Science of the Total Environment
Volume 52 • Issue 52
- ISSN: 0048-9697
- 5 Year impact factor: 8.6
- Impact factor: 8.2
An International Journal for Scientific Research into the Environment and its Relationship with HumankindScience of the Total Environment is an international multi-disciplina… Read more
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Science of the Total Environment is an international multi-disciplinary natural science journal for publication of novel, hypothesis-driven and high-impact research on the total environment, which interfaces the atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and anthroposphere.
STOTEN's Aims & Scope has been updated - we invite contributions of original and high quality interdisciplinary environmental research papers of broad impact. Studies significantly advancing fundamental understanding and that focus on the interconnection of multiple spheres will be given primary consideration. Field studies have preference, while papers describing laboratory experiments must demonstrate significant advances in methodology or mechanistic understanding with a clear connection to the environment. Descriptive, repetitive, incremental or regional-scale studies with limited novelty will not be considered.
1) Subject areas may include, but are not limited to:
Air quality, atmospheric conditions, and new understanding of their role in adverse health or environmental outcomes
Atmospheric biogeochemistry
Ecosystem services and life cycle assessment
Ecotoxicology and risk assessment
Eco-hydrology
Wildlife and contaminants
Environmental impacts of climate change, agriculture, forestry, and land uses
Environmental impacts of waste or wastewater treatment
Drinking water contaminants and health implications
Environmental remediation of soil and groundwater
Global change-induced extreme events and environmental impacts
Groundwater hydrogeochemistry and modeling
Nanomaterials, microplastics, and other emerging contaminants
Novel contaminant (bio)monitoring and risk assessment approaches
Use of remote sensing and big data applications in better understanding complex environments
Stress ecology in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial ecosystems
Trace metals and organics in biogeochemical cycles
Water quality and security
Critical reviews or Discussion on current or emerging topics
Fast-track submissions reporting ground-breaking discoveries with immediate impact
2) Types of submissions not to be considered:
Papers not contributing significant new knowledge to the field of study
Treatment/technology/engineering studies that do not demonstrate direct environmental effects or benefits
Disciplinary studies with limited environmental relevance
Local or regional scale case studies lacking international relevance
Soil or plant science studies without environmental implications
Laboratory batch experiments without an application component, e.g., batch sorption experiments, preparation, and evaluation of sorbents or catalysts for contaminant removal, or controlled laboratory experiments not using environmentally relevant concentrations
Manuscripts that are primarily data reports without a substantial hypothesis, e.g., monitoring of common contaminants
Modelling studies without calibration and data validation
Papers of social science in nature on economics, sociology, psychology, political science, policy, planning and/or management
Papers describing toxicological studies with narrow/specific objectives that do not have a clear environmental science connection
Toxicology and ecotoxicology studies testing single chemicals in bench-scale assays
Human health studies that do not provide significant additional understanding of pollution induced health outcomes
Papers covering exposures, health effects, and control measures in occupational settings
Method development papers on common contaminants
Bibliometric analysis-based papers
Papers that describe data analysis methods including machine learning that do not provide new scientific insights into the system from which the data were collected
Development and/or implementation of renewable energy (e.g., wind, solar) that do not directly affect an environmental system.
Please DO NOT ask the Editors-in-Chief for permission before submitting a manuscript. Kindly check the guidelines to determine whether your manuscript is within the scope of the journal; if yes, please go ahead and submit it.
- ISSN: 0048-9697
- Volume 52
- Issue 52
- 5 Year impact factor: 8.6
- Impact factor: 8.2