Journals in Environmental sciences general

Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

ISSN: 0167-8809
5 Year impact factor: 6.4
Impact factor: 6

An interdisciplinary journal on the interactions between agroecosystems and the environmentAgriculture, Ecosystems & Environment is a leading interdisciplinary forum that publishes research investigating all aspects of agroecological science. Our objective is to advance understanding of the patterns and processes governing agroecosystem functions, interactions with the environment and provision of ecosystem services. A central theme is how agriculture influences the environment and how changes in that environment impact agroecosystems.Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment publishes novel, high impact research conducted at various spatial scales - from experimental plots and field trials to farm-, agroecosystem- and landscape-level investigations - with preference given to hypothesis-based and/or data-rich investigations. We particularly encourage broadly significant studies of agroecosystems that deal with cross-scale interactions, bridge scientific disciplines or integrate new knowledge and perspectives relevant to agroecosystem management or agri-environmental policies. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment rarely publishes papers focused on the management of a specific agricultural system in a particular environmental setting unless the research produces new and compelling findings; therefore, submissions should be placed in an international and/or widely comparative context.All manuscripts are initially screened on their topic suitability. AGEE's core subject-matter fields/topics include (but are not limited to): • Mechanisms governing bio-physical features and functioning of agroecosystems (e.g., the biogeochemistry, ecology, and sustainability of agricultural systems) • The interplay between agroecosystems and the environment (soil, air, and water) and the role of ecological processes in provision of ecosystem services • Agroecosystems and their role in catalyzing/mitigating global change (climate change, greenhouse gases and biodiversity loss) • Ecological consequences of land use intensification and other human impacts (soil degradation and erosion, water and waste management, and associated mitigation approaches) • Environmental implications of agricultural land use and land use change (biodiversity conservation and land management, and ecological restoration and stewardship)The following topics are discouraged unless they provide new information that complements AGEE's core subject-matter areas: • Inventory and survey analysis (including life cycle and energy analysis) • Impact assessment and environmental/compliance monitoring investigations • Exclusively greenhouse- or laboratory-based studies • Studies on the development of models or methodologies and pure model applications • Studies that are purely agronomic, socio-economic, or political

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Applied Mathematical Modelling

ISSN: 0307-904X
5 Year impact factor: 4.2
Impact factor: 4.4

Applied Mathematical Modelling focuses on significant and novel scientific developments for mathematical modelling and computational methods and tools for engineering, industrial and environmental systems and processes leading to future innovations and novel technologies.The topics considered are: heat transfer, fluid mechanics, computational fluid dynamics and electromagnetics, and transport phenomena; solid mechanics and mechanics of metals; electromagnets and magnetohydrodynamics; reliability modelling and system optimization; modelling of inventory, industrial, manufacturing and logistics systems with managerial insights; engineering systems and structures; mineral and energy resources; software engineering developments; digital twins; materials; unmanned vehicles; robotics; network traffic control; energy sustainability models; optimization; population dynamics with realistic scenarios; high-performance methods for data-driven engineering applications; numerical procedures; computational intelligence in complex engineering problems.Applied Mathematical Modelling is primarily interested in: Papers developing increased insights into real-world problems through novel analytical or semi-analytical mathematical and computational modelling.Papers with multi- and interdisciplinary topics, including linking with data driven models and applications.Papers on novel applications or a combination with the above.Papers employing existing methods must demonstrate significant novelty in the solution of practical problems. Model validation, verification and reproducibility is a fundamental principle for published papers.Papers based on fuzzy logic in decision-making, financial mathematics, heuristic algorithms, neural networks, data modelling, game-theoretical, fractional differential equations, bifurcation and numerical methods papers are not considered unless they solve practical problems, supported by reasonable empirical evidence. Submissions with no real-world application will not be considered.This journal has an Open Archive. All published items, including research articles, have unrestricted access and will remain permanently free to read and download 48 months after publication. All papers in the Archive are subject to Elsevier's user license.If you require any further information or help, please visit our Support Center

