Manuscript Submission Guidelines: Journal of Fire Sciences
This Journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics.
Please read the guidelines below then visit the Journal’s submission site http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jfsciences to upload your manuscript. Please note that manuscripts not conforming to these guidelines may be returned.
Only manuscripts of sufficient quality that meet the aims and scope of Journal of Fire Sciences will be reviewed.
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal.
As part of the submission process you will be required to warrant that you are submitting your original work, that you have the rights in the work, that you are submitting the work for first publication in the Journal and that it is not being considered for publication elsewhere and has not already been published elsewhere, and that you have obtained and can supply all necessary permissions for the reproduction of any copyright works not owned by you.
1. What do we publish?
1.1 Aims & Scope
Before submitting your manuscript to Journal of Fire Sciences, please ensure you have read the Aims & Scope.
1.2 Article Types
Journal of Fire Sciences is a leading journal for the reporting of significant fundamental and applied research that brings understanding of fire chemistry and fire physics to fire safety. Its content is aimed toward the prevention and mitigation of the adverse effects of fires involving combustible materials, as well as development of new tools to better address fire safety needs. Journal of Fire Sciences covers experimental or theoretical studies of fire initiation and growth, flame retardant chemistry, fire physics relative to material behavior, fire containment, fire threat to people and the environment and fire safety engineering. Accepted article types include:
Original Manuscripts: These cover new research findings and analysis of fire science problems, they include unpublished original research or analysis of existing research on fire science topics.
Book Reviews: A review of a fire science or fire safety engineering book that is relevant to the scope of the Journal. Book reviews should provide insight and analysis on the benefits and limitations of the book. Book reviews should not be more than 2,000 words.
Review Articles: Review articles should cover a key aspect of fire science and should provide comprehensive and insightful analysis of the current body of knowledge in that particular aspect.
Forum/Discussion Articles: Articles submitted to the forum are meant to spur discussion and collaboration on a key aspect of fire science. They should be no more than 1,200 - 1,800 words and should start the beginning of a discussion that could lead to future research, or potential vetting of hypotheses fundamental to fire science.
Letter to the Editor: Letters can be opinion pieces to the Editor to speak to the fire science community about a fire science topic of interest to the author and the greater fire science community that are not suited for a Forum like discussion. Letters can also be short critical research findings or safety issues that need to be quickly communicated to the fire science community, in which case they will include data and some unpublished results that would not merit a full manuscript, but still is still of value. Letters are generally short documents of 800 - 1,200 words.
Special Issue Articles: These are original manuscripts that are specially solicited for a focused issue ona single topic of fire science. They are often run by a guest editor who will send invites to specific authors or will create an open invitation to all to submit to the special issue. Special issues are very welcome from any member of the fire science community and are submitted as proposals to the Editor-in-Chief prior to their activation on the Journal website.
1.3 Writing your paper
The SAGE Author Gateway has some general advice and on how to get published, plus links to further resources.
1.3.1 Make your article discoverable
When writing up your paper, think about how you can make it discoverable. The title, keywords and abstract are key to ensuring readers find your article through search engines such as Google. For information and guidance on how best to title your article, write your abstract and select your keywords, have a look at this page on the Gateway: How to Help Readers Find Your Article Online
2. Editorial policies
2.1 Peer review policy
Journal of Fire Sciences operates a conventional single-blind reviewing policy in which the reviewer’s name is always concealed from the submitting author.
As part of the submission process you will be asked to provide the names of 2 peers who could be called upon to review your manuscript. Recommended reviewers should be experts in their fields and should be able to provide an objective assessment of the manuscript. Please be aware of any conflicts of interest when recommending reviewers. Examples of conflicts of interest include (but are not limited to) the below:
The reviewer should have no prior knowledge of your submission
The reviewer should not have recently collaborated with any of the authors
Reviewer nominees from the same institution as any of the authors are not permitted
Please note that the Editors are not obliged to invite any recommended/opposed reviewers to assess your manuscript.
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