Simo Hostikka

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
137 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Simo Hostikka is a scholar working on Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, Computational Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Simo Hostikka has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, 36 papers in Computational Mechanics and 29 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Simo Hostikka's work include Fire dynamics and safety research (86 papers), Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics (28 papers) and Combustion and Detonation Processes (24 papers). Simo Hostikka is often cited by papers focused on Fire dynamics and safety research (86 papers), Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics (28 papers) and Combustion and Detonation Processes (24 papers). Simo Hostikka collaborates with scholars based in Finland, China and United States. Simo Hostikka's co-authors include Kevin B. McGrattan, Timo Korhonen, Jason Floyd, Glenn P. Forney, Anthony Hamins, Howard R. Baum, Ronald G. Rehm, Hadi Bordbar, Simo Heliövaara and Olavi Keski‐Rahkonen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy and International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.

In The Last Decade

Simo Hostikka

124 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simo Hostikka Finland	26	1.8k	1.0k	643	542	416	137	2.5k
Daniel T. Gottuk United States	10	1.8k 1.0×	828 0.8×	554 0.9×	476 0.9×	192 0.5×	27	2.5k
Morgan J. Hurley United States	5	1.5k 0.8×	753 0.8×	488 0.8×	430 0.8×	172 0.4×	11	2.1k
Christopher J. Wieczorek United States	6	1.5k 0.8×	733 0.7×	501 0.8×	431 0.8×	186 0.4×	9	2.1k
Ran Tu China	25	1.2k 0.7×	414 0.4×	683 1.1×	410 0.8×	290 0.7×	85	1.9k
Jie Ji China	42	4.0k 2.2×	2.4k 2.4×	1.1k 1.7×	2.1k 3.9×	389 0.9×	196	4.9k
Jun Fang China	24	1.3k 0.7×	294 0.3×	528 0.8×	361 0.7×	325 0.8×	147	2.0k
Richard D. Peacock United States	25	1.7k 0.9×	1.5k 1.5×	350 0.5×	317 0.6×	36 0.1×	91	2.6k
Guoqing Zhu China	20	939 0.5×	578 0.6×	213 0.3×	318 0.6×	86 0.2×	160	1.3k
Rui Yang China	22	709 0.4×	335 0.3×	543 0.8×	289 0.5×	351 0.8×	129	1.4k
Bo Lei China	24	1.3k 0.7×	1.2k 1.2×	199 0.3×	855 1.6×	109 0.3×	108	2.4k

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Roy, Somesh P., et al.. (2025). Non-gray radiation modeling of methanol pool fires using the RC-FSK method in FDS. Fire Safety Journal. 160. 104606–104606.

Hostikka, Simo & Ari Linna. (2025). On the use of surrogate gases in fire toxicity calculations. Fire Safety Journal. 156. 104435–104435.

Markert, Frank, et al.. (2024). Thermal responses of a concrete slab under hydrogen fuel cell vehicle fires in a semi-open car park. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 73. 800–811. 2 indexed citations

Roy, Somesh P., Johannes Sailer, Arnaud Trouvé, et al.. (2024). Detailed radiation modeling of two flames relevant to fire simulation using Photon Monte Carlo — Line by Line radiation model. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. 329. 109177–109177. 2 indexed citations

Ferrantelli, Andrea, et al.. (2024). Experimental observation of crack formation on surface of charring timber. Fire Safety Journal. 148. 104231–104231. 4 indexed citations

Bordas, Stéphane, et al.. (2024). Multiple discrete crack initiation and propagation in Material Point Method. Engineering Fracture Mechanics. 301. 109918–109918. 5 indexed citations

Hostikka, Simo, et al.. (2023). A two-zone subgrid flame model for predicting radiant emission from fires. Fire Safety Journal. 140. 103865–103865. 1 indexed citations

Bordbar, Hadi, et al.. (2023). MODELING THE THERMAL RADIATION PENETRATION INTO THE LIQUID FUELS FOR FIRE SIMULATIONS. Aaltodoc (Aalto University). 945–954. 1 indexed citations

Sukhomlinov, Dmitry, et al.. (2023). Modelling Charring and Burning of Spruce and Pine Woods During Pyrolysis, Smoldering and Flaming. Fire Technology. 59(5). 2751–2786. 6 indexed citations

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Roy, Somesh P., Johannes Sailer, Arnaud Trouvé, et al.. (2023). BENCHMARK RADIATION MODELING DATA FOR TWO FLAMES RELEVANT TO FIRE SIMULATION. 367–373.

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Bordbar, Hadi, et al.. (2022). Spectroscopic determination of the optical constants and radiative properties of black PMMA for pyrolysis modeling. International Journal of Thermal Sciences. 176. 107501–107501. 10 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhi, Simo Hostikka, & Jian Wang. (2022). Pyrolysis behavior and kinetic analysis of waste polypropylene-based complex for cable filler. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering. 37. 102261–102261. 8 indexed citations

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Sołowski, Wojciech T., et al.. (2021). Experimental dataset for the macro-scale compression of Norway Spruce perpendicular to grain direction. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 40. 107742–107742. 2 indexed citations

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Mikkola, Esko, et al.. (2020). Tensile strength of wood in high temperatures before charring. Fire and Materials. 45(7). 858–865. 6 indexed citations

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Hostikka, Simo, et al.. (2011). Pyrolysis Modelling of PVC Cable Materials. Fire Safety Science. 10. 917–930. 32 indexed citations

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Hostikka, Simo, et al.. (2011). Pyrolysis Modelling of PVC Cable Materials. Fire Safety Science. 10. 917–930. 3 indexed citations

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Korhonen, Timo, Simo Hostikka, Simo Heliövaara, & Harri Ehtamo. (2008). FDS+Evac: Modelling Social Interactions in Fire Evacuation. 241–250. 13 indexed citations

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Korhonen, Timo, et al.. (2007). Integration Of An Agent Based Evacuation Simulation And The State-Ofthe- Art Fire Simulation. Fire Safety Science. 7. 132–132. 15 indexed citations

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Keski‐Rahkonen, Olavi, Johan Mangs, Simo Hostikka, & T K Korhonen. (2007). Quantitative application of Monte Carlo simulation in Fire-PSA. Kerntechnik. 72(3). 149–155. 1 indexed citations

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Floyd, Jason, Howard R. Baum, Kevin B. McGrattan, & Simo Hostikka. (2003). A Mixture Fraction Combustion Model for Fire Simulation Using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) | NIST. Journal of Fire Protection Engineering. 1 indexed citations

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