A Multidisciplinary Journal of Environmental Sciences and Engineering

Environmental Research is a multi-disciplinary journal publishing high quality and novel information about anthropogenic issues of global relevance and applicability in a wide range of environmental disciplines, and demonstrating environmental application in the real-world context. Coverage includes, but is not limited to, the following research topics and areas:
Air, soil, water and biota chemical pollutants and health
Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry
Bioconcentration, bioaccumulation and biomagnification
Biotransformation and environmental fate
Contaminant behaviour and environmental processes
Biomarkers
Biomonitoring and adverse/toxic health effects
Chemical stressors
Ecological chemistry
Ecotoxicology
Endocrine disruption
Environmental and occupational medicine
Environmental biotechnology
Environmental chemistry
Environmental epidemiology
Environmental functional materials for pollution control
Environmental risks assessment and management
Environmental toxicology
Environment-related "omics"
Food web interactions
Global warming/Climate change
Indoor and outdoor air pollution control
Marine, freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems
Pollution detection and monitoring
Resource-Energy recovery during pollution control
Risks and public health
Solid-Waste management
Soil and site pollution remediation
Waste treatment and disposal
Wastewater and sewage contaminants
Water pollution control and Water security
Wildlife and biota
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Editor-in-Chief
José L. Domingo
School of Medicine, IISPV,Lab.Toxicology and Environmental Health,Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Catalonia, Spain
Email José L. Domingo
Environmental health; Risk assessment; Persistent organic pollutants; Metals; Food contaminants; Toxicology
Robert Letcher
Environment and Climate Change Canada National Wildlife Research Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Email Robert Letcher
Organohalogen pollutants, Environmental Chemistry, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Ecological Chemistry, Ecotoxicology, Metabolism and Biotransformation, Biomarkers, Endocrine Disruption, Marine and Freshwater, Wildlife and Ecosystems, Arctic
Aijie Wang
Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Email Aijie Wang
Associate Editors
Environmental Health & Risk Assessment
Ana Navas-Acien
Columbia University, New York, New York, United States
Environmental epidemiology; Cardiovascular epidemiology; Metals; Arsenic; Tobacco control; E-cigarettes
José G. Dórea
University of Brasilia, Brasília, Brazil
Environmental exposure to Toxic metals: Children, Mercury, Lead, Fish, Human milk
Sung Kyun Park
University of Michigan Department of Epidemiology, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Epidemiology, air pollution, heavy metals, endocrine disrupting chemicals, biomarkers, statistical approaches for pollutant mixtures
Athanasios Katsogiannis
European Commission Joint Research Centre Ispra Sector, Ispra, Italy
Development and optimisation of analytical chemistry techniques and sampling methodologies to the source understanding; Occurrence and fate of organic contaminants in all environmental compartments, including indoor air, atmospheric air, soil, water and/or wastewater
Shilu Tong
Shanghai Jiao Tong University - Fahua Campus, Shanghai, China
Environmental epidemiology, climate change, planetary health, sustainable development, quantitative risk assessment, spatiotemporal modelling
Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology (ECT)
Nancy Bixian Mai
Institute of Geochemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang, China
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs); Bioaccumulation; atmosphere; Sediment; Environmental fate and transfer; Exposure and risk assessment
Christian Sonne
Aarhus University Department of Environmental Science, Roskilde, Denmark
Biological effects, environmental chemicals, infectious diseases, climate change, veterinary science, wildlife medicine, predatory mammals, raptorial birds, sea birds, fish, internal organs, reproductive organs, histopathology, morphology, skeletal system, bone density, immune system, endocrinology, PBPK modelling, blood biochemistry, implantation of PTT satellite transmitters, immobilization.
