of the dry chemical-based fire extinguishers using nanocalcium silicate synthesised from biowaste	3

A review on volatilization of flame retarding compounds from polymeric textile materials used in firefighter protective garment	3
Effects of accelerated and natural weathering on fire-retarded industrial wood composite	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
A probabilistic analysis of non-military hangar fire protection systems	3
Improvement of heat release methodologies using mass loss calorimeter and oxygen consumption hood to assess flammability of wood plastic composites	3
Flammability and thermal stability of thermoplastic-based composites filled with natural carbon	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
Sensitivity analysis applied to the pyrolysis of charring and non-charring materials under a cone calorimeter	2
Toxicity of organophosphorus flame retardants	2
Re-examination of the intumescence mechanism of ammonium polyphosphate/pentaerythritol/zeolite 4A fire-retarded formulation using advanced spectroscopic techniques	2
Quantification of hydrogen cyanide in fire effluent	2
Computational study on the glowing combustion of a wooden ember landing on a non-reacting substrate	2
Durability and performance of wood flour/polyethylene composites containing fire retardants after weathering via ASTM D2565	2
Block it and rock it: Smoke suppressants that form a protective layer in PA 6.6	2
Burning behavior of broad leaf shrub species prevalent in the Northwest United States	1
Material-scale flammability characteristics of epoxy-based coating systems	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
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
Flammability and explosion characteristics of hardwood dust	1
Revisiting the “Steiner Tunnel” test method covered under ASTM E84: An overview and analysis of the test method	1
Development of a pyrolysis model for oriented strand board: Part II—Thermal transport parameterization and bench-scale validation	1
A computational fluid dynamics model to estimate local quantities in firebrand char oxidation	1
Measuring the fire growth potential of combustible solids using a cone calorimeter	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
Thermal response of timber connections using densified wood dowels under fire	1
Toward improved thermal exposure classes for structural firefighters	1
Experimental investigation at reduced scale of the effect of a ceiling on the burning rate of a pool fire	1
Experimental and numerical investigation of a single-tree fire	1
Forced convective heat transfer in vegetation by measuring liquid water evaporation	1
Quantifying disparities in fire-related mortality of US career and volunteer firefighters: A 43-year database study	1
Reaction to fire of polymethylmethacrylate and polyvinylchloride under reduced oxygen concentrations in a controlled-atmospherecone calorimeter	1