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Advanced Research on the Removal of Emerging Pollutants
edited by , and Pamela Sepúlveda Ortiz
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7148 | Submission Open
Keywords: emerging contaminants; adsorption technologies; advanced oxidation processes (AOPs); wastewater treatment; nanomaterials; environmental remediation
Aerosols, Health, and Environmental Interactions submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2646 | Submission Open
Keywords: aerosols; bioaerosols; air quality; particulate matter (PM); environmental exposure; atmospheric transport; public health; aerobiology; environmental modelling; climate– health interactions
Environmental Pollution Exposure and Its Human Health Risks
edited by , and Claudio Inguaggiato
submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8115 | Submission Open
Keywords: environmental pollution; personal exposure; emerging contaminant; biomonitoring; occupational exposure; environmental justice; health risk assessment
Sustainable Aquaculture Waste and Wastewater Management in a Circular Bioeconomy
edited by , Wenchang Liu and
submission deadline 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 492 | Submission Open
Keywords: aquaculture wastewater and sludge; waste revalorization; sustainable recirculating aquaculture; aquaponics; biofloc technology; algae; insect production/BSFL; advancing treatment technologies; circular economy; water– food– energy nexus
Occurrence, Fate, and Environmental Risk Assessment of Organic Pollutants in Water submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5477 | Submission Open
Keywords: organic pollutants; water pollution; environmental risk assessment; fate and transport; aquatic toxicity; remediation and mitigation
Biochar as an Environmental Technology submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4903 | Submission Open
Keywords: biochar; hydrochar; climate change; advanced fertilizers; environmental technologies
Advanced Technologies for Contaminant Removal from Water submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4675 | Submission Open
Keywords: biological remediation; hybrid technologies; environmental sustainability; advanced oxidation processes (AOPs); water quality monitoring
Emerging Chemical and Microbial Threats in Aquatic Systems: From Microplastics to Antimicrobial Resistance submission deadline 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 214 | Submission Open
Keywords: microplastics; endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs); antimicrobial resistance (AMR); aquatic microbiome; plastisphere; environmental pollutants; microbial ecology; horizontal gene transfer
Emerging Technologies for Waste Treatment, Pollution Control and Resource Recovery
edited by , and Fan-Wei Liu
submission deadline 25 May 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 15578 | Submission Open
Keywords: waste treatment; resource circulation; resource recovery; metal recovery; circular economy; high-value utilization of waste; pollution reduction; pollution control; pollution removal
Trace Metals in the Environment: Advances in Detection Techniques, Pollution Assessment and Management
edited by and Xudong Wei
submission deadline 25 May 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8936 | Submission Open
Keywords: trace metals; detection techniques; environmental pollution; metal mobility; metal bioavailability; risk assessment; environmental toxicology; ecological effects; metal remediation and recycling; sustainable management
Hydrological Modeling and Sustainable Water Resources Management, 2nd Edition
edited by Pengxiao Zhou, Qianqian Zhang, Fei Zhang and
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3040 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrological modeling; data-driven models; human activity impacts on water quantity and quality; nonstationary rainfall runoff; runflow prediction; extreme event causality; impact and prediction; climate change impacts and adaptation; water resource management; flood and drought risks; risk analysis and management
Biomonitoring of Environmental Pollutants
edited by Alma Mikuška, and
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1606 | Submission Open
Keywords: environmental monitoring; organic pollutants; heavy metals; microplastics; pesticides; chemical analysis; biological response; ecological impact; bioaccumulation; aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems
Air Pollution in Urban and Industrial Areas, 4th Edition
edited by and Francesco Petracchini
submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7442 | Submission Open
Keywords: air pollution; NOx; particulate matter; residential heating; road traffic emissions; sustainable mobility; industrial emissions; pollutant dispersion; outdoor air quality; global health; population exposure
Advanced Treatment and Resource Recovery Technologies for Sustainable Wastewater and Waste Utilization
edited by and Rafeah Wahi
submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2499 | Submission Open
Keywords: wastewater treatment; resource recovery; circular economy; advanced oxidation processes (AOPs); membrane technologies; bioelectrochemical systems (e.g.; MFC; MEC); nutrient recovery (N; P; K); waste-to-energy; nanomaterials for water treatment; sustainable bioproducts; digitalization and smart monitoring
Advanced Technologies of Water and Wastewater Treatment, 3rd Edition submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2298 | Submission Open
Keywords: membrane filtration; adsorption; coagulation; ozonation; hybrid processes; microplastics; heavy metals; pharmaceuticals; oxyanions; dyes
Toxic and Potentially Toxic Metals and Their Health Risks submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1384 | Submission Open
Keywords: toxic metals; risk assessment; bioaccessibility; food; contamination; toxicology
The Effects of Pollution on Aquatic Invertebrates
edited by , , Jelena Tomović and
submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 469 | Submission Open
Keywords: freshwater ecosystems; macroinvertebrates; biodiversity; invasive species; pollutants
