Environmental Pollution

Aims & Scope

Environmental Pollution is an international peer-reviewed journal that publishes high quality research papers and review articles about all aspects of environmental pollution and its effects on ecosystems and human health.

The journal welcomes high-quality process-oriented and hypothesis-based submissions that report results from original and novel research and contribute new knowledge to help address problems related to environmental pollution at a regional or global scale.

Subject areas include, but are not limited to: • Sources and occurrences of pollutants that are clearly defined and measured in environmental compartments, food and food-related items, and human bodies; • Interlinks between contaminant exposure and biological, ecological, and human health effects, including those of climate change; • Contaminants of emerging concerns (including but not limited to antibiotic resistant microorganisms or genes, microplastics/nanoplastics, electronic wastes, light, and noise) and/or their biological, ecological, or human health effects; • Laboratory and field studies on the remediation/mitigation of environmental pollution via new techniques and with clear links to biological, ecological, or human health effects; • Modeling of pollution processes, patterns, or trends that is of clear environmental and/or human health interest; • New techniques that measure and examine environmental occurrences, transport, behavior, and effects of pollutants within the environment or the laboratory, provided that they can be clearly used to address problems within regional or global environmental compartments.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	7.3
2024	7.60

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	2.205

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	328

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	1194

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	61101

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline
• Embase

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Subjects & Keywords

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

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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.

• The physical impacts of microplastics on marine organisms: A review

  Citation: 3657

  Authors: Stephanie L., Richard C., Tamara S.

• Human health effects of air pollution

  Citation: 3494

  Authors: Marilena, Elias

• Eutrophication: impacts of excess nutrient inputs on freshwater, marine, and terrestrial ecosystems

  Citation: 2207

  Authors: V.H., G.D., J.C.

• Occurrence, behavior and effects of nanoparticles in the environment

  Citation: 1879

  Authors: Bernd, Thomas D.

• Health risks of heavy metals in contaminated soils and food crops irrigated with wastewater in Beijing, China

  Citation: 1802

  Authors: S., Q., Y.M., Y.Z., Y.G.

• Microplastics in bivalves cultured for human consumption

  Citation: 1708

  Authors: Lisbeth, Colin R.

• Emerging organic contaminants in groundwater: A review of sources, fate and occurrence

  Citation: 1543

  Authors: D.J., N., M.E., R.S.

• PAH diagnostic ratios for the identification of pollution emission sources

  Citation: 1524

  Authors: Marek, Jacek

• Environmental pollution by antibiotics and by antibiotic resistance determinants

  Citation: 1516

  Authors: Jose Luis

• Phytotoxicity of nanoparticles: Inhibition of seed germination and root growth

  Citation: 1499

  Authors: Daohui, Baoshan

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