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Combustion and Fire II
edited by
submission deadline 28 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 746 | Submission Open
Keywords: mathematical modeling; numerical methods; empirical/theoretical models; combustion; fire; experiments and validation
Integrating AI and Remote Sensing for Monitoring and Mapping Fire Impacts on Agroforestry and Wildlife Systems submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 25158 | Submission Open
Keywords: AI; remote sensing; agroforestry; GIS; wildlife and One Health; monitoring and mapping; machine learning and deep learning; fire impacts; recovery; vulnerability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Fire Science Models, Remote Sensing, and Data)
Modeling, Experiment and Simulation of Tunnel Fire
edited by Rongliang Pan, Hong Huang, Chang Liu, Xiujun Yang, and Zeng Long
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 14 articles | Viewed by 24753 | Submission Open
Keywords: tunnel fire dynamics; tunnel fire protection engineering; flow organization in tunnel fire; evacuation; tunnel fire risk analysis; tunnel fire risk management; on-site experiment in tunnel; tunnel with new forms
Building Fire Dynamics and Fire Evacuation, 2nd Edition
edited by , and Zhilu Yuan
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 16321 | Submission Open
Keywords: evacuation dynamics; behaviors in fire; fire and smoke spread; fire control; fire-retardant materials; fire investigation; fire risk analysis; fire modeling
Performance-Based Design in Structural Fire Engineering, Volume III
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7340 | Submission Open
Keywords: fire dynamics; travelling fires; heat transfer; capacity; deformations; performance-based design
Advanced Analysis of Jet Flames and Combustion
edited by Shixiang Liu and Jingwu Wang
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4500 | Submission Open
Keywords: jet flame; flame instability; fire dynamics; flame thermal property; combustion mechanism; modeling approaches; advanced diagnostic techniques; turbulent combustion
Thermal Safety and Fire Behavior of Energy Storage Systems
edited by , and Zonghou Huang
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2851 | Submission Open
Keywords: thermal runaway and propagation; battery fire and explosion dynamics; ignition, spread and extinction modeling; gas emissions and toxicity; early warning, detection and prediction; fire suppression agents and technologies
Fire Prevention and Flame Retardant Materials—2nd Edition
edited by , Xuebao Wang and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2093 | Submission Open
Keywords: fire-retardant coating; flame-retardanted structural materials; bio-sourced structure material; flame-retarded retardant modification; smart firefighting; fireproof glass; fireproof board; fire extinguishing agent
Behavioral Research on Fire Evacuation and Decision-Making Processes
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1320 | Submission Open
Keywords: fire evacuation modeling; fire safety engineering; fire risk analysis; decision support system; human behavior in fire; large-scale evacuation modeling and disaster prevention; rail tunnel evacuation; fire detection; fire alarm system
Advanced Fire Detection and Monitoring Technologies for Early Warning and Safety
edited by Nicholas LaHaye, Olga Kalashnikova and
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 353 | Submission Open
Keywords: AI-driven fire detection; multi-sensor data fusion; early warning systems; remote sensing and monitoring; onboard autonomy; resilient fire management
The Thermal Decomposition and Combustion Behavior of Combustible Materials
edited by Mi Li and Yulun Zhang
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 325 | Submission Open
Keywords: thermal decomposition; combustion behavior; pyrolysis kinetics analysis; flammability of materials; energetic materials; fire safety; heat and mass transfer; toxic emissions; flame retardancy; numerical simulation of combustion; fire dynamics; fire monitoring and early warning; damage control
Modelling of Thermochemical Conversion of Solid Fuels: Combustion, Smoldering, Gasification and Beyond
edited by , Jingchun Huang, and Yuandong Yang
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 293 | Submission Open
Keywords: solid fuels; thermochemical conversion; modeling; combustion; smoldering; gasification; pyrolysis; chemical looping; carbon capture; renewable Energy
Dynamics, Instabilities, and Turbulence in Unsteady Combustion
edited by Xi Xia
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 270 | Submission Open
Keywords: unsteady combustion; flame dynamics; turbulence; combustion instability; combustion diagnostics; numerical simulations
Health Impacts of Wildland Fire Smoke
edited by
submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 345 | Submission Open
Keywords: wildfire smoke; smoke exposure; human health; public health
Advances in Structural Fire Engineering
edited by , , Zhi Liu and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12114 | Submission Open
Keywords: structural fire safety; innovative materials; sustainability; intelligence; resilience
Developments of Modelling, Diagnostics, and AI-Aided Techniques in Combustion and Fire Science
edited by Yong Hu, Masaya Muto, , Reo Kai and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 10528 | Submission Open
Keywords: wildfire; jet fire; hydrogen combustion; explosion; modeling; fluid dynamics; diagnostics; turbulent flow; radiation; machine learning
Fire and Explosion Hazards in Energy Systems
edited by , Qi Jing and Pengliang Li
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9583 | Submission Open
Keywords: gas/vapor/dust/hybrid explosions; jet fire and pool fire; smouldering fire; battery fire; CFD modelling; deflagration and detonation; explosion prevention and mitigation; ignition
