Fire dynamics and safety research
Fire dynamics and safety research is a research topic within Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. Science Explorer counts 25k research works in it since 1950. 27.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the safety measures and strategies for controlling and mitigating fires in tunnels. It covers topics such as smoke control, ventilation systems, fire dynamics, combustion modeling, heat release rates, smoke temperature, fire suppression, buoyancy-driven flow, and fire behavior.
- Tunnel Fires
- Smoke Control
- Ventilation Systems
- Fire Dynamics
- Combustion Modeling
- Heat Release Rates
- Smoke Temperature
- Fire Suppression
- Buoyancy-Driven Flow
- Fire Behavior
- Research works
- 25k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 7k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 27.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +43% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Fire dynamics and safety research research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.5k and 596 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 2.5k works
- 2 United States 596 works
- 3 India 204 works
- 4 France 177 works
- 5 Russia 174 works
- 6 South Korea 164 works
- 7 United Kingdom 146 works
- 8 Germany 129 works
- 9 Japan 124 works
- 10 Australia 103 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Fire dynamics and safety research research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of Science and Technology of China publishes the most Fire dynamics and safety research research, followed by China University of Mining and Technology and Nanjing Tech University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 137 works
- 2 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 109 works
- 3 Nanjing Tech UniversityChina 68 works
- 4 Xi'an University of Science and TechnologyChina 50 works
- 5 Tsinghua UniversityChina 49 works
- 6 Central South UniversityChina 44 works
- 7 Nanjing University of Science and TechnologyChina 43 works
- 8 Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina 42 works
- 9 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 42 works
- 10 Tongji UniversityChina 35 works
Who are the leading researchers in Fire dynamics and safety research?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Fire dynamics and safety research include Kai Wang, Kefa Cen and K.M. Liew.
- 1 Kai Wang China 3.1k citations
- 2 Kefa Cen China 2.1k citations
- 3 K.M. Liew Hong Kong 2.1k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Fire dynamics and safety research research done?
The largest centres of Fire dynamics and safety research research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Hefei (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Cherkasy, Xuzhou and Jiaozuo.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- CherkasyUA · 23.3 works36×
- XuzhouCN · 111.7 works23×
- JiaozuoCN · 25.7 works15×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Fire dynamics and safety research than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Fire dynamics and safety research?
Among universities, judged by research, Dalian University, Shandong University of Science and Technology and China University of Mining and Technology score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dalian UniversityChina | 78.3 | 76.3% | 17.0× | 22 | +309.5% |
| 2 | Shandong University of Science and TechnologyChina | 65.5 | 53.3% | 8.6× | 22 | +570.6% |
| 3 | China University of Mining and TechnologyChina | 65.2 | 36.9% | 25.8× | 109 | +51.3% |
| 4 | Chongqing UniversityChina | 63.5 | 56.9% | 6.0× | 35 | +207.3% |
| 5 | Xi'an University of Science and TechnologyChina | 63.2 | 48.0% | 40.6× | 50 | +45.9% |
| 6 | University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina | 62.8 | 30.9% | 21.4× | 137 | +9.6% |
| 7 | Nanjing Tech UniversityChina | 62.8 | 39.1% | 25.8× | 68 | +48.0% |
| 8 | Nanjing University of Science and TechnologyChina | 62.0 | 51.9% | 9.7× | 43 | +25.0% |
| 9 | Hefei University of TechnologyChina | 61.2 | 40.5% | 8.5× | 25 | +1838.1% |
| 10 | Changzhou UniversityChina | 60.4 | 56.6% | 18.8× | 26 | +14.1% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Fire dynamics and safety research research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 43% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Fire dynamics and safety research.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.