Environmental Toxicology

Aims & Scope

The journal publishes in the areas of toxicity and toxicology of environmental pollutants in air, dust, sediment, soil and water, and natural toxins in the environment.Of particular interest are: Toxic or biologically disruptive impacts of anthropogenic chemicals such as pharmaceuticals, industrial organics, agricultural chemicals, and by-products such as chlorinated compounds from water disinfection and waste incineration; Natural toxins and their impacts; Biotransformation and metabolism of toxigenic compounds, food chains for toxin accumulation or biodegradation; Assays of toxicity, endocrine disruption, mutagenicity, carcinogenicity, ecosystem impact and health hazard; Environmental and public health risk assessment, environmental guidelines, environmental policy for toxicants.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.2
2024	4.40

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5898

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	20817

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.879

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	95

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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 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.

• Review: Environmental exposure to mercury and its toxicopathologic implications for public health

  Citation: 1181

  Authors: Paul B., Wellington K., Nanuli, Dwayne

• Acute toxicity, mutagenicity, and estrogenicity of bisphenol‐A and other bisphenols

  Citation: 443

  Authors: Min‐Yu, Michihiko, Masanori

• A practical and user‐friendly toxicity classification system with microbiotests for natural waters and wastewaters

  Citation: 407

  Authors: Guido, Blahoslav, Irina, Andrea, Dzidra, Levonas, Grzegorz, Lucica, Nadejda, Livia, Boris

• Impact of Fe and Ag nanoparticles on seed germination and differences in bioavailability during exposure in aqueous suspension and soil

  Citation: 402

  Authors: Yehia Sayed, Erik J.

• An Overview of problems caused by toxic blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) in drinking and recreational water

  Citation: 289

  Authors: Ian R.

• The Palm Island mystery disease 20 years on: A review of research on the cyanotoxin cylindrospermopsin

  Citation: 278

  Authors: Dilwyn J., Martin L.

• Life-cycle exposure of fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) to an ethinylestradiol concentration below 1 ng/L reduces egg fertilization success and demasculinizes males

  Citation: 259

  Authors: Joanne L., Beverley R.

• Ecotoxicity of selected nano‐materials to aquatic organisms

  Citation: 257

  Authors: C., F., J.F., P.

• Bio‐distribution and<i>in vivo</i>antioxidant effects of cerium oxide nanoparticles in mice

  Citation: 248

  Authors: Suzanne Marie, Ajay, Sanjay, William, Ron, Sudipta, Christopher M.

• Organ distribution and bioaccumulation of microcystins in freshwater fish at different trophic levels from the eutrophic Lake Chaohu, China

  Citation: 245

  Authors: Liqiang, Ping, Longgen, Li, Yuichi, Ho‐Dong

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