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Diversity Leaders in Fire Science

A topical collection in Fire (ISSN 2571-6255).

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Editors

Prof. Dr. Alistair M. S. Smith

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Collection Editor
Department of Forest, Rangeland and Fire Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83843, USA
Interests: wildfire; remote sensing; vegetation mortality and productivity
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Dr. Natasha Ribeiro

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1. Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA
2. Department of Forest Engineering, Faculty of Agronomy and Forest Engineering, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Avenida Julius Nyerere, Street nr. 3453, Maputo, Mozambique
Interests: conservation and forest restoration; fire ecology; evaluation and environmental impact assessments; forest biomass and carbon sequestration; remote sensing
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Dr. Tiago Miguel Ferreira

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Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of the West of England-UWE Bristol, Frenchay Campus, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK
Interests: multi-hazard risk analysis; risk and vulnerability reduction; seismic vulnerability; seismic rehabilitation and retrofit; urban resilience; disaster response and reconstruction; geographic information systems
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Dr. Grant Williamson

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School of Biological Sciences, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 55, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
Interests: air quality and smoke management; GIS; remote sensing; fire ecology; landscape ecology; fire modelling; smoke transport modelling; forests; climate change; emission factors
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Prof. Dr. Christine Eriksen

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Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Hallerstrasse 12, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Interests: wildfire social science; social vulnerability; societal coping capacity; disaster risk reduction; social dimensions of climate and land-use changes

Topical Collection Information

Dear Colleagues,

The open access journal, Fire acknowledges the need to recognize underrepresented voices in fire-science, such as indigenous and racial minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and the LGBTQIA community, who all bring different areas of knowledge in science and ways of taking action. This Special Collection seeks to highlight the contributions of these individuals through invited contributions. If you believe that an individual scientist should be highlighted for their contributions to fire science, suggestions can be sent to the Collection Editors for consideration.

The Editorial Board of Fire may also recommend articles published in the main Journal to also be highlighted in this Topical Collection.

We look forward to receiving your recommendations.

Prof. Dr. Alistair M. S. Smith
Dr. Natasha Ribeiro
Prof. Dr. Tiago Miguel Ferreira
Dr. Grant Williamson
Dr. Christine Eriksen
Collection Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the collection website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Fire is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Published Papers (3 papers)

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2018

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Editorial
Recognizing Women Leaders in Fire Science: Revisited
by Alistair M.S. Smith and Eva K. Strand
Fire 2018, 1(3), 45; https://doi.org/10.3390/fire1030045 - 21 Nov 2018
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In August, 2018, an editorial in Fire entitled Recognizing Women Leaders in Fire Science was published. This was intended to ignite a conversation into diversity in fire science by highlighting several women leaders in fire research and development. This editorial was released alongside [...] Read more.
In August, 2018, an editorial in Fire entitled Recognizing Women Leaders in Fire Science was published. This was intended to ignite a conversation into diversity in fire science by highlighting several women leaders in fire research and development. This editorial was released alongside a new Topical Collection in Fire called Diversity Leaders in Fire Science. The response on social media was fantastic, leading to numerous recommendations of women leaders in fire science that had been inadvertently missed in the first editorial. In this editorial, we acknowledge 145 women leaders in fire science to promote diversity across our disciplines. Fire is continually committed to improving diversity and inclusion in all aspects of the journal and welcomes perspectives, viewpoints, and constructive criticisms to help advance that mission. Full article
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Perspective
Increasing Editorial Diversity: Strategies for Structural Change
by Annabel L. Smith
Fire 2018, 1(3), 42; https://doi.org/10.3390/fire1030042 - 08 Nov 2018
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Editorial boards should be representative of the people doing science but they are often plagued with inequality. This article presents some starting points towards increasing editorial diversity, hoping to spark new initiatives to recruit people of under-represented groups to editorial boards. I argue [...] Read more.
Editorial boards should be representative of the people doing science but they are often plagued with inequality. This article presents some starting points towards increasing editorial diversity, hoping to spark new initiatives to recruit people of under-represented groups to editorial boards. I argue there should be a greater focus on what journals and publishers should do instead of focusing on stories and celebrations of extraordinary individuals overcoming barriers. Transparent reporting, diversity targets, strategic invitations, mentoring programs, self-assigned workloads are all strategies which might lead to structural change. New, creative ways to recruit editors are needed so that women and all under-represented groups are given more opportunities to shape the direction of science. Full article
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Editorial
Recognizing Women Leaders in Fire Science
by Alistair M. S. Smith, Crystal A. Kolden, Susan J. Prichard, Robert W. Gray, Paul F. Hessburg and Jennifer K. Balch
Fire 2018, 1(2), 30; https://doi.org/10.3390/fire1020030 - 20 Aug 2018
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Across the breadth of fire science disciplines, women are leaders in fire research and development. We want to acknowledge some of these leaders to promote diversity across our disciplines. In Fire, we are also happy to announce a new Special Collection, through [...] Read more.
Across the breadth of fire science disciplines, women are leaders in fire research and development. We want to acknowledge some of these leaders to promote diversity across our disciplines. In Fire, we are also happy to announce a new Special Collection, through which we will continue to acknowledge current and future Diversity Leaders in Fire Science by inviting contributions from the leaders in this editorial, among others. Full article
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