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Aquatic Toxicology

ISSN: 0166-445X
5 Year impact factor: 4.4
Impact factor: 4.1

Aquatic Toxicology publishes significant contributions that increase the understanding of the impact of harmful substances (including natural and synthetic chemicals) on aquatic organisms and ecosystems. Aquatic Toxicology considers both laboratory and field studies with a focus on freshwater/marine environments. The journal strives to attract high quality original scientific papers, critical reviews and expert opinion papers in the following areas: Effects of harmful substances on molecular, cellular, sub-organismal, organismal, population, community, and ecosystem level; Mechanisms of toxicity; Genetic disturbances, transgenerational effects, behavioral and adaptive responses; Impacts of harmful substances on structure, function of and services provided by aquatic ecosystems; Mixture and multiple toxicity assessment; Acute and chronic exposure; Environmental realistic scenarios; Impact of emerging substances and environmental pollutants of high actuality; Statistical approaches to predict exposure to and hazards of contaminants. The journal also considers manuscripts in other areas, such as the development of innovative concepts, approaches, and methodologies, which promote the wider application of toxicological datasets to the protection of aquatic environments and inform ecological risk assessments and decision making by relevant authorities. Aquatic Toxicology does not publish articles that focus on the health of aquaculture organisms associated with aquaculture practices, unless these studies enhance our understanding of the potential effects of chemical stressors associated with aquaculture (e.g. pesticides use, water quality degradation) on aquatic organisms and/or ecosystems. Aquatic Toxicology does not consider articles that focus on monitoring the presence of chemicals in the environment unless these studies further investigate the impacts of the chemicals on aquatic organisms and/or ecological systems. Furthermore, studies that characterize the potential risks of contaminated fish or other aquatic food products on humans or livestock are outside of the scope of the journal.

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Atmospheric Environment

ISSN: 1352-2310
5 Year impact factor: 4.4
Impact factor: 4.2

Atmospheric composition and its impactsAtmospheric Environment has an open access journal, Atmospheric Environment: X, which covers emissions science and reductions strategies: If you have a paper related to those themes, please submit your paper here. Alternatively, if your paper is related to the scope of Atmospheric Environment (see below) please submit your paper using the link on the left of this page - "submit your paper".Atmospheric Environment is the international journal for scientists in different disciplines related to atmospheric composition and its impacts. The journal publishes scientific articles with atmospheric relevance of emissions and depositions of gaseous and particulate compounds, chemical processes and physical effects in the atmosphere, as well as impacts of the changing atmospheric composition on human health, air quality, climate change, and ecosystems.The overarching aim of Atmospheric Environment is to publish original research, reviews, and perspectives that advance the international scientific community's understanding of the composition of the atmosphere. Atmospheric Environment has adopted a broad perspective of the atmosphere to include the background locations in the troposphere and stratosphere, continental and urban locations, as well as indoor environments and microenvironments that expose humans to atmospheric components.The scope of the journal includes natural and anthropogenic sources, transformations, and transport of atmospheric components, as well as the impacts of atmospheric components on global and regional climate, sensitive ecosystems, visibility, and human health. Atmospheric Environment specifically focuses on policy-relevant science that will influence regulations, management and protection of atmospheric resources, protection of ecosystems and human health, and will drive future scientific research efforts that investigate the atmosphere. Additional information about the evolving and expanding scope of Atmospheric Environment is presented below.The editors of Atmospheric Environment will manage the journal to best advance its goals, whilst serving the atmospheric science community through delivery of the most recent high-quality research.Atmospheric Environment encourages submissions describing novel experimental and modeling studies that advance understanding of the composition of the atmosphere and that elucidate sources, transport and transformations, and impacts from atmospheric components.To be considered for publication in Atmospheric Environment, manuscripts should clearly show that the research directly advances the understanding of the composition of the atmosphere.The following manuscripts will NOT be considered for publication:studies of new experimental methods that are neither applied or do not advance the understanding of the composition of the atmosphere,studies that examine emissions from novel atmospheric sources but do not demonstrate how these emissions impact the composition of the atmosphere,studies that examine atmospheric transport but do not directly show how the investigated transport process impact the composition of the atmosphere,computational studies that do not demonstrate the atmospheric relevancy of the computed chemical pathways or intermediate products, andstudies that focus on well-established or routine monitoring and modeling methods to investigate air pollution issues of local interest.As research tools continue to advance and broaden the understanding of the impacts of atmospheric components, Atmospheric Environment is currently encouraging additional manuscript submissions in these developing areas:indoor air quality,satellites and remote sensing,human health,the use of real-time or semi-continuous experimental observations of the composition of the atmosphere, andthe use of data science to understand sources, transformation, transport, and the impacts of atmospheric components. Please note that studies that utilize novel data science tools that focus on forecasting and do not provide insight into atmospheric sources, processes, and impacts are not suitable for publication in Atmospheric Environment.Atmospheric Environment is open to policy, economic, and environmental justice studies that focus on changes in the composition of the atmosphere but will only consider manuscripts that are appropriately targeted for the readership of Atmospheric Environment.This journal welcomes contributions that support and advance the UN's sustainable development goals, in particular SDG 7 (Affordable and clean energy) and SDG 13 (Climate Action)