New Insights into the Occurrence, Mobility, Transport, and Fate of Contaminants in Surface and Subsurface Environments submission deadline 25 Jun 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7468 | Submission Open
Keywords: potentially toxic elements; contaminants of emerging concern; geochemical processes; geochemical modeling; environmental isotopes; climate change; groundwater quality; source– pathway– receptor approach; soil quality; environmental monitoring; remediation
Remote Sensing Technologies for Soil Health Monitoring submission deadline 25 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3192 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil health; remote sensing; artificial intelligence (AI); living labs; monitoring; reporting; and verification (MRV); earth observation; sustainable land management; climate resilience; soil regeneration; data-driven decision making
Toxicological Impacts of Waterborne Pollutants on the Health and Behavior of Aquatic Organisms
edited by Gustavo Axel Elizalde-Velázquez and Leobardo Manuel Gómez-Oliván
submission deadline 25 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 276 | Submission Open
Keywords: aquatic ecotoxicology; waterborne pollutants; behavioral and physiological responses; mechanistic toxicology; environmental risk assessment
Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Wastewater Treatment submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 13114 | Submission Open
Keywords: innovative technologies; sustainable practices; circular economy strategies; ecological impact mitigation
Advances in Heavy Metal Remediation Technologies
edited by and Sicheng Shao
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2667 | Submission Open
Keywords: wastewater treatment; heavy metal removal; biological remediation; adsorption; electrochemical remediation; bioelectrochemcial remediation; membrane remediaiton; advanced oxidation process
Bioremediation Techniques for Water Pollution: Towards a Cleaner Environment submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2429 | Submission Open
Keywords: bioremediation; water pollution; wastewater treatment; environmental biotechnology; microorganisms
Health Effects of per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
edited by and Cheng Fang
submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3488 | Submission Open
Keywords: PFAS exposure; multi-pollutant mixtures; environmental epidemiology; endocrine disruption; risk assessment; toxicokinetics; biomonitoring
Potentially Toxic Elements in the Environment and Their Ecotoxicology submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2779 | Submission Open
Keywords: potentially toxic elements; heavy metals; metalloids; environmental contamination; ecological risk assessment; ecotoxicology; bioaccumulation and biomagnification; bioavailability and bioaccessibility; environmental remediation; environmental monitoring; anthropogenic impacts
Urban Water Ecology: Aquatic Biodiversity, Habitat Restoration and Conservation submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2418 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban water ecology; aquatic biodiversity; habitat restoration; conservation; endangered species; water quality assessment; biodiversity preservation; aquatic species protection; invasive aquatic species
Innovative Nature-Based (Bio)remediation Solutions for Soil and Water submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 636 | Submission Open
Keywords: bioremediation; nature-based solutions; wastewater treatment; soil remediation; sustainability assessment; Life Cycle Assessment; post-remediation monitoring; pilot-scale applications; emerging micropollutants
Coping with Climate Change: Fate of Nutrients and Pollutants in Soil
edited by Ming Zhang, Shuang Wang and Yao Zhao
submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 18296 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil nutrient turnover; soil microbial activities; soil virus; climate change; carbon sequestration; nitrogen emissions; soil pollutants; soil health; soil quality; soil management
Environmental Chemical Exposure and Human Health
edited by Yu Zhang, and
submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1666 | Submission Open
Keywords: environmental chemical exposure; endocrine-disrupting chemicals; transgenerational health impact; risk mitigation strategies; life-course epidemiology; environmental epidemiology; developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD); exposome; multi-omics technologies; epigenetic inheritance
Sustainable Environmental Solutions: Waste Valorization, Water Protection, and Soil Management submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 272 | Submission Open
Keywords: waste valorization; circular economy; soil and water protection; environmental sustainability; leaching and contaminant migration; waste-based materials; sustainable geoengineering; nature-based solutions
Remote Sensing Innovations for Water Resources Assessment
edited by Felipe Omar Tapia Silva and
submission deadline 25 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 201 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; water resources management; hydrological monitoring; satellite observations; data fusion; machine learning; climate change; sustainable development goals (SDGs)
Monitoring of Contaminated Water and Soil, 2nd Edition submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1321 | Submission Open
Keywords: technologies and methodologies; pollution monitoring and prevention; environmental impacts and assessments; ecosystem conservation; decision support system
Emerging Contaminants in Aquatic Systems: Advances in Analysis, Ecotoxicology, and Risk Assessment
edited by , and Silvia Secco
submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 157 | Submission Open
Keywords: emerging contaminants; aquatic ecosystems; microplastics; nanoplastics; non-target screening; high-resolution mass spectrometry; mixture toxicity; ecotoxicological biomarkers; sub-lethal effects; environmental risk assessment
