Chemical Speciation and Bioavailability

Aims & Scope

Environmental Pollutants & Bioavailability is a peer-reviewed open access forum for insights on the chemical aspects of pollutants in the environment and biota, and their impacts on the uptake of the substances by living organisms.

Topics include the occurrence, distribution, transport, transformation, transfer, fate, and effects of environmental pollutants, as well as their impact on living organisms.

Substances of interests include heavy metals, persistent organic pollutants, and emerging contaminants, such as engineered nanomaterials, as well as pharmaceuticals and personal-care products as pollutants.

Key themes of the Journal include the following “6Ms”: Methods for speciation analysis and the evaluation of the bioavailability of environmental pollutants, especially the development, validation, and application of novel methods and techniques.

Media that sustain the processes of release, distribution, transformation, and transfer of environmental pollutants; of particular interest are emerging contaminants, such as engineered nanomaterials, pharmaceuticals, and personal-care products.

Mobility of pollutants in the environment and biota, either spatially or temporally.

Matters that influence pollutant speciation and bioavailability, mainly environmentally relevant conditions.

Mechanisms that govern the release, distribution, fate, and transport of environmental pollutants.

Models for the simulation of the release, distribution, fate and transport, transformation, bioavailability, bioaccumulation, and toxicity of environmental pollutants.

It is the aim of this Journal to develop an international community of experienced colleagues to promote the research, discussion, review, and spread of information on environmental pollutants and bioavailability, which is a topic of interest to researchers in many disciplines, including environmental, chemical, biological, food, medical, toxicology, and health sciences and technologies.

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Chemical Engineering, Environmental Science and Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

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Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Chemical Engineering, Environmental Science and Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 1,270.00 USD. Learn more.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Factors influencing metal bioavailability in soils: preliminary investigations for the development of a critical loads approach for metals

  Citation: 435

  Authors: J.S., I., M.E., M.R.

• Investigation of heavy metal mobility and availability by the BCR sequential extraction procedure: relationship between soil properties and heavy metals availability

  Citation: 247

  Authors: Ali, Mustafa, Hasan

• Metal based nanoparticles in agricultural system: behavior, transport, and interaction with plants

  Citation: 192

  Authors: Hao

• Application of geoaccumulation index and enrichment factor for assessing metal contamination in the sediments of Hara Biosphere Reserve, Iran

  Citation: 155

  Authors: Mohsen, Alireza

• The speciation and physico-chemical forms of metals in surface waters and sediments

  Citation: 142

  Authors: Jacek, Anna

• Physiological responses of plants to heavy metals and the quantification of tolerance and toxicity

  Citation: 132

  Authors: A.J.M., P.L.

• The mobility and bioavailability of trace metals in tropical soils: a review

  Citation: 117

  Authors: John S.

• Bioavailability of heavy metals bound to estuarine sediments as a function of pH and salinity values

  Citation: 116

  Authors: I., E., J., T. A.

• Mycoremediation (bioremediation with fungi) – growing mushrooms to clean the earth

  Citation: 116

  Authors: Christopher J.

• Pyrolysis temperature and steam activation effects on sorption of phosphate on pine sawdust biochars in aqueous solutions

  Citation: 93

  Authors: Kangyi, Anushka Upamali, Yong Sik, Scott X.