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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 11140 | 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 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10901 | 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 4185 | Submission Open
Keywords: clean combustion; alternative fuels; chemical looping combustion; oxy-fuel combustion; combustor design; computational fluid dynamics simulation; hydrogen; ammonia; reaction mechnisms
Integrative Approaches to Wildland Fire Research: From Fundamental Fuel Behavior to Advanced Technological Solutions
edited by Jeanette Cobian-Iñiguez
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4155 | 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)
Tunnel Fire Behavior: Dynamics, Smoke Management, and Safety Strategies
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3917 | Submission Open
Keywords: tunnel fire; smoke; fire spread; temperature; ventilation; fire modeling; human evacuation; fire suppression; artificial intelligence
Thermal Runaway in Lithium Batteries: Fire Mechanisms, Early Warning and Advanced Suppression submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2442 | Submission Open
Keywords: thermal runaway; solid electrolyte; flame retardant; battery thermal management; thermal safety control
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 1689 | 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
Fire Safety Design Based on Scaled Fire Spread Data
edited by
submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 372 | 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 Detection and Public Safety, 3rd Edition
edited by , Jun Fang and
submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 348 | 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 19479 | 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 14758 | 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 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11407 | 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 8130 | 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 7611 | 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 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4164 | 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 3383 | 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 3321 | 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 2850 | 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 2711 | 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 2193 | 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 Forest Fire Prediction and Detection: 2nd Edition
edited by , and Cheng He
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1174 | 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
Intelligent Fire Safety Solutions in Urban Architecture: Innovations and Challenges
edited by Xueming Shu and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 845 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban fire resilience; smart firefighting; fire hazard evaluation; community risk reduction; evacuation dynamics; sustainable governance
Catalytic Remediation and Emission Control from Combustion Technology: From Fundamentals to Industrial Applications
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 342 | 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 217 | 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 2209 | 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 731 | 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 417 | 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 11580 | 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 7167 | Submission Open
Fire Safety in the Built Environment
edited by , and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6600 | 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 2845 | 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 1236 | 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
Fire Safety and Structural Performance of Wood and Sustainable Building Materials Including Their Composites
edited by , Linda Makovická-Osvaldová and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1012 | Submission Open
Keywords: fire prevention; wood composite; wood modification; fire resistance; testing; thermal degradation; fire engineering
Theory and Practice of Tunnel and Underground Fires
edited by and Peng Lei
submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 720 | 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 377 | Submission Open
Keywords: explosion and fire; domino effects; cascading events; multi-hazard; modelling and simulation; loss prevention; risk management; resilience assessment
Next-Generation Gas Sensing Technologies for Early Fire Warning and Clean Energy Safety
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 258 | Submission Open
Keywords: gas sensors; early fire warning; clean energy safety monitoring; novel sensing materials; miniaturized sensor arrays; AI for detection; IoT distributed stratigies; application in complex condition
Hybrid Mixtures and Dust Explosion Prevention
edited by Miroslava Vandlickova, and Stanislava Gašpercová
submission deadline 11 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 588 | Submission Open
Keywords: safe operation; flammable industrial; dusts fire; explosion; combustible dust explosions; dust and hybrid mixture explosions
Remote Sensing in Fire Management: Current Challenges and Future Directions
edited by , José M. P. do Nascimento, and Hasmath Farhana Thariq Ahmed
submission deadline 14 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1997 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; wildfires; high-resolution satellite imagery; real-time analysis; fire behavior modeling; advanced sensors and platforms; artificial intelligence and machine learning
Advances in Decision Support for Urban Fire Risk Management and Policy Formulation
edited by , Zhisheng Xu, Jinghong Wang and Zongjia Zhang
submission deadline 28 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5259 | Submission Open
Keywords: fire risk assessment; emergency response accessibility; fire resource allocation; fire station location optimization; fire management policy; urban fire safety; high-rise building fire protection; public fire safety literacy; decision support systems; spatial analysis and modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Fire Research at the Science–Policy–Practitioner Interface)
Experimental and Numerical Investigations into Fire Dynamics in Enclosed and Open Spaces submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 9683 | Submission Open
Keywords: compartment fire; flashover and backdraft; smoke filling; facade fire spreading; high-rise buildings fire; fire plume; CFD simulation; flame interactions
Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL) Applications in Wildfire Science: Principles, Progress and Prospects (2nd Edition) submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 14 articles | Viewed by 27303 | Submission Open
Keywords: wildfire research; artificial intelligence applications; wildfire risks; wildfire modeling; data science
(This special issue belongs to the Section Fire Science Models, Remote Sensing, and Data)
Fire/Explosion Risk Assessment and Loss Prevention of Hazardous Materials, Mines and Natural Gas, 2nd Edition
edited by Chuyuan Huang, Haipeng Jiang and Lijuan Liu
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 19245 | Submission Open
Keywords: hazardous materials; mines; natural gas; fire and explosion; risk assessment; monitoring and early warning; safety precautions
Fire, Polymers, and Retardants: Innovations in Fire Safety
edited by Baljinder Kandola
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5424 | Submission Open
Keywords: polymeric materials and polymeric composites; inherent flammability; fire retardant; nanostructured fire retardants; intumescent and bio-based systems; surface-engineered polymers; responsive materials that activate under thermal stimuli
Novel Combustion Technologies for CO2 Capture and Pollution Control
edited by , Hui Wang and Miaomiao Niu
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4656 | Submission Open
Keywords: CO2 capture; chemical looping combustion; oxygen-enriched combustion; simulation; energy conservation; pollution reduction
Wildfire Exposure and Human Health: A Multidisciplinary Perspective
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2105 | Submission Open
Keywords: wildfire health impacts; community impacts; occupational health; health risk communication; environmental health; biomarkers
(This special issue belongs to the Section Fire Research at the Science–Policy–Practitioner Interface)
Creating a Platform to Understand Fire Management in Africa
edited by , Lucy Amissah and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1935 | Submission Open
Keywords: biodiversity; fire regimes; climate change; ecosystem services; traditional knowledge; fire management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Fire Research at the Science–Policy–Practitioner Interface)
Experimental and Numerical Studies on Combustion and Heat Transfer in Liquid Fuel Fires
edited by Chen Wang, and Chuanyu Pan
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 705 | Submission Open
Keywords: ignition of liquid fuel; heat transfer behavior of spill fire; heat transfer behavior of pool fire; heat transfer behavior of flame spread; flame radiation; radiation blockage; heat transfer between flames, liquids, and the environment; internal heat transfer of liquid fuel; fire modeling and simulation tools.
Smoke Movement and Control Strategies in Underground Spaces: Challenges and Solutions for Safety
edited by , Xiangliang Tian and Haitao Li
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 647 | Submission Open
Keywords: smoke control; underground spaces; fire safety; smoke movement; ventilation strategies; smoke management systems; fire evacuation
Innovative Combustion Technologies for Low-Carbon and Zero-Carbon Fuels
edited by , and Chan Zou
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 463 | Submission Open
Keywords: novel combustion concepts; fuel flexibility and blending strategies; emission control and environmental impact; fire and explosion safety for low-carbon fuels; system integration and applications
Ignition and Combustion of Energetic Materials
edited by , Dongyang Qiu and Zonghou Huang
submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 368 | Submission Open
Keywords: energetic materials; metal fuel; ignition; combustion; combustion diagnostics; molecular dynamics; chemical kinetics
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