Integrated Nitrogen Management, Mitigation of Greenhouse Gas and Ammonia Emissions in Agricultural Systems
edited by Waqas Qasim, Anil Bhujel, and
submission deadline 10 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 225 | Submission Open
Keywords: nitrogen management; nitrogen cycling; greenhouse gas emissions; ammonia volatilization; nitrogen fixation; sustainable agriculture; organic amendments; precision fertilization; manure and slurry management; emission mitigation technologies
The Effects of Environmental Pollutants on Aquatic Organisms submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 248 | Submission Open
Keywords: bioplastics; microplastics; nanoplastics; heavy metals; water pollutants; hypoxia; anoxia; emerging pollutants; rare earth elements
Aquatic Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health: Monitoring and Conservation
edited by , Diego Carvalho Viana and
submission deadline 23 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 399 | Submission Open
Keywords: aquatic ecotoxicology; environmental monitoring; bioaccumulation; biomarkers of environmental stress; water quality assessment; aquatic ecosystem health; pollutant exposure; fish physiology; oxidative stress; environmental sustainability
Environmental Risk Assessment of Aquatic Environments, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3258 | Submission Open
Keywords: multidrug-resistant organisms; emerging contaminants; environmental hormones; antibiotic; biotoxins; desalination and wastewater treatment; aquatic organisms; aquaculture; bioremediation; microalgae; microbial ecology
Advances in Landfill Leachates Treatment
edited by , Petros A. Kokkinos and
submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 498 | Submission Open
Keywords: landfill leachate; leachate treatment; wastewater management; resource recovery; hybrid treatment systems; circular economy; ammonia and nitrogen removal
Waste Management and Life Cycle Assessment: Challenges and Opportunities
edited by Lorena De Medina-Salas, Eduardo Castillo-González, , and Gerardo Bernache Perez
submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3264 | Submission Open
Keywords: waste management; circular economy; energy recovery; LCA
Life Cycle Assessment for Circular Waste and Wastewater Treatment submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2706 | Submission Open
Keywords: life cycle assessment (LCA); life cycle costing (LCC); life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA); resource recovery; biochemical treatment; thermochemical treatment; sediment bioremediation; waste conversion into valuable products; wastewater treatment; secondary raw materials
Advanced Research in Environmental Radioactivity
edited by , Wojciech Hajdas, and Inayá Corrêa Barbosa Lima
submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1241 | Submission Open
Keywords: environmental radioactivity; novel methodologies and techniques; radiation risk; radiation protection; nuclear safety; radioactive waste management; radiation monitoring
Trace Pollutants in the Environment: Occurrence, Fate and Associated Risks submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1212 | Submission Open
Keywords: water; soil; and air pollution; source apportionment; chemometric analysis; spatial distribution and temporal trends; ecological and health risk assessment; environmental analytical methods; heavy metals; trace organics; radionuclides; microplastics
Solid Waste Management in Rural Areas: Indigenous Knowledge, Circular Economy, and Sustainable Futures submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 196 | Submission Open
Keywords: indigenous knowledge systems; circular economy; sustainable waste management; rural communities; zero-waste practices; technology integration; community-based solutions; resource regeneration
Ecophysiological Effects of Aquatic Pollutants
edited by Claudio Agnisola, and
submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 175 | Submission Open
Keywords: pollution; aquatic environment; ecophysiology; biomarkers; sentinel species; pollutant interaction
Advances in Materials and Technologies for Water and Wastewater Treatment
edited by Yi-Ting Lai, , Li-Ting Yen and
submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open
Keywords: water purification; wastewater remediation; pollutant removal; separation and purification; resource recovery; water quality sensing; catalytic technologies; sustainable environmental engineering
Microplastic Pollutants in Aquatic Environments
edited by , and Sanja Vasiljević
submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 132 | Submission Open
Keywords: microplastics; polymers; water; water treatment; adsorption
Advancing Sustainable Urban Wastewater Systems: Innovative Technologies from Sewer to Treatment Plants
edited by , and Xiaotong Cen
submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 119 | Submission Open
Keywords: sewers; wastewater treatment; resource recovery; greenhouse gas
Health Impacts of Particulate Matter in Indoor and Outdoor Environments: Emerging Pollutants, Sources and Exposure submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open
Keywords: particulate matter; indoor– outdoor pollution; oxidative potential; health effects; emerging pollutants; bioaerosols; microplastics; exposure assessment; toxicological mechanisms; environmental epidemiology
Wastewater and Biosolids Management submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open
Keywords: wastewater; biosolids; agriculture; catalysis; adsoprtion; microbiology; resource recovery; circular economy; climate change; public health
Monitoring and Assessment of Environmental Quality in Coastal Ecosystems, 5th Edition submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1852 | Submission Open
Keywords: coastal ecosystems; environmental quality and environmental indexes; monitoring and/or assessment programs; environmental disturbances; pressures and stressors; anthropogenic impacts; bioindicators; biomonitors; ecotoxicology and biomarkers; populations; communities and ecosystem responses
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