Editors-in-Chief: Susan G. Conard and Stefan Doerr

The International Journal of Wildland Fire is published on behalf of the International Association of Wildland Fire by CSIRO Publishing. The journal is published on a continuous publication model. More information is available on our Continuous Publication page.

The Journal publishes new and significant articles that advance basic and applied research concerning wildland fire. Published papers aim to assist in the understanding of the basic principles of fire as a process, its ecological impact at the stand level and the landscape level, modelling fire and its effects, as well as presenting information on how to effectively and efficiently manage fire. The journal has an international perspective, since wildland fire plays a major social, economic and ecological role around the globe.

As of January 1, 2024, IJWF is open access. IAWF members still receive free online access to the full text, both PDF and and HTML versions, of all issues prior to January 1, 2024 of the Journal right back to Volume 1.

Our Early Alert service will inform you of new issues and their contents on publication (twelve emails per year).

Prospective authors are encouraged to examine the Author Instructions. The journal welcomes papers aimed at understanding the basic principles of fire as a process, understanding its ecological impact at the stand level and the landscape level, modeling fire and its effects, or presenting information on how to effectively and efficiently manage fire. All papers are refereed rigorously by the Journal’s Editorial Board and external reviewers.

Access to the online version of the past issues of the Journal is a benefit of IAWF membership, with links located in the Members Only section of this website.