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Soil Remediation and Improvement Through the Application of By-Product Amendments, 2nd Edition submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9711 | Submission Open
Keywords: biochar; brownfield soils; by-products; compost; cultivated soils; phytoremediation; soil remediation; bioremediation
Microplastics Pollution in Aquatic Ecosystems: Challenges and Perspectives, 2nd Edition
edited by Charles Rolsky, , and Varun Kelkar
submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 855 | Submission Open
Keywords: microplastics; plastic pollution; freshwater microplastics; marine microplastics; plastic debris; microplastic pollution
Sustainable Built Environments and Cities: Innovations in Energy, Materials, and Control Systems submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 704 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable biosourced building materials; phase-change materials (PCMs); energy management systems (EMSs); model predictive control (MPC); indoor air quality (IAQ); digital twins and BIM; life cycle assessment (LCA); urban environmental sustainability; net-zero energy buildings; circular economy in construction
Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Soil Contamination and Remediation submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 11 articles | Viewed by 17123 | Submission Open
Keywords: nature-based solutions; physicochemical technologies; long-lasting pollutants; new emerging contaminants; fate and transport; phytomanagement; effective communication of risk; pollution and human health
New Insights in Soil Quality and Management, 2nd Edition
edited by Diego Arán, and
submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6116 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil quality; soil management; environmental and human risk; ecosystem services; environmental geochemistry; remote sensing; preditive models; nature-based techniques
Unlocking Circularity for Active Environmental Bio-Packaging Solutions
edited by , and Tugba Ozdal
submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 673 | Submission Open
Keywords: sustainable bioactive packaging; agri-food waste; circular economy; characterization; functionality; shelf-life extension; environmental impact; biodegradability; consumer perception; extraction technologies
Circular Economy in Waste Management: Challenges and Opportunities submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6169 | Submission Open
Keywords: waste management; circular economy; closed-loop systems; resource efficiency; resource recovery; sustainable development; digital innovation; policy frameworks
Preparation and Application of Biochar (Second Edition) submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4971 | Submission Open
Keywords: biochar; waste-derived char; bioenergy; pyrolysis; oxidative torrefaction; carbonization; gasification; soil amendment; fuel cells; adsorption; forestry waste; agricultural waste; carbon sequestration; policy
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 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1266 | Submission Open
Keywords: waste management; circular economy; energy recovery; LCA
Challenges in Environmental and Occupational Monitoring: New Methods, New Chemicals, New Concerns for Safety and Health submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7206 | Submission Open
Keywords: chemical exposure; health risks; occupational exposure; contamination; analytical methods
Advances in Wastewater Bio-Management: Microbial Community Relationships, Monitoring and Assessment submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5490 | Submission Open
Keywords: wastewater treatment technologies; biological control of waste and wastewater treatment; biomanagement of purification technologies; community relationships in biodegradation processes; xenobiotics; detoxification; activated sludge; biofilms
Wastewater-Based Epidemiology Assessment and Surveillance
edited by Zhenyu Wu, and Qiuda Zheng
submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2689 | Submission Open
Keywords: wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE); pathogen surveillance; biomarker detection; antimicrobial resistance; public health policy; environmental monitoring; data modeling; community health; One Health; pandemic preparedness
Potential Health Effects of Environmental Pollution Exposure on Animals submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 516 | Submission Open
Keywords: environmental pollutants; animal health; wildlife exposure; ecotoxicology
Hydrological Modeling and Sustainable Water Resources Management, 2nd Edition
edited by Pengxiao Zhou, Qianqian Zhang, Fei Zhang and
submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2701 | 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
Aerosols, Health, and Environmental Interactions submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2008 | Submission Open
Keywords: aerosols; bioaerosols; air quality; particulate matter (PM); environmental exposure; atmospheric transport; public health; aerobiology; environmental modelling; climate– health interactions
Advanced Research on the Removal of Emerging Pollutants
edited by , and Pamela Sepúlveda Ortiz
submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1470 | Submission Open
Keywords: emerging contaminants; adsorption technologies; advanced oxidation processes (AOPs); wastewater treatment; nanomaterials; environmental remediation
Environmental Pollution Exposure and Its Human Health Risks
edited by , and Claudio Inguaggiato
submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2952 | 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 320 | 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 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3692 | Submission Open
Keywords: organic pollutants; water pollution; environmental risk assessment; fate and transport; aquatic toxicity; remediation and mitigation
