Publishing in Fire Ecology

Fire Ecology publishes peer-reviewed articles on all ecological and management aspects relating to wildland fire. We welcome submissions on topics that include a broad range of research on the ecological relationships of fire to its environment, including, but not limited to:

  • Ecology (physical and biological fire effects, fire regimes, etc.)

  • Social science (geography, sociology, anthropology, etc.)

  • Fuel

  • Fire science and modeling

  • Planning and risk management

  • Law and policy

  • Fire management

  • Inter- or cross-disciplinary fire-related topics

  • Technology transfer products

In addition, the journal:

  • Advertises your published paper across a variety of social media channels and outlets

  • Allows you to coordinate publication date with news releases

  • Accepts papers from a wide diversity of disciplines from social science to risk analysis

  • Has a timeline of 17 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (median) and 179 days submission to accept (median)

  • Provides a wide range of article types from field notes to monographs to original research

  • Encourages special issues and conference proceedings

  • Compiles extensive citation statistics for your paper

AFE MEMBER DISCOUNT

AFE members are eligible for a 20% discount on original research, reviews, forum articles and monographs.

To receive this discount, please email office@fireecology.net and ask for the SpringerOpen membership account number before submitting your paper. See page 2 of these instructions for more information on how to submit your paper using a membership account number.

AFE’s journal, Fire Ecology, publishes peer-reviewed articles on all ecological and management aspects relating to wildland fire. Freely access journal articles and get details about submitting a manuscript.