Journal profile · Engineering, Environmental
Environmental Geochemistry and Health
ISSN 0269-4042 · eISSN 1573-2983 · Springer Netherlands · NETHERLANDS · Monthly · Founded 1985
Environmental Geochemistry and Health: CAS Zone 4 · Environmental Science & Ecology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.31; hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,590; median 93 days to acceptance (127 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 611 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Environmental Geochemistry and Health is published by Springer Netherlands and is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Heavy metals in environment, Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity and Radioactivity and Radon Measurements, together about 39% of its articles. Its main subfields are Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Environmental Geochemistry and Health publishes original research papers and review papers across the broad field of environmental geochemistry. The journal’s aim is to establish and explain links between the natural or disturbed chemical composition of the earth’s surface and the health of the ecosystem, animals and people. The journal scope encompasses a broad range of inter-disciplinary work. For example: beneficial elements that regulate or promote enzymatic and hormonal activity or potentially harmful elements that may be toxic; bedrock geochemistry control on the composition of soil and hence that of water and vegetation; environmental issues, such as pollution, arising from the extraction and use of mineral resources, rapid urbanisation or change in land-use; geochemical surveys of soil, water and plants show how major and trace elements are distributed geographically; associated epidemiological studies that reveal the possibility of causal links between the natural or disturbed geochemical environment and disease; experimental research illuminates the nature or consequences of natural or disturbed geochemical processes or novel methodologies to measure and interpret environment and health pathways. The journal welcomes novel research linking environmental geochemistry and health issues on such topics as (but not limited to): Environmental toxicology from potentially harmful elements (including mercury), persistent organic pollutants (POPs), mixed chemicals, other ‘emerging contaminants’ emitted through human activities, such as uncontrolled recycling of electronic-waste; waste recycling; Phytoremediation/restoration of contaminated sites; food contamination and safety; effects on soil health; Emerging contaminants, including the environmental effects of medicines; effects and toxicity of mixed pollutants; elemental speciation of potentially harmful elements, particle and nanoparticle toxicology; Development of novel methods to determine emerging contaminants with pilot data to demonstrate its application; Source apportionment through modelling or tracers to better understand disturbed geochemistry from human behaviour, natural/anthropogenic hazards or climate change; Risk and the vulnerability of populations, incorporating studies using source to sink pathways, biomarker, biomonitoring or sentinel organisms; Environmental cycles, exposure or transfer mechanisms e.g. soil-to-plant transfers, rhizospheric or sedimentary interactions. The journal enco
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Environmental
Editor-in-chief Michael WattsPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 19 in mainland China (about 20%); most named Mainland China 19, United Kingdom 15, United States 6, South Korea 6, India 5 (96 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Heavy metals in environmentEnvironmental Science23%
- Heavy Metal Exposure and ToxicityEnvironmental Science9.1%
- Radioactivity and Radon MeasurementsHealth Professions6.9%
- Arsenic contamination and mitigationEnvironmental Science6%
- Geochemistry and Geologic MappingComputer Science5.4%
- Air Quality and Health ImpactsEnvironmental Science5.2%
- Groundwater and Isotope GeochemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences4.7%
- Toxic Organic Pollutants ImpactEnvironmental Science4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Water Resources | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Environmental | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Environmental | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Water Resources | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Water Resources | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Engineering, Environmental | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexMEDLINEINSPECCASCAB AbstractsGeoRefCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, AGRICOLA, Astrophysics Data System, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 4.31LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.92LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.91LetPub ·
- h-index
- 60LetPub ·
- h-index
- 124OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,771OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.79OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 11.76%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 603LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 1,100,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,313 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 545 | 104 | 376 |
| 2025 | 611 | 89 | 2,483 |
| 2024 | 544 | 81 | 5,286 |
| 2023 | 339 | 69 | 4,612 |
| 2022 | 301 | 65 | 5,209 |
| 2021 | 375 | 95 | 7,169 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
93 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 72 days – 136 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 13 days (127 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 106 days
- Sample
- 127 articles with submission and acceptance dates (1,280 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,590 / EUR 3,990 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Open calls for papers3, by deadline
- Environmental Radiochemistry and Health: Advances in Monitoring, Risk Assessment, and Remediation StrategiesDeadline
- Advanced Nanointerfaces for Monitoring and Mitigation of Emerging Organic PollutantsDeadline
- Environmental Geochemistry Responses to Extreme Weather Events and Implications for Human Health - The 41st International Conference of SEGHDeadline
What to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- APA
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Optional
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- AI use Generative AI Images
Please check Springer’s policy on generative AI images and make sure your work adheres to the principles described therein. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship guidelines
Authorship credit should be based on: 1) substantial contributions to conception and design, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data; AND 2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content; AND 3) final approval of the version to be submitted for publication. All of these conditions should be met by all authors. Acquisition of funding, collecti…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Competing Interests
Authors are requested to disclose interests that are directly or indirectly related to the work submitted for publication. Interests within the last 3 years of beginning the work (conducting the research and preparing the work for submission) should be reported. Interests outside the 3-year time frame must be disclosed if they could reasonably be perceived as influencing the submitted work. Disclo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
All original research must include a data availability statement. This statement should explain how to access data supporting the results and analysis in the article, including links/citations to publicly archived datasets analysed or generated during the study. Please see our full policy here. If it is not possible to share research data publicly, for instance when individual privacy could be com…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Compliance with Ethical Standards
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Open Choice articles do not require transfer of copyright as the copyright remains with the author. In opting for open access, the author(s) agree to publish the article under a Creative Commons license. Details of the OA licences offered to authors can be found on the individual journal website, in the journal's How to publish with us guide. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Environmental Geochemistry and Health, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical Trial Registration
The World Health Organization (WHO) definition of a clinical trial is "any research study that prospectively assigns human participants or groups of humans to one or more health-related interventions to evaluate the effects on health outcomes". The WHO defines health interventions as “A health intervention is an act performed for, with or on behalf of a person or population whose purpose is to ass…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Country or region
- NETHERLANDS
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1985
- ISSN
- 0269-4042
- Electronic ISSN
- 1573-2983
- Society / sponsor
- Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Environmental Geochemistry and Health
What CAS zone is Environmental Geochemistry and Health in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Environmental Geochemistry and Health is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Water Resources / Engineering, Environmental / Environmental Sciences / Public, Environmental & Occupational Health. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Environmental Science & Ecology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Environmental Geochemistry and Health?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.31; CiteScore 7, h-index 124.
How long does peer review take at Environmental Geochemistry and Health?
Based on the dates recorded on 127 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 93 days (interquartile range 72–136 days); authors report an average review time of about 3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Environmental Geochemistry and Health?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: APA; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Cover letter: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Environmental Geochemistry and Health based?
Of the 96 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 19 (about 20%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (19), United Kingdom (15) and United States (6). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Environmental Geochemistry and Health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Environmental Geochemistry and Health is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, MEDLINE, INSPEC, CAS, CAB Abstracts, GeoRef and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Environmental Geochemistry and Health open access, and what is the APC?
Environmental Geochemistry and Health is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,590.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .