Heavy Metals in Soil: Source, Transformation, Transfer, Risk and Pollution Remediation

Dear Colleagues,

Accumulation and contamination of heavy metals in soil have attracted worldwide concern because high concentrations of heavy metals in soil may induce deleterious effects on human health via multiple pathways, such as food chain, dermal contact and inhalation. For soil health management and sustainable land use, our understanding should be improved about quantitative source apportionment of heavy metals in soil, ecological and human health risk issues caused by metals in soil, transformation and transfer of metals, especially in soil–crop–human systems as well as remediation strategies of soil metal pollution with consideration of different metal elements and land use, which is also the aim of this Special Issue. In this Special Issue proposed by the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH), the latest and high-quality original research articles, reviews and short communications on the field mentioned above are welcome.

Here, are some examples of topics that could be addressed in this Special Issue (but are not limited to):

• New insights in source apportionment and impact of heavy metals in soil
• Factors influencing biogeochemistry process of trace metals in soil-crop-human systems
• Novel methodology or integrated approaches of ecological and human health risk assessment
• Novel single or combined remediation methods of metal pollution in soil

Dr. Lanqin Yang
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2500 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.