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Biochemical Engineering Journal

ISSN: 1369-703X
5 Year impact factor: 3.5
Impact factor: 3.7

endorsed by Division of Biochemical Engineering, The Society of Chemical Engineers, JapanBiochemical Engineering Journal welcomes submissions from NIH-funded authors. We deposit gold open access articles immediately in PubMed Central. For other articles, we shall deposit the accepted manuscript on behalf of the author to PubMed Central after 12 months (the normal embargo period for this journal is 24 months). For more information, please see here.The Biochemical Engineering Journal aims to promote progress in the crucial chemical engineering aspects of the development of biological processes associated with everything from raw materials preparation to product recovery relevant to industries as diverse as medical/healthcare, industrial biotechnology, and environmental biotechnology.The Journal welcomes full length original research papers, short communications, and review papers* in the following research fields:Biocatalysis (enzyme or microbial) and biotransformations, including immobilized biocatalyst preparation and kinetics Biosensors and Biodevices including biofabrication and novel fuel cell development Bioseparations including scale-up and protein refolding/renaturation Environmental Bioengineering including bioconversion, bioremediation, and microbial fuel cellsBioreactor Systems including characterization, optimization and scale-up Bioresources and Biorefinery Engineering including biomass conversion, biofuels, bioenergy, and optimization Industrial Biotechnology including specialty chemicals, platform chemicals and neutraceuticalsBiomaterials and Tissue Engineering including bioartificial organs, cell encapsulation, and controlled release Cell Culture Engineering (plant, animal or insect cells) including viral vectors, monoclonal antibodies, recombinant proteins, vaccines, and secondary metabolites Cell Therapies and Stem Cells including pluripotent, mesenchymal and hematopoietic stem cells; immunotherapies; tissue-specific differentiation; and cryopreservation Metabolic Engineering, Systems and Synthetic Biology including OMICS, bioinformatics, in silico biology, and metabolic flux analysis Protein Engineering including enzyme engineering and directed evolution*Authors are requested to complete a Review Proposal Form for Editorial approval prior to submission of the review article. Proposals can be submitted to [email protected] or one of the Editors.

