Journal profile · Chemical Engineering-Chemical Health and Safety
Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability
ISSN 2639-5932 · eISSN 2639-5940 · Taylor & Francis · ENGLAND
Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability: CAS Zone 4 · Environmental Science & Ecology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.93; JCR Q2 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 1,200; median 79 days to acceptance (96 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 30% (journal website); 53 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability is published by Taylor & Francis 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, Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal and Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, together about 33.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Pollution and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Environmental Pollutants & Bioavailability is an open access journal that researches environmental pollutants and their impacts on biota and other living organisms. The Journal aims to promote the research, discussion, review, and spread of information on environmental pollutants and bioavailability. Topics discussed will be of interest to researchers in many disciplines, including environmental, chemical, biological, food, medical, toxicology, and health sciences and technologies. Environmental Pollutants & Bioavailability publishes research around the occurrence, distribution, transport, transformation, transfer, fate, and effects of environmental pollutants, as well as their impact on living organisms, such as: Heavy metals and their impact Persistent organic pollutants and their impact Emerging contaminants, such as engineered nanomaterials Pharmaceuticals and personal-care products as pollutants Key themes of the Journal include the following “6Ms”: Methods for speciation analysis and the evaluation of the bioavailability of environmental pollutants, especially the development, validation, and application of novel methods and techniques. Media that sustain the processes of release, distribution, transformation, and transfer of environmental pollutants; of particular interest are emerging contaminants, such as engineered nanomaterials, pharmaceuticals, and personal-care products. Mobility of pollutants in the environment and biota, either spatially or temporally. Matters that influence pollutant speciation and bioavailability, mainly environmentally relevant conditions. Mechanisms that govern the release, distribution, fate, and transport of environmental pollutants. Models for the simulation of the release, distribution, fate and transport, transformation, bioavailability, bioaccumulation, and toxicity of environmental pollutants. Environmental Pollutants & Bioavailability operates a single - anonymized peer review policy.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Chemical Engineering-Chemical Health and Safety
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Heavy metals in environmentEnvironmental Science18.1%
- Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removalEnvironmental Science8.5%
- Microplastics and Plastic PollutionEnvironmental Science6.6%
- Air Quality and Health ImpactsEnvironmental Science4%
- Toxic Organic Pollutants ImpactEnvironmental Science3.6%
- Recycling and Waste Management TechniquesEnvironmental Science3.6%
- Environmental remediation with nanomaterialsEngineering3.6%
- Plant Stress Responses and ToleranceAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.4%
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 | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Toxicology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Toxicology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Environmental Science & Ecology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Environmental Science & Ecology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Toxicology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
GoOAPublisher website
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
- 3.93LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 6.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.83LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.83Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.78LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.78Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 33OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 136OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.88OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 50LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 253,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 355 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 50 | 50 | 41 |
| 2025 | 53 | 53 | 281 |
| 2024 | 41 | 41 | 380 |
| 2023 | 54 | 54 | 733 |
| 2022 | 55 | 55 | 836 |
| 2021 | 42 | 42 | 1,080 |
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
79 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 61 days – 109 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 9 days (96 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 93 days
- Sample
- 96 articles with submission and acceptance dates (110 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 13 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 30%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 20 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 34 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 10 daysPublisher 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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 1,200 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Fully open access journal. Model summary
Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and readership of your article Make an impact and reach new re…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Single anonymized peer review policy. Model summary
Environmental Pollutants & Bioavailability operates a single - anonymized peer review policy.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2639-5932
- Electronic ISSN
- 2639-5940
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 38, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability
What CAS zone is Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Biochemistry & Molecular Biology / Environmental Sciences / Toxicology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.93; CiteScore 6.9, h-index 33.
How long does peer review take at Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability?
Based on the dates recorded on 96 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 79 days (interquartile range 61–109 days); authors report an average review time of about 13 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 30%. 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 JCR quartile is Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology.
Which databases index Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability open access, and what is the APC?
Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,200.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .