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Fire Ecology

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · Germany · Est. 2005

ISSN1933-9747eISSN1933-9747

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.501

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.459

Total Worksi

825

Total Citationsi

19,248

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.28

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Ecology; Forestry; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Environmental Science (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2005

FrequencyBiannual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications825

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

OA Since2004

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1933-9747 / 1933-9747

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

1.7k

2019

1.5k

2020

2021

732

2022

1.6k

2023

107

1.4k

2024

328

2025

140

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.

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ1

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q1

ForestryQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EcologyForestry

Scopus Categories

ForestryEnvironmental Science (miscellaneous)Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Fire effects on ecosystemsRangeland and Wildlife ManagementEcology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesLandslides and related hazardsPlant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsFire dynamics and safety researchTree-ring climate responsesForest ecology and managementDisaster Management and ResilienceFire Detection and Safety Systems

Frequently asked questions about Fire Ecology

Is Fire Ecology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Fire Ecology: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Ecology?

Fire Ecology 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 5.28.

Is Fire Ecology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Fire Ecology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Fire Ecology?