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Biomass & Bioenergy

ISSN: 0961-9534
5 Year impact factor: 5.2
Impact factor: 5.8

Biomass & Bioenergy is an international journal publishing original research papers and short communications, review articles and case studies on biological resources, chemical and biological processes, and biomass products for new renewable sources of energy and materials. The scope of the journal extends to the environmental, management and economic aspects of biomass and bioenergy.Key areas covered by the journal: • Biomass: sources, energy crop production processes, genetic improvements, composition. Please note that research on these biomass subjects must be linked directly to bioenergy generation. • Biological Residues: residues/rests from agricultural production, forestry and plantations (palm, sugar etc), processing industries, and municipal sources (MSW). Papers on the use of biomass residues through innovative processes/technological novelty and/or consideration of feedstock/system sustainability (or unsustainability) are welcomed. However waste treatment processes and pollution control or mitigation which are only tangentially related to bioenergy are not in the scope of the journal, as they are more suited to publications in the environmental arena. Papers that describe conventional waste streams (ie well described in existing literature) that do not empirically address 'new' added value from the process are not suitable for submission to the journal. • Bioenergy Processes: fermentations, thermochemical conversions, liquid and gaseous fuels, and petrochemical substitutes. • Bioenergy Utilization: direct combustion, gasification, electricity production, chemical processes, and by-product remediation. • Biomass and the Environment: carbon cycle, the net energy efficiency of bioenergy systems, assessment of sustainability, and biodiversity issues.The journal does not consider papers on the following subjects: • Performance of fuel combustion in engines. • Technical aspects of first generation biofuels. • Soil science papers with no direct linking to bioenergy generation. • Isolation of yeast/bacterial strains. • Purely analytical biochemistry derived studies that have no direct linking to bioenergy generation.This journal welcomes contributions that support and advance the UN's sustainable development goals, in particular SDG 7 (Affordable and clean energy) and SDG 13 (Climate Action).

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Bioresource Technology

ISSN: 0960-8524
5 Year impact factor: 9.4
Impact factor: 9.7

Bioresource Technology publishes original articles, review articles, case studies and short communications on the fundamentals, applications and management of bioresource technology.The journal's aim is to advance and disseminate knowledge in all the related areas of biomass, biological waste treatment, bioenergy, biotransformations and bioresource systems analysis, and technologies associated with conversion or production.Topics include:• Biofuels: liquid and gaseous biofuels production, modeling and economics • Bioprocesses and bioproducts: biocatalysis and fermentations • Biomass and feedstocks utilization: bioconversion of agro-industrial residues • Environmental protection: biological waste treatment • Thermochemical conversion of biomass: combustion, pyrolysis, gasification, catalysisFor more details, authors should consult the Subject Classifications in the Guide for Authors.The journal does not consider articles dealing with crop cultivation, breeding and agronomy, plant extracts and enzymes, composites, marine organisms (except microorganisms and algae for bioprocesses), soil and air pollution, and performance of fuel combustion in engines. Bioresource Technology does not consider part papers. Submissions focusing on the fundamentals, applications and management of bioresource technology can be submitted to the online-only, rapid-publication journal Bioresource Technology Reports.This journal welcomes contributions that support and advance the UN's sustainable development goals, in particular SDG 7 (Affordable and clean energy)

