Aims & Scope

Aims

Environmental Chemical Engineering is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal dedicated to providing a leading platform for high-quality research at the interface of chemical engineering and environmental sustainability.

The journal publishes original research articles and reviews, but other article types will also be considered, spanning a broad range of topics including the design, optimization, and implementation of processes for pollution control, resource recovery, waste treatment, and the development of environmentally friendly materials and technologies.

Scope

Submissions involving interdisciplinary research are welcomed, especially in the following broader areas:

Pollution Control and Water Treatment:

• Water and Wastewater Treatment and Reuse;
• Advanced Oxidation Processes;
• Photocatalysis and Electrocatalysis;
• Membrane Technologies;
• Adsorption and Ion Exchange;
• Electrochemical and Biological Treatment;
• Anaerobic Digestion and Bioenergy;
• Emerging Contaminants;
• Soil and Sediment Remediation.

Green Chemistry and Sustainable Processing:

• Green Chemistry and Green Solvents;
• Sustainable Process Design;
• Life Cycle Assessment;
• Circular Engineering and Climate Mitigation Strategies;
• Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage.

Advanced Materials for Environmental Applications:

• Nanomaterials;
• Biodegradable and Bio-Based Materials;
• Functional Materials for Adsorption, Catalysis, Sensing;
• Smart and Responsive Membranes.

Resource Recovery and Circular Economy:

• Nutrient Recovery (Nitrogen, Phosphorus);
• Recovery of Metals, Energy, and Chemicals;
• Waste-to-Energy and Valorization;
• Plastics Recycling and Upcycling.

Systems Integration and Environmental Engineering:

• Food–Energy–Water Nexus;
• Process Intensification and Hybrid Systems;
• Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence;
• Environmental Monitoring and Risk Assessment;
• Air Pollution and Emission Control.

MDPI Publication Ethics Statement

MDPI is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). MDPI takes the responsibility to enforce a rigorous peer-review together with strict ethical policies and standards to ensure to add high quality scientific works to the field of scholarly publication. Unfortunately, cases of plagiarism, data falsification, inappropriate authorship credit, and the like, do arise. MDPI takes such publishing ethics issues very seriously and our editors are trained to proceed in such cases with a zero tolerance policy. To verify the originality of content submitted to our journals, we use iThenticate to check submissions against previous publications.

Book Reviews

Authors and publishers are encouraged to send review copies of their recent related books to the following address. Received books will be listed as Books Received within the journal's News & Announcements section.

MDPI
Grosspeteranlage 5
CH-4052 Basel
Switzerland

Copyright / Open Access

Articles published in Environmental Chemical Engineering will be Open-Access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The copyright is retained by the author(s). MDPI will insert the following note at the end of the published text:

Reprints

Reprints may be ordered. Please contact publisher@mdpi.com for more information on how to order reprints.

Announcement and Advertisement

Announcements regarding academic activities such as conferences are published for free in the News & Announcements section of the journal. Advertisement can be either published or placed on the pertinent website. Contact e-mail address is ece@mdpi.com.