Fire and Materials

Aims & Scope

Fire and Materials is an international journal for scientific and technological communications directed at the fire properties of materials and the products into which they are made.

This covers all aspects of the polymer field and the end uses where polymers find application; the important developments in the fields of natural products - wood and cellulosics; non-polymeric materials - metals and ceramics; as well as the chemistry and industrial applications of fire retardant chemicals.

Contributions will be particularly welcomed on heat release; properties of combustion products - smoke opacity, toxicity and corrosivity; modelling and testing.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.4
2024	2.00

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.553

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	74

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	10526

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	693

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Chemistry and Materials Science, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Development of fire‐retarded materials—Interpretation of cone calorimeter data

  Citation: 1286

  Authors: B., T. R.

• Estimation of rate of heat release by means of oxygen consumption measurements

  Citation: 737

  Authors: Clayton

• An overview of flame retardancy of polymeric materials: application, technology, and future directions

  Citation: 442

  Authors: Alexander B., Jeffrey W.

• Development of the cone calorimeter—A bench‐scale heat release rate apparatus based on oxygen consumption

  Citation: 392

  Authors: Vytenis

• PA-6 clay nanocomposite hybrid as char forming agent in intumescent formulations

  Citation: 294

  Authors: Serge, Michel Le, Fran�ois, Jeffrey W., Takashi

• Transient plane source (TPS) technique for measuring thermal transport properties of building materials

  Citation: 293

  Authors: T., S. E.

• Fire-resistant Aluminosilicate Composites

  Citation: 263

  Authors: Richard E., P. N., Andrew, Usman, Joseph, Michel

• Heat resistance and flammability of high performance fibres: A review

  Citation: 231

  Authors: Serge, Xavier

• Flame retardant properties of EVA‐nanocomposites and improvements by combination of nanofillers with aluminium trihydrate

  Citation: 218

  Authors: Günter

• Nanocomposite fire retardants ? a review

  Citation: 215

  Authors: D., E., M. J. K.

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