Advanced Technologies for Contaminant Removal from Water submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3559 | Submission Open
Keywords: biological remediation; hybrid technologies; environmental sustainability; advanced oxidation processes (AOPs); water quality monitoring
Biochar as an Environmental Technology submission deadline 20 May 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3354 | Submission Open
Keywords: biochar; hydrochar; climate change; advanced fertilizers; environmental technologies
Emerging Chemical and Microbial Threats in Aquatic Systems: From Microplastics to Antimicrobial Resistance submission deadline 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 127 | 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 | 2 articles | Viewed by 12194 | 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 7557 | 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
Healthy and Safe Environments Across Occupational and Environmental Contexts, 2nd Edition submission deadline 25 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2719 | Submission Open
Keywords: occupational health; environmental health; human factors and ergonomics; human exposure; healthy environments
Biomonitoring of Environmental Pollutants
edited by Alma Mikuška, and
submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1035 | 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 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3148 | 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 Technologies of Water and Wastewater Treatment, 3rd Edition submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 880 | 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 879 | Submission Open
Keywords: toxic metals; risk assessment; bioaccessibility; food; contamination; toxicology
Advanced Treatment and Resource Recovery Technologies for Sustainable Wastewater and Waste Utilization
edited by and Rafeah Wahi
submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 687 | 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
The Effects of Pollution on Aquatic Invertebrates
edited by , , Jelena Tomović and
submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 343 | Submission Open
Keywords: freshwater ecosystems; macroinvertebrates; biodiversity; invasive species; pollutants
Remote Sensing Technologies for Soil Health Monitoring submission deadline 25 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2721 | 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
New Insights into the Occurrence, Mobility, Transport, and Fate of Contaminants in Surface and Subsurface Environments submission deadline 25 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 848 | 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
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 211 | 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 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9025 | Submission Open
Keywords: innovative technologies; sustainable practices; circular economy strategies; ecological impact mitigation
Bioremediation Techniques for Water Pollution: Towards a Cleaner Environment
edited by Hilda Dinah Kyomuhimbo, and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1720 | Submission Open
Keywords: bioremediation; water pollution; wastewater treatment; environmental biotechnology; microorganisms
Advances in Heavy Metal Remediation Technologies
edited by and Sicheng Shao
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1663 | Submission Open
Keywords: wastewater treatment; heavy metal removal; biological remediation; adsorption; electrochemical remediation; bioelectrochemcial remediation; membrane remediaiton; advanced oxidation process
Potentially Toxic Elements in the Environment and Their Ecotoxicology submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2310 | 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
Health Effects of per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
edited by and Cheng Fang
submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1723 | Submission Open
Keywords: PFAS exposure; multi-pollutant mixtures; environmental epidemiology; endocrine disruption; risk assessment; toxicokinetics; biomonitoring
Urban Water Ecology: Aquatic Biodiversity, Habitat Restoration and Conservation submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1291 | 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 | Viewed by 199 | 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 14109 | 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 | Viewed by 352 | 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 130 | 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 99 | 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 694 | Submission Open
Keywords: technologies and methodologies; pollution monitoring and prevention; environmental impacts and assessments; ecosystem conservation; decision support system
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 148 | 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 135 | Submission Open
Keywords: bioplastics; microplastics; nanoplastics; heavy metals; water pollutants; hypoxia; anoxia; emerging pollutants; rare earth elements
Advances in Landfill Leachates Treatment
edited by , Petros A. Kokkinos and
submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 386 | Submission Open
Keywords: landfill leachate; leachate treatment; wastewater management; resource recovery; hybrid treatment systems; circular economy; ammonia and nitrogen removal
Environmental Risk Assessment of Aquatic Environments, 2nd Edition
edited by
submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open
Keywords: multidrug-resistant organisms; emerging contaminants; environmental hormones; antibiotic; biotoxins; desalination and wastewater treatment; aquatic organisms; aquaculture; bioremediation; microalgae; microbial ecology
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