Progress in Advanced Combustion and Reactive Flows Related to Clean Technologies and Alternative Fuels
edited by Yali Shao and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3967 | Submission Open
Keywords: clean combustion; alternative fuels; chemical looping combustion; oxy-fuel combustion; combustor design; computational fluid dynamics simulation; hydrogen; ammonia; reaction mechnisms
Tunnel Fire Behavior: Dynamics, Smoke Management, and Safety Strategies
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3569 | Submission Open
Keywords: tunnel fire; smoke; fire spread; temperature; ventilation; fire modeling; human evacuation; fire suppression; artificial intelligence
Integrative Approaches to Wildland Fire Research: From Fundamental Fuel Behavior to Advanced Technological Solutions
edited by Jeanette Cobian-Iñiguez
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3537 | Submission Open
Keywords: wildland fire behavior; prescribed burning; fuel behavior; fire detection; data science; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Fire Research at the Science–Policy–Practitioner Interface)
Advanced Analysis of the Mechanism of Biomass Pyrolysis and Oxidation
edited by Junrui Duan, Kai Li and Lili Ye
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1578 | Submission Open
Keywords: mechanisms of biomass pyrolysis; mechanisms of biomass oxidation; formation of toxic and hazardous substances; rate coefficients of elementary reactions; chemical reaction kinetics; macro-kinetic model
Thermal Runaway in Lithium Batteries: Fire Mechanisms, Early Warning and Advanced Suppression submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1360 | Submission Open
Keywords: thermal runaway; solid electrolyte; flame retardant; battery thermal management; thermal safety control
Fire Safety Design Based on Scaled Fire Spread Data
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 338 | Submission Open
Keywords: fire safety design; fire management strategies; combustion characteristics of material; refractory materials; sustainable fire-safe materials and simulation-based fire analysis; WUI fire spread; structure-to-structure fire spread mechanism; education in fire science
Fire Dynamics in Long and Narrow Confined Spaces
edited by Weibing Jiao, and Tao Wang
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 335 | Submission Open
Keywords: fire dynamics; smoke propagation; long and narrow confined spaces; tunnel fires; plume behavior; fuel spill fires; cable tunnel fires; ventilation effects; ceiling jet
Fire Detection and Public Safety, 3rd Edition
edited by , Jun Fang and
submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 311 | Submission Open
Keywords: fire detection; flame, smoke, and/or gas detection; fire detection algorithms; fire-related public safety issues; fire sensors for specific locations and extreme conditions; new concept of fire monitoring and response systems
Combustion Process, Emission Control, and Energy Generation in Internal Combustion Engines
edited by and Mingzhang Pan
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 18338 | Submission Open
Keywords: clean combustion technology; emission control technology; energy generation; internal combustion engine
Effects of Fires and Possible Restoration Interventions in Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13915 | Submission Open
Keywords: fire ecology; forestry; hydraulic forestry management; effects of fire; post-fire impacts; fire damage to vegetation and soil; recovery and post-fire restoration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Fire Research at the Science–Policy–Practitioner Interface)
Aircraft Fire Safety
edited by , Quanyi Liu, Zhenxiang Tao and Imrana I. Kabir
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 10248 | Submission Open
Coal Fires and Their Impact on the Environment
edited by Qiang Zeng and Ting Ren
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7818 | Submission Open
Keywords: mechanism of coal fire occurrence; coal fire propagation; monitoring and early warnings of coal fire; coal fire impacts on the environment; utilization of resource at coal fire sites; ecological restoration of coal fire sites
Combustion and Fire Safety of Wood: From Built Environments to Forests submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6806 | Submission Open
Keywords: flammability and ignition; combustion characteristics; wood products; wood-derived components; bio-based composites; passive or active fire-prevention technologies
Firebreak Optimization in Fire Prevention
edited by Harikesh Singh and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3432 | Submission Open
Keywords: firebreak optimization; wildfire prevention; fire risk mapping; fire spread modeling; geographic information systems (GIS); remote sensing; fire management; real‑time fire monitoring; fire impact mitigation; adaptive firebreak design; predictive modeling; wildfire risk reduction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Fire Science Models, Remote Sensing, and Data)
Comprehensive Prevention of Underground Space Mine Fires and Gas Disasters, as Well as Prevention of Water Injection Seepage Disasters
edited by Yipeng Song, , Peng Liu, Jia Liu, Tianbai Zhou and Yueping Qin
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3191 | Submission Open
Keywords: coal spontaneous combustion; underground space; flame combustion; numerical modeling; fire prevention and control; thermodynamics; extinguishing materials; monitoring method
Low Carbon Fuel Combustion and Pollutant Control
edited by and Xuanqi Liu
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2981 | Submission Open
Keywords: low carbon fuels; combustion technology; pollution control; sustainable energy; emission reduction; clean combustion; biofuels; ammonia–hydrogen fuels; CCUS
Fire Suppression and Explosion Mitigation: Innovations in Materials and Mechanisms
edited by Xiaolong Zhu, , Chuanyu Pan, and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2663 | Submission Open
Keywords: fire suppression mechanisms; explosion mitigation mechanisms; phase-change extinguishing agents; water-based environmentally friendly retardants; intelligent suppression systems; shock-wave attenuation; numerical simulation
Dust Explosion Prevention submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2461 | Submission Open
Keywords: safe operation; flammable industrial ; dusts fire and explosion ; combustible dust explosions
Advances in Combustion, Plasma Chemistry and Clean Fuel Technologies—Experimental and Computational Approaches
edited by , Xingqian Mao and Hongtao Zhong
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1990 | Submission Open
Keywords: combustion chemistry ; plasma-assisted combustion ; clean and alternative fuels ; soot and pollutant formation ; plasma catalysis ; fire dynamics ; data-driven modeling; numerical simulation
Intelligent Fire Safety Solutions in Urban Architecture: Innovations and Challenges
edited by Xueming Shu and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 789 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban fire resilience; smart firefighting; fire hazard evaluation; community risk reduction; evacuation dynamics; sustainable governance
Intelligent Forest Fire Prediction and Detection: 2nd Edition
edited by , and Cheng He
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 491 | Submission Open
Keywords: novel techniques in wildfires (artificial intelligence, big data, cloud computing, machine learning, data mining, deep learning, and reinforcement learning); remote sensing; Internet of Things; climate change; forest fires; fire models; fire monitoring; reviews on wildfire; prescribed burning; fire ecology; fire regime; fire behavior
Catalytic Remediation and Emission Control from Combustion Technology: From Fundamentals to Industrial Applications
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 318 | Submission Open
Keywords: heterogeneous catalysis; exhaust gas catalysis; combustion technology; metals; nanoparticles
Prevention and Management of External Fires and Internal Fires in Mining Environments
edited by and Yongyu Wang
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 189 | Submission Open
Keywords: external fires in mining; coal spontaneous combustion; coal mine fire prevention lithium battery thermal runaway; non-metallic materials flammability intelligent fire monitoring; fire risk assessment; emergency response and mitigation; mine fire prevention techniques; fire retardant materials
Innovative Methods and Insights into Coal Mine Fire Prevention submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1902 | Submission Open
Keywords: endogenous fire (coal spontaneous combustion); exogenous fire (belt, cable, and fuel fires); fire monitoring, early warning, and prediction; fire prevention and suppression technologies; smoke movement and ventilation control; machine learning in fire safety; multi-scale and multi-physics simulation
Advances in Gas Turbine Combustion
edited by and Khawar J. Syed
submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 660 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrogen; ammonia; biogas; syngas; fuel blends; flashback and blowoff; emissions control; combustion dynamics; combustion modelling; turbulence modelling; computational methods; validation
Fire-Adapted Plant Species
edited by
submission deadline 25 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 374 | Submission Open
Keywords: fire-adapted plant species; fire-prone ecosystems; plant functional traits; evolutionary adaptation to fire; fire regimes including climate-altered fire regimes; post-fire regeneration; plant population and community dynamics; conservation; fire management; global change ecology
Smart Firefighting Technologies and Advanced Materials
edited by Linlin Yi, , Yue Chen and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10973 | Submission Open
Keywords: smart firefighting; fire safety assessment; fire mechanism; smoke control; advanced flame-retardant materials; fire detection; fire prevention
Thermochemical Conversion Systems submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6736 | Submission Open
Fire Safety in the Built Environment
edited by , and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5845 | Submission Open
Keywords: compartment fires; smoke control; HVAC systems; CFD modelling; performance-based design; travelling fires
Applications of Computational Statistics to Wildfire Science and Management —2nd Edition
edited by W. John Braun
submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2756 | Submission Open
Keywords: fire safety; fire simulation; fire risk assessment; fire management; statistical applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Fire Research at the Science–Policy–Practitioner Interface)
Assessment and Mitigation of Hydrogen-Fuelled Fire Hazards
edited by
submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 943 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrogen safety; fire and explosion hazards; combustion and flame dynamics; hydrogen dispersion; CFD and turbulence modelling; risk assessment and mitigation; clean energy systems; safety engineering; hydrogen infrastructure; fire detection and suppression
Theory and Practice of Tunnel and Underground Fires
edited by and Peng Lei
submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 614 | Submission Open
Keywords: enclosure fire dynamics; underground and tunnel fire; smoke transportation characteristics and control; emergency evacuation; fire monitoring and early warning
Advances in Explosion, Fire and Related Cascading Effects: Modeling, Assessment and Prevention
edited by , , and Yixin Zhao
submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 338 | Submission Open
Keywords: explosion and fire; domino effects; cascading events; multi-hazard; modelling and simulation; loss prevention; risk management; resilience assessment
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