A Research Journal Dedicated to the Effects of Xenobiotics in Organisms

The Journal of Xenobiotics (JoX), which was initially launched in January 2011 under PAGEPress (Italy) and recently with MDPI in September 2020, is devoted to the publication of novel and scientifically sound studies in the field of xenobiotics [...]

of heavy rainfall could increase the release of untreated urban wastewaters (a complex cocktail of industrial and pharmaceutical products, among others) because of the volume limit of treatment plants to handle important volume changes. This further reinforces the need to better understand complex mixtures of xenobiotics. High throughput approaches from "omics" technologies should also contribute to an increase in our understanding on the beneficial/detrimental effects of newly produced xenobiotics or those of emerging interest. These approaches should provide critical information about the mechanisms of action and methods of identification of adverse outcome pathways.
The JoX is an open access journal, facilitating the accessibility of published articles among the scientific community, including research professionals and students, in the most efficient manner. The Editorial Board includes worldwide experts in different fields: natural and herbal medicinal products, drug therapeutics and biotransformation, clinical safety, occurrence and persistence of xenobiotics in the environment, nanotoxicology and ecotoxicology. The board members were handpicked to favor a multidisciplinary view of xenobiotics and were carefully selected across the planet to favor the best international perspective and audience for this open access journal.
The managing committee of this journal will ensure that all steps of submission, peer-review and final preparation of proofs respect the journal publication goals and deadlines. The journal also has an in-house English copyeditor to assist authors whose native language is not English. All this makes the JoX a convivial, simple and rapid platform for the publication of high-quality papers. The JoX welcomes short communications, Special Issue articles and communication from relevant sessions from international meetings dealing with the presence and the biological effects of xenobiotics. The JoX is a young and dynamic international journal that aims to reach the global scientific community as much as possible, for the benefit of us all. We are confident that this journal will contribute to the dissemination of peer-reviewed research data on either the beneficial or the harmful properties of chemicals from human activities in these times of global warming.
François Gagné, PhD Editor in Chief for JoX.

Short Bio of F Gagné
J. Xenobiot. 2020, 1, FOR PEER REVIEW 2 treatment plants to handle important volume changes. This further reinforces the need to better understand complex mixtures of xenobiotics. High throughput approaches from "omics" technologies should also contribute to an increase in our understanding on the beneficial/detrimental effects of newly produced xenobiotics or those of emerging interest. These approaches should provide critical information about the mechanisms of action and methods of identification of adverse outcome pathways. The JOX is an open access journal, facilitating the accessibility of published articles among the scientific community, including research professionals and students, in the most efficient manner. The Editorial Board includes worldwide experts in different fields: natural and herbal medicinal products, drug therapeutics and biotransformation, clinical safety, occurrence and persistence of xenobiotics in the environment, nanotoxicology and ecotoxicology. The board members were handpicked to favor a multidisciplinary view of xenobiotics and were carefully selected across the planet to favor the best international perspective and audience for this open access journal.
The managing committee of this journal will ensure that all steps of submission, peer-review and final preparation of proofs respect the journal publication goals and deadlines. The journal also has an in-house English copyeditor to assist authors whose native language is not English. All this makes the JOX a convivial, simple and rapid platform for the publication of high-quality papers. The JOX welcomes short communications, Special Issue articles and communication from relevant sessions from international meetings dealing with the presence and the biological effects of xenobiotics. The JOX is a young and dynamic international journal that aims to reach the global scientific community as much as possible, for the benefit of us all. We are confident that this journal will contribute to the dissemination of peer-reviewed research data on either the beneficial or the harmful properties of chemicals from human activities in these times of global warming.

François Gagné, PhD
Editor in Chief for JOX.

Short Bio of F Gagné
François Gagné is a Senior biochemical toxicologist at Environment and Climate Change Canada since 1994. He received his academic training in biochemistry and toxicology and earned his PhD (1996) in environmental toxicology at the University of Metz in France. He has published more than 250 papers (Scopus h index 46) in the area of biochemical ecotoxicology in international scientific journals, a book chapter and recently produced a book of methods in biochemical ecotoxicology (Elsevier Inc). He is an associated professor at the Marine Science Institute at the University of Québec at Rimouski. His research interests reside in the area of toxicity of substances of emerging interest and the development of new approaches for risk assessment for new and exotic chemicals in the context of global warming. The use of non-linear approaches to study the oscillatory behavior and the fractal behavior of molecular changes in cells exposed to ultrafine plastic nanoparticles or other space-altering xenobiotics is currently of interest.  (1996) in environmental toxicology at the University of Metz in France. He has published more than 250 papers (Scopus h index 46) in the area of biochemical ecotoxicology in international scientific journals, a book chapter and recently produced a book of methods in biochemical ecotoxicology (Elsevier Inc.). He is an associated professor at the Marine Science Institute at the University of Québec at Rimouski. His research interests reside in the area of toxicity of substances of emerging interest and the development of new approaches for risk assessment for new and exotic chemicals in the context of global warming. The use of non-linear approaches to study the oscillatory behavior and the fractal behavior of molecular changes in cells exposed to ultrafine plastic nanoparticles or other space-altering xenobiotics is currently of interest.