Environmental Health
A section of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).
Section Information
Environmental health is a transdisciplinary field that includes the interaction of environmental factors with biological systems. This field focuses on the relationships between humans and their environment, both natural and built, addressing factors that may influence health outcomes. The Environmental Health section emphasizes public health promotion through the timely publication and dissemination of novel discoveries on the impact of environmental stressors on human health. We welcome submissions of manuscripts that highlight fundamental and/or applied research on environmentally induced human diseases. The goal of environmental health is to prevent and control disease, injury, and other health conditions that may result from exposure to environmental hazards. Manuscripts that focus solely on clinical studies are deferred to other sections of the journal. We publish regular research papers, short communications, and reviews, including systematic reviews on relevant topics of environmental health and comprehensive reviews on emerging technologies. Special Issues focus on new and emerging areas of environmental health sciences. We encourage transdisciplinary approaches to environmental public health. There is no restriction on the length of the papers submitted to or published by the journal. Experimental approaches should be sufficiently detailed so that the results can be reproduced.
Keywords and Focus
- Human health risk assessment
- Innovative tools and novel analytical, statistical, and computational methods to assess environmental and exposome effects on health
- Management of natural and anthropogenic hazards
- Emergency management of natural and man-made disasters
- Chemical substances and harmful radiation
- Emerging environmental health hazards
- Environmental control and mitigation of vector-borne diseases
- Mechanisms of environmental diseases (epigenetics, genomics, biomarkers, bioinformatics, and molecular modelling)
- Built and psychosocial environments
- Urban and rural environments
- Environmental justice
- Global climate change and planetary health
- Occupational safety and injury prevention
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Research on Environmental Exposure, Pollution, and Epidemiology (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Human Exposure to Genotoxic Environmental Contaminants (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Health Effects of Airborne Particulate Matter (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Environmental Exposures and Epigenomics in Health and Disease (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Means of Promoting Health Benefits Derived from the Forest Environment to the General Public (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- The Effects of Extreme Temperature, Pollution, and Climate Change on Human Health (Deadline: 1 July 2025)
- Transportation and Public Health: Pathways, Challenges, and Innovations (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Risks to Human Health Caused by Exposure to Wastewater Contaminated with Metals and Microplastics (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Occupational Health and Prevention of Work-Related Diseases (Deadline: 10 August 2025)
- Trends in Modern Environmental Health (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- How and Why Do Neighbourhood Environments Affect Population Mental Health? (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Novel Transdisciplinary Methods to Address Environmental Justice in Maternal and Child Health (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Oxidative Potential as a New Metric for Evaluating the Health Effects of Air Pollution (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Health-Related Risk Caused by Occupational Environmental Exposure (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Implications of Climate Change and One Health Approach (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Environmental and Occupational Health: Exposure to Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) and Gases (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Health, Safety, and Wellbeing in the Engineering and Construction Industry (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Nature-Based Integrative Health: Physical Activity, Nutrition and Environmental Sustainability (Deadline: 27 October 2025)
- Health Risks of Exposure to Polluted Air in Workplaces (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Sustainable Work Environment and Occupational Well-Being (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Negative Health Impacts of Environmental Contaminant Exposure During Early Childhood (Deadline: 15 December 2025)
- Environmental Epidemiology and Spatial Analysis (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Psychosocial Well-Being and Stress Related to Environmental Disaster and Climate Change (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Impact of Climate and Ecosystem Changes on Human Life Using Integrative and Multidisciplinary Approaches (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Environmental Factors Impacting Reproductive and Perinatal Health (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Health Impacts Associated with Dietary Exposure to Chemical Contaminants and Residues (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Community Response to Environmental Noise (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Trends in Sustainable and Healthy Cities (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Occupational Risks, Health Risk Assessments, Social Inclusion and Well-Being of Informal Workers (Deadline: 30 January 2026)
- Exposomic Approach to Dementia and Cognitive Ageing (Deadline: 31 January 2026)
- Healthy Spaces, Healthy Lives: Analyzing the Role of Built Environment on Human Health (Deadline: 31 January 2026)
- Maternal and Fetal Exposure to Air Pollution (Deadline: 31 January 2026)
- Genetic and Epigenetic Responses to the Environment: Developmental Origin of Diseases and Measures to Mitigate Their Manifestations (Deadline: 28 February 2026)
- Global Climate Change and Occupational Safety and Health of Outdoor Workers (Deadline: 31 March 2026)
- Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusivity and Accessibility in Environmental and Public Health (Deadline: 1 May 2026)
- Air Pollution Exposure and Its Impact on Human Health (Deadline: 1 July 2026)
Topical Collection
Following topical collection within this section is currently open for submissions:
