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Fire Technology

Springer Netherlands · Netherlands · Est. 1965

ISSN1572-8099

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.604

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.133

Total Worksi

3,612

Total Citationsi

49,651

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.21

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Fire Technology is a leading research journal dedicated to resolving problems in fire safety and fire engineering. Examines fire safety in the built and natural environments and for natural and synthetic fuels. Covers experiments, theory, modeling, and data analysis to study materials, technology, detection, suppression, resistance, standards or human behavior.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1965

Annual Volume~ 157 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,612

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewrigorous peer-review process

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Netherlands

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1572-8099

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

rigorous peer-review process

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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

130

3.1k

2019

121

4.3k

2020

137

2.1k

2021

158

2.1k

2022

162

1.3k

2023

164

821

2024

144

324

2025

166

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.

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q2

Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualityQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, MultidisciplinaryMaterials Science, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Fire dynamics and safety researchEvacuation and Crowd DynamicsFire effects on concrete materialsFire Detection and Safety SystemsFire effects on ecosystemsCombustion and Detonation ProcessesHuman auditory perception and evaluationFlame retardant materials and propertiesWind and Air Flow StudiesEarthquake and Disaster Impact Studies

Frequently asked questions about Fire Technology

Is Fire Technology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Fire Technology: 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 Technology?

Fire Technology 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 2.21.

Is Fire Technology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Fire Technology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.