Alexander Filkov

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 984 citations indexed

About

Alexander Filkov is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Filkov has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 984 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 31 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and 10 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Alexander Filkov's work include Fire effects on ecosystems (43 papers), Fire dynamics and safety research (28 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (10 papers). Alexander Filkov is often cited by papers focused on Fire effects on ecosystems (43 papers), Fire dynamics and safety research (28 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (10 papers). Alexander Filkov collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Russia and United States. Alexander Filkov's co-authors include Trent D. Penman, Stuart Matthews, Tuan Ngo, Albert Simeoni, Jane G. Cawson, Kenneth L. Clark, Mohamad El Houssami, Д. П. Касымов, Jan C. Thomas and Eric V. Mueller and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Ecology, Fuel and Energy & Fuels.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Filkov

49 papers receiving 957 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Impact of Australia's catastrophic 2019/20 bushfire season on communities and environment. Retrospective analysis and current trends

2020 267 citations Alexander Filkov, Trent D. Penman et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexander Filkov Australia	17	778	453	151	125	100	54	984
Jim Gould Australia	12	831 1.1×	361 0.8×	178 1.2×	158 1.3×	118 1.2×	20	964
Alexander Maranghides United States	13	1.0k 1.3×	775 1.7×	124 0.8×	95 0.8×	234 2.3×	39	1.2k
JS Gould Australia	7	905 1.2×	360 0.8×	209 1.4×	194 1.6×	98 1.0×	9	945
Lifu Shu China	16	930 1.2×	343 0.8×	181 1.2×	264 2.1×	82 0.8×	72	1.1k
Wendy R. Anderson Australia	20	979 1.3×	347 0.8×	240 1.6×	283 2.3×	99 1.0×	31	1.2k
Phil Cheney United States	7	853 1.1×	287 0.6×	149 1.0×	204 1.6×	102 1.0×	11	966
Kara M. Yedinak United States	14	742 1.0×	232 0.5×	84 0.6×	197 1.6×	94 0.9×	25	805
Matt P. Plucinski Australia	18	699 0.9×	265 0.6×	162 1.1×	179 1.4×	50 0.5×	27	771
Isaac C. Grenfell United States	12	1.2k 1.5×	374 0.8×	276 1.8×	365 2.9×	100 1.0×	19	1.2k
Luís Mário Ribeiro Portugal	12	741 1.0×	269 0.6×	167 1.1×	168 1.3×	171 1.7×	39	925

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexander Filkov

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Filkov, Alexander, et al.. (2025). Ignition dynamics of moist fuel beds under combined firebrand pile and radiative heat exposure. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 34(11). 1 indexed citations

Filippi, Jean‐Baptiste, et al.. (2025). Modelling aerodynamics and combustion of firebrands in long-range spotting. Fire Safety Journal. 152. 104348–104348. 3 indexed citations

Tada, Chika, et al.. (2024). Fire intensity effects on serotinous seed survival. Fire Ecology. 20(1). 2 indexed citations

Umemura, Kenji, et al.. (2024). Determination of Physical, Mechanical and Fire Retardancy Properties of Innovative Particleboard Made from Corn Stalk (<i>Zea mays</i> L.) Particles. JOURNAL OF RENEWABLE MATERIALS. 12(10). 1729–1756. 1 indexed citations

Beer, J. De, Stanislav I. Stoliarov, Peter B. Sunderland, et al.. (2024). Ignition and combustion behavior of pressure treated wood and wood-plastic composite exposed to glowing firebrand piles: Impact of air flow velocity, firebrand coverage density and pile orientation. Fire Safety Journal. 147. 104198–104198. 7 indexed citations

Cawson, Jane G., et al.. (2023). Quantifying the flammability of living plants at the branch scale: which metrics to use?. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 32(10). 1404–1421. 11 indexed citations

Penman, Trent D., et al.. (2023). Multi-scale investigation of factors influencing moisture thresholds for litter bed flammability. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 337. 109514–109514. 9 indexed citations

Filkov, Alexander, et al.. (2023). Quantifying Firebrand and Radiative Heat Flux Risk on Structures in Mallee/Mulga-Dominated Wildland–Urban Interface: A Physics-Based Approach. Fire. 6(12). 466–466. 1 indexed citations

Filkov, Alexander, et al.. (2023). Quantifying Litter Bed Ignitability: Comparison of a Laboratory and Field Method. Fire. 6(1). 24–24. 6 indexed citations

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Filkov, Alexander, et al.. (2023). Physics-based modelling for mapping firebrand flux and heat load on structures in the wildland–urban interface. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 32(11). 1576–1599. 6 indexed citations

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Filkov, Alexander, et al.. (2022). Suppression resources and their influence on containment of forest fires in Victoria. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 31(12). 1144–1154. 15 indexed citations

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Cawson, Jane G., et al.. (2021). Quantifying the effect of mastication on flaming and smouldering durations in eucalypt forests and woodlands under laboratory conditions. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 30(8). 611–624. 5 indexed citations

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Cawson, Jane G., et al.. (2020). Leaf traits predict global patterns in the structure and flammability of forest litter beds. Journal of Ecology. 109(3). 1344–1355. 45 indexed citations

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Filkov, Alexander, et al.. (2020). Determination of Firebrand Characteristics Using Thermal Videos. Fire. 3(4). 68–68. 13 indexed citations

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Filkov, Alexander, et al.. (2019). Quantifying dynamic fire behaviour phenomena using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle technology. 1 indexed citations

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Filkov, Alexander, Thomas J. Duff, & Trent D. Penman. (2019). Frequency of Dynamic Fire Behaviours in Australian Forest Environments. Fire. 3(1). 1–1. 14 indexed citations

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Матвиенко, О. В., et al.. (2018). Simulation of fuel bed ignition by wildland firebrands. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 27(8). 550–561. 21 indexed citations

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Filkov, Alexander, et al.. (2015). Ignition of wood subjected to the decreasing radiant energy flux. IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering. 81. 12071–12071. 3 indexed citations

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Filkov, Alexander, et al.. (2014). The Matlab Simulink model of transformer winding when its diagnisis by short duration puls takes place. 6. 1–4. 6 indexed citations

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Filkov, Alexander, О. В. Шарыпов, Valérie Leroy-Cancellieri, et al.. (2011). Comparative Study To Evaluate the Drying Kinetics of Boreal Peats from Micro to Macro Scales. Energy & Fuels. 26(1). 349–356. 8 indexed citations

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