Journal profile · Engineering, Environmental
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH PART A-TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
ISSN 1093-4529 · eISSN 1532-4117 · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1998
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH PART A-TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING: CAS Zone 4 · Environmental Science & Ecology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.16; subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; median 110 days to acceptance (107 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 25%; 68 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH PART A-TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. 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, Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, together about 23.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Pollution. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A, Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering publishes significant advances and discoveries in all aspects of "Science and Engineering" as they apply to environmental problem solving. The Journal addresses topics including, but not limited to, pollutants, xenobiotics and pharmaceuticals in water, soil, sediment and air, and their impact on human health or environmental quality; their origin, fate, biodegradation and transport in the environment; modