3.2
Impact Factor
5.1
CiteScore
49 days
Median Publication Time

Journal History

2018	The inaugural issue was released. Fire was published as a quarterly journal. Prof. Dr. Alistair M. S. Smith served as founding Editor-in-Chief. The Global Wildland Fire Network was affiliated with Fire.
2019	Fire published its 100th paper in August.
2020	Fire was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). Fire established the following section: Fire Science Data and Models Section.
2021	Fire was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). Fire received its first CiteScore (2020) of 3.7, ranked 24/142 (Q1) in "Forestry" and 17/88 (Q1) in "Safty Research". Fire was indexed in JUFO. Fire established the following section: Fire Research at the Science–Policy–Practitioner Interface. Fire announced the Fire 2021 Best Ph.D. Thesis Award winner: Dr Daniel May. Fire announced 13 Network partners: The Global Wildland Fire Network, The Northern Rockies Fire Science Network, The Great Plains Fire Science Exchange, The Alaska Fire Science Consortium, The Great Basin Fire Science Exchange, The Southern Fire Exchange, The Pacific Fire Exchange, The Miombo Network, The Southern African Fire Network, The Mediterranean Regional Information Network, The South Asia Regional Information Network, Fire Research and Management Exchange System, The Southern Rockies Fire Science Network.
2022	Fire announced the Fire 2022 Travel Award. Travel Award winner: Ms. Ana Novo. Fire received its 2021 CiteScore of 4.9, ranked 20/153 (Q1) in "Forestry" and 16/95 (Q2) in "Safety Research". Fire received its first Impact Factor (2.726), ranked 22/69 (Q2) in “Forestry” and 93/173 (Q3) in “Ecology”. Fire established the following sections: Fire Risk Assessment and Safety Management in Buildings and Urban Spaces; Fire Social Science; Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Simulation of Combustion and Fire.
2023	Fire adopted a monthly publication schedule. Fire received its 2022 Impact Factor (3.2), ranked 10/69 (Q1) in “Forestry” and 62/169 (Q2) in “Ecology”. Fire received its 2022 CiteScore of 3.5, ranked 45/153 (Q2) in "Forestry" and 32/103 (Q2) in "Safety Research". Fire published its 500th paper.
2024	Fire received its 2023 Impact Factor (3.0), ranked 11/89 (Q1) in “Forestry” and ranked 60/195 (Q2) in “Ecology”. Fire received its CiteScore (2023) of 3.1, ranked 53/174 (Q2) in "Forestry" and 41/109 (Q2) in "Safety Research".

Editor-in-Chief

2018–2022	Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Alistair M. S. Smith
2022–present	Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Grant Williamson

Section Editor-in-Chief

2021–2022	Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. James A. Lutz for the section on Fire Science Models, Remote Sensing, and Data
2021–present	Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Natasha Ribeiro for the section on Fire Research at the Science–Policy–Practitioner Interface
2022–2024	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Christine Eriksen for the section on Fire Social Science
2022–2025	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Alistair M. S. Smith for the section on Fire Science Models, Remote Sensing, and Data
2022–present	Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Tiago Miguel Ferreira for the section on Fire Risk Assessment and Safety Management in Buildings and Urban Spaces Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Ali Cemal Benim for the section on Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Simulation of Combustion and Fire

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