Environmental Technology
Ki-Hyun Kim
Hanyang University College of Engineering Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seongdong-gu, Korea, Republic of
Material-Environment Interface; Environmental Material Engineering; Advanced Functional Materials; Environmental Treatment; Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs); Synthesis; Air quality Control; Air purification; Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC)/Odor; Sensing; Removal
Huichun Zhang, PhD
Case Western Reserve University Department of Civil Engineering, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Oxidation, Reduction, Adsorption, Predictive Modeling, Emerging Contaminants
Bin Cao, B.Eng., BUAA; Ph.D., NUS
Nanyang Technological University School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Singapore, Singapore
Baikun Li
University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States
Editorial Board Members
Michael Bloom
University at Albany Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Rensselaer, New York, United States
Environmental Epidemiology; Reproductive Epidemiology; Endocrine Disruptors
Joanna Burger
Rutgers University Division of Life Sciences, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States
Eco-toxicology; Behaviour; Monitoring and assessment; Birds and reptiles
Paco Bustamante
University of La Rochelle, La Rochelle, France
Trace elements; Cadmium; Mercury; Bioaccumulation; Detoxification; Biomagnification ; Marine organisms; Cephalopods; Seabirds; Top predators
Mariano E. Cebrián
Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
Arsenic metabolism; Effects of metals and pesticides on the heme synthesis pathway; Effects of metals and pesticides on male reproductive health (hormones and semen quality)
Bernard Crimmins
Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York, United States
Kristie Ebi
Climadapt LLC, Seattle, Washington, United States
"health risks of climate change, including from extreme events, thermal stress, foodborne and waterborne safety and security, vector borne diseases, undernutrition, and migration adaptation to the risks of climate change, particularly the health risks. health co-benefits.impacts of extreme weather and climate events. resilience, vulnerability, scenarios, international assessments"
Stephanie Engel
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Perinatal and Pediatric EpidemiologyEnvironmental ExposuresBiomarkersPregnancy complications and birth outcomesNeurodevelopmentEndocrine Disruptors
Mingliang Fang
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
Metabolomics; Risk Assessment; Environmental Analytical Chemistry; Gut microbiome; Biomarkers; Exposome; Mixture Effect; Non-targeted identification
Swaran Jeet Singh Flora
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Raebareli, Raebareli, India
Drug Development; Nanotoxicology; Dietary nutrients; Pesticide poisoning; Heavy Metals Toxicity; Chelation Therapy
Francesco Forastiere
Lazio Health Regional Health System, Rome, Italy
Frank Gobas
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Leobardo Manuel Gómez Oliván
Autonomous University of Mexico State, Toluca, Mexico
Aquatic toxicology; Fish toxicity; Emerging contaminants; Metals; Genotoxicity; Citotoxicity; Embryotoxicity; Teratogenesis; Oxidative stress; Biomarkers
Marianne Hatzopoulou
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Transportation and air quality; On-road emission; Air pollution exposure; Air pollution surfaces
Gerard Hoek
Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
Exposure assessment; Air pollution modelling; Environmental epidemiology
Peiying Hong, PhD
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Water reuse, biological contaminants, water quality, anaerobic membrane biotechnologies
Milena Horvat
Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Environment and health: exposure and effects of chemicals in the environment; Human exposure; Human biomonitoring; Environmental sciences (e.g. biological and geochemical cycling of chemicals); Environmental analytical chemistry; Quality systems in chemical laboratories; Metrology in environmental and health studies
Chengzhi Hu
Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Water purification and resource-energy recovery, Decentralized water treatment, Electrochemical technology, Membrane separation and Bioreactor, Capacitive deionization
Michael Jerrett
University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States
Jingkun Jiang, PhD
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Aerosol technology, Air quality, Monitoring and Sampling, Particulate matter pollution control, Atmospheric measurement
Begoña Jiménez
Spanish Scientific Research Council, Madrid, Spain
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs); Dioxins; PCBs; Fate of POPs; Contaminants of emerging concern; Organic pollutants in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems; Bioindicators; Marine mammals; Air Pollution; Environmental chemistry; Monitoring
Kurunthachalam Kannan
University at Albany State University of New York, Albany, New York, United States
Human exposure assessment; Biomonitoring
Demetrios Kouretas
University of Thessaly Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Larissa, Greece
Molecular mechanisms of antioxidant activity of antioxidants, oxidative stress and exercise, markers of redox status in human, biofunctional food development
Duk-Hee Lee
Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea, Republic of
Epidemiology; Persistent organic pollutants; Organochlorine pesticides; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Endocrine disrupting chemicals; Chemical mixtures; Methodological issues in human studies; Obesity; Diabetes; Dementia
Heng Liang, PhD
Harbin Institute of Technology, School of Environment, Harbin, China
Membrane, Drinking water treatment; Water reuse; Advanced oxidation; Desalination
Gang Liu
TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands
Drinking water, Microbial ecology, Biofilm, Biosafety, Nature based solution
Jinyong Liu, PhD
University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States
Fluorochemical/PFAS, Perchlorate, Coordination Chemistry, Catalysis, Photochemical Degradation
Wen-Tso Liu, PhD
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States
Microbial Ecology, Drinking Water, Wastewater, Bioenergy, Metagenomics
Lena Ma
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States
Biogeochemistry of trace metals in soils, wastes, and plants; Soil contamination and remediation; Phytoremediation; Chemical stabilization; Metal speciation; Metal bioavailability and bioaccessibility; Metal exposure and human health; Plant metal uptake and transport; Microbial transformation of metals; Metal availability and food safety
Yang Mu, PhD
University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
Biological wastewater treatment, Resource recovery from wastes, Mathematical modeling, Advanced oxidation process.