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Chemosphere

ISSN: 0045-6535
5 Year impact factor: 7.7
Impact factor: 8.1

Chemosphere is an international journal designed for the publication of original communications on chemicals in the environment. Chemosphere, as a multidisciplinary journal, offers maximum dissemination of investigations related to environmental pollution including all aspects of the identification, quantification, behavior, fate, environmental toxicology, treatment, and remediation of contamination in the bio-, hydro-, litho- and atmosphere.Chemosphere will publish: Original communications (research papers) describing important new discoveries or further developments in relevant fields of investigation Short communications Letters to the Editor Special, themed issues on relevant topics All papers should demonstrate a high level of novelty, originality and uniqueness. The following sections and subject fields are included:Environmental ChemistryThis section will publish manuscripts dealing with fundamental processes in the environment that are related to the behavior, fate, analysis, and alteration of organic and inorganic contaminants focused on the dynamics of contaminants in environmental compartments such as water, soil, sediment, particulate matter, organisms, consumer products, industrial products, dust and indoor/outdoor air. Only studies that are of significance to an international audience or lend themselves to interpretation at the global level should be submitted. Topics of specific interest include, but not limited to, are: All aspects of emerging contaminants, persistent organic pollutants (e.g., PFAS, flame retardants, PCBs, dioxins, chlorinated paraffins), micro- and nanoplastics, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, other industrial chemicals, endocrine disruptors, etc. All aspects of trace metals, organometals, metalloids (e.g., arsenic) and radionuclides Environmental fate studies including transport, biodegradation, bioaccumulation, transformation and mineralisation of chemicals, deposition, atmospheric (photo)chemical processes, hydrolysis, redox processes and adsorption/desorption Novel environmental analytical methods Environmental modelling and quantitative structure-activity relationships to study fate and environmental dynamics Monitoring studies presenting new strategies, reports of novel contaminants, findings or interpretations of interest for an international readership Passive sampling (in air and water) Non-target and suspect screening Effect-directed analysis Natural marine toxins Cyanotoxins Nanopolymers, nanocomposites Air pollution (contaminants in air, particulate matter and NOx, SOx, ozone) Sensors (only if related to measuring environmental contaminants) Not considered for publication are: studies on (micro)organisms, monitoring studies based on standard methodology, and/or only of regional importance, bibliometric reviews, studies dealing with nutrients in agricultural ecosystems, pesticide application studies, plant physiology studies, studies on improvement of fertilizers and crops, 3D-printing, antibiotic resistance (unless connected to exposure), noise, global warming, CO2 storage, oil and gas exploration, energy production, hydrogen production, smoking, plant science, forestry, agriculture, occupational health, production of green products, biomedical applications, fish farming and purely analytical methodology studies. Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment The section on Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment covers all aspects of toxicology, i.e., the science of adverse effects of environmental contaminants on living organisms including humans, and the scientific risk assessment. Topics of specific interest include, but not limited to, are: Adverse effects of contaminants in aquatic and terrestrial organisms Epidemiological studies on effects of chemicals in humans Biochemical studies related to mechanisms of adverse effects Toxicokinetics and metabolic studies on contaminants related to adverse effects Development and validation of testing methods based on living organisms or biological materials Adaptation Human biomonitoring Elucidation of mechanisms of toxic effects DNA and protein adducts In vitro assays and omics techniques Phytotoxicity Effects of nanomaterials, nano- and microplastics Not considered are studies on biochemical effects of chemicals non-relevant to toxicology and studies reporting associations between contaminants and health effects without a clear understanding of the link between exposure to the contaminants and the observed health effects. Treatment and Remediation This section deals with papers about technologies that manage and/or reduce environmental contaminants, including reuse and recycling processes. The technology must be beyond a basic laboratory study or have obvious implications for current or potential treatment or remediation technologies and, for example, for any advanced oxidation process, the intermediates and/or the extent of mineralization of the targeted compound(s) and wastes must be quantified. Topics of specific interest include, but not limited to, are: Advanced water and wastewater treatment processes and sludge management Produced water Drinking water Incineration Remediation including bio/phytoremediation employing new strategies Hydraulic fracturing Use of biochar amended soil to bind (e.g., herbicides) Nanotechnology Advanced oxidation processes Photolysis/photocatalysis and electrochemical and photo-assisted electrochemical methods Sonolysis/sonocatalysis Mechanochemical destruction (MCD) Natural treatment systems (riverbank filtration and aquifer recharge/recovery)Characterization of natural and effluent organic matter Technologies for recycle/reuse (e.g., of microbial fuel cell techniques) Gasification/pyrolysis for biomass-to-energy and energy recovery from waste streams Not considered are studies that focus solely on the synthesis of new materials to be used in wastewater purification or remediation. Studies focusing on the removal of single contaminants are often less interesting for publication.

