Fire

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · Switzerland · Est. 2009

ISSN2571-6255eISSN2571-6255

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.641

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.872

Total Worksi

2,145

Total Citationsi

18,433

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.08

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Ecology; Forestry; Safety Research; Building and Construction; Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous); Environmental Science (miscellaneous); Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2009

Annual Volume~ 485 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,145

Publisher OrgMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

OA Since2017

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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

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2571-6255 / 2571-6255

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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?

N/A

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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

2.1k

2019

1.3k

2020

102

2.3k

2021

232

2022

477

5.5k

2023

488

3.3k

2024

491

1.5k

2025

342

105

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.

ForestryQ1

Safety ResearchQ1

Building and ConstructionQ2

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q2

Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualityQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EcologyForestry

Scopus Categories

ForestryEnvironmental Science (miscellaneous)Building and ConstructionEarth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Safety ResearchSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Fire effects on ecosystemsFire dynamics and safety researchFire Detection and Safety SystemsEvacuation and Crowd DynamicsCombustion and Detonation ProcessesRangeland and Wildlife ManagementLandslides and related hazardsFire effects on concrete materialsDisaster Management and ResilienceFlame retardant materials and properties

Frequently asked questions about Fire

Is Fire a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Fire: 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?

Fire 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 3.08.

Is Fire indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

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