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Fire and Materials

John Wiley and Sons Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0308-0501eISSN1099-1018

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.521

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.022

Total Worksi

2,860

Total Citationsi

48,510

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.33

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Ceramics and Composites; Chemistry (miscellaneous); Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials; Metals and Alloys; Polymers and Plastics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 83 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications2,860

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0308-0501 / 1099-1018

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

117

2.1k

2019

149

1.6k

2020

113

1.1k

2021

755

2022

398

2023

244

2024

139

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Ceramics and CompositesQ2

Chemistry (miscellaneous)Q2

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsQ2

Metals and AlloysQ2

Polymers and PlasticsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Polymers and PlasticsElectronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsChemistry (miscellaneous)Ceramics and CompositesMetals and Alloys

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Fire dynamics and safety researchFlame retardant materials and propertiesCombustion and Detonation ProcessesFire effects on concrete materialsEvacuation and Crowd Dynamics

Frequently asked questions about Fire and Materials

Is Fire and Materials a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Fire and Materials: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Fire and Materials?

Fire and Materials is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.33.

Is Fire and Materials indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Fire and Materials is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Fire and Materials?