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Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation

ISSN: 1007-5704
5 Year impact factor: 3.3
Impact factor: 3.4

Aims:The journal publishes original research findings on experimental observation, mathematical modeling, theoretical analysis and numerical simulation, for more accurate description, better prediction or novel application, of nonlinear phenomena in science and engineering. It offers a venue for researchers to make rapid exchange of ideas and techniques in nonlinear science.The submission of manuscripts with cross-disciplinary approaches in nonlinear science is particularly encouraged.Topics of interest:High-dimensional Chaos, Turbulence (fluid mechanics, plasma physics, magnetohydrodynamics, nonlinear internal and surface waves, pattern formation and selection, non-Newtonian fluid flows)Hamiltonian Systems and Applications (atomic and molecular physics, accelerator physics, chemical physics, celestial mechanics and astronomy, plasma physics)Time-Series and Signal Analysis, Experimental Methods and Measurements (methods for signal analysis, models in economics and finance, laboratory experiments)Biological Physics (ecology and environmental science, climate modeling, bioengineering, biomechanics, biological data, neuronal systems, cardiac dynamics, haemodynamics, epidemic models and dynamics of infectious diseases, experimental and theoretical analysis in life sciences)Complexity and Networks (neural networks, complex network, engineering oriented complex systems, artificial intelligence and machine learning, sociophysics)Synchronization, Lyapunov Analysis and Control (Lyapunov theory in dynamical systems, synchronization in complex systems, optimization and control)Nonlinear Mechanical Systems (MEMS and NEMS devices, continuous mechanics of solids, robotics, viscoelasticity and plasticity, energy production, conversion and storage, acoustics, nonlinear vibrations, nonlinear acoustics, porous media, granular matter)Bifurcations, Attractors and ChaosComputational Methods (modeling, analysis and simulations, numerical methods for ordinary and partial differential equations, symbolic computational methods)Analytical Methods (exact solutions for nonlinear differential equations, asymptotic methods in nonlinear dynamics, Lie group analysis, integrable systems and solitons, symbolic dynamics)Discrete, Stochastic and Hybrid Dynamics (discontinuous dynamical systems, hybrid systems, stochastic processes)Fractional Dynamics (fractional dynamics and control, fractional calculus)No length limitation for contributions is set, but only concisely written manuscripts are published. Brief papers are published on the basis of Short Communications. Discussions of previously published papers are welcome.Benefits to authors We also provide many author benefits, such as free PDFs, a liberal copyright policy, special discounts on Elsevier publications and much more. Please click here for more information on our author services.Please see our Guide for Authors for information on article submission. If you require any further information or help, please visit our Support Center

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Ecological Complexity

ISSN: 1476-945X
5 Year impact factor: 2.7
Impact factor: 3.1

An International Journal on Biocomplexity in the Environment and Theoretical EcologyEcological Complexity is an international journal devoted to publishing high-quality, peer-reviewed articles on the complex nature of ecological systems, observed and theoretical and special issues on related and emerging topics. In addition to ecological questions, the journal welcomes papers that ask ecological questions by linking natural and social processes at various spatio-temporal scales.Ecological Complexity will publish research into the following areas: • Ecosystems and the biosphere as complex adaptive systems • Self-organization of spatially extended ecosystems • Emergent properties and structures of complex ecosystems • Ecological pattern formation in space and time • The role of biophysical constraints and evolutionary attractors on species assemblages • Ecological scaling (scale invariance, scale covariance and dynamics across scales), allometry, and hierarchy theory • Ecological topology and networks • Studies towards an ecology of complex systems • Approaches to complex systems for the study of dynamic human-environment interactions • Using knowledge of nonlinear phenomena to better guide policy development for adaptation strategies and mitigation to environmental change • New tools and methods for studying ecological complexityThe papers that should appear in this journal are characterized by: • Biocomplexity related to the environment and vice versa • Inter disciplinarity (e.g. biology, ecology, environmental science, mathematics, modelling) • Integration of natural and social processes (esp. over time)

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Journals in Environmental sciences general

Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Aquatic Toxicology

Atmospheric Environment

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Biomass & Bioenergy

Bioresource Technology

Chemosphere

Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation

Ecological Complexity