Jochen Mueller
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Xavier Querol
Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, Barcelona, Spain
Environmental geochemistry; Air quality; Atmospheric aerosols; Tropospheric ozone; Black carbon; Ultrafine particles; Metals; Organic pollutants; Inorganic gaseous pollutants, NO2, NO, NOx, SO2, SO3, CO, NH3; Source apportionment; Urban and regional pollution; Atmosphere and climate change; Air quality policy; Mobile, industrial, domestic and agricultural emissions of air pollutants; Leaching of industrial wastes; Impact of mining on environment; Recycling of industrial wastes; Coal use related pollution
Heli Routti, PhD
Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø, Norway
Organic compounds, Contaminant trends, contaminant effects, Arctic, marine mammals
Pierre SICARD, PhD
ARGANS, Biot, France
Air pollution, Climate change, Epidemiology, Ozone, Vegetation.
Mineshi Sakamoto
National Institute for Minamata Disease, Minamata, Japan
Guanyong Su
Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
Analytical Chemistry; Ecotoxicology; Molecular Toxicology; Environmental Monitoring; Risk Assessment; Human studies; Organic Contaminates; Flame Retardants; Urinary Biomarkers; Metabolites; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS); Lipid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS)
Jordi Sunyer
Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology, Barcelona, Spain
Chuyang Tang, PhD
University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Micropollutants, Water reuse, Separation, Membrane technology, Fate and Transport 
Leisa-Maree Toms
Queensland University of Technology Faculty of Health, Kelvin Grove, Australia
Gregg Tomy
University Of Manitoba Department of Chemistry, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Analyzing complex contaminants in environmental matrices, assessing the effects of petrochemicals on bodies of water and the creatures that call them home
Marta Venier
Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana, United States
Jonathan Verreault
University of Quebec in Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Birds and mammals, organohalogen contaminants, flame retardants, bioaccumulation, biotransformation, toxicological effects, endocrine disruption, energetic metabolism, environmental stressors
Jonathan Verreault
University of Quebec in Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Birds and mammals, organohalogen contaminants, flame retardants, bioaccumulation, biotransformation, toxicological effects, endocrine disruption, energetic metabolism, environmental stressors
Paul Villeneuve
Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Environmental Epidemiology; Air Pollution; Electromagnetic Fields; Occupational Epidemiology
Feiyue Wang
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Environmental Chemistry, Biogeochemistry, Aquatic Chemistry, Cryospheric Chemistry, Environmental Analytical Chemistry, Arctic Science, Trace Elements, Mercury, Speciation, Bioavailability, Arctic And Marine Oil Spills, Sea Ice, Climate Change
Xianyu (Fisher) Wang
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Human biomonitoring, Organic pollutants, Air pollution, Passive air sampling, Long-term monitoring, Exposure monitoring, Environmental monitoring, Trace pollutant analysis, Environmental specimen banking
Zhi-Wei Wang, PhD
Tongji University, Shanghai, China
Wastewater treatment; Water reclamation; Membrane technology; Activated sludge treatment process; Resource recovery 
Mary Wolff
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States
Chris Yuan, PhD
Case Western Reserve University Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Life cycle assessment, environmental impact assessment, industrial energy efficiency, environmental sustainability
Zhiguo Yuan
University of Queensland, Advanced Water Management Centre, Queensland, Australia
Wastewater. Modelling, BNR, Biogas, Sewer
Kai Zhang
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Department of Epidemiology Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, Houston, Texas, United States
Air quality; Built Environment; Climate Change and Health; Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology; Exposure assessment; Exposome; GIS; Urban Health; Statistics