Analysis of the Relationship between Climate Change and the Number and Intensity of Forest Fires – a Literature Review
Analysis of the Relationship between Climate Change and the Number and Intensity of Forest Fires – a Literature Review

Author(s): Tsvetan Tsvetkov, Yasen Tsvetkov
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Economy, Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, Energy and Environmental Studies, Sociology, Environmental interactions, Book-Review
Published by: Университет за национално и световно стопанство (УНСС)
Keywords: climate change; forest fires; publications; literature review
Summary/Abstract: This paper quantitatively examines the publications that can be found in the Scopus databases on the very current topic of the relationship between climate change and the number and intensity of forest fires. The authors see this report as a first step in a more complex literature review of the issue, based on a combination of analysis of additional quantitative indicators and an in-depth examination of the logic of a more limited number of publications. The paper presents a detailed problem analysis of the interrelationship between climate change and the number and intensity of forest fires, the research methodology is presented, and a search for literary sources on the subject in the Scopus databases is performed. The 7 361 results obtained were subjected to a systematic quantitative analysis, and the following indicators were examined: annual scientific production (articles in Scopus); average citations per year; a list of sources (journals that publish most actively in the selected research area); h index and g index of these journals; sources' production over time; authors who publish most actively in the chosen research area; impact strength of these authors, according to their h-index, g-index, m-index, and total citations; number of citations of publications in journals that publish most actively in the selected research area. An analysis of the results was made, and conclusions were formulated.

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