Fire Ecology

Fire Ecology, in partnership with Research Square, now offers In Review: a journal-integrated preprint service.

Authors choosing this free optional service will be able to:

• Share their work with fellow researchers to read, comment on, and cite even before publication
• Showcase their work to funders and others with a citable DOI while it is still under review
• Track their manuscript—including seeing when reviewers are invited, and when reports are received

See what the Fire Ecology In Review platform looks like!

The completion of a PhD thesis often provides an excellent opportunity to publish your results, review a key topic, provide new perspectives, or develop new methodology. Fire Ecology encourages all students, and especially its SAFE members and early career researchers (ECRs), to publish one of these article types: Original research, Review, Forum, Technical note or Field note.

Therefore, as a student or ECR (defined as being within one year of award of your PhD degree) listed as the first author of one of the above article types accepted, you will receive a voucher for free access to any Springer publication in eBook form (up to a maximum value of 250 Euros/US dollars, and maximum one per year) in perpetuity.

Please read more about these article types and the submission guidelines: Original research, Review, Forum, Technical note or Field note.

Becky K. Kerns is a Research Ecologist at the USDA Pacific Northwest Research Station (PNW: Fire, Fuels, and Smoke) located in Corvallis, Oregon. She has held several leadership roles for USDA, including National Program Lead for Invasive Species, Assistant Director for Research at PNW, and PNW Research Team Leader. Dr. Kerns is also Affiliate Faculty at Oregon State University in the College of Forestry. Her research focuses on understanding how fire and other disturbances such as invasive plants and climate change interact and alter forest vegetation and resilience across space and time. Dr. Kerns is committed to expanding diversity in the fire sciences and creating a culture where everyone feels welcome, including Barbie.

Editor’s Note: Becky has been a mainstay for Fire Ecology, almost since its inception. Her reviews are always thoughtful, constructive, and of the highest quality. Becky has never turned down an assignment, even when her work schedule was total chaos. Her unceasing quest to get comprehensive reviews in a timely fashion has made her one of our most valuable Associate Editors. Thank you, Becky, for all that you do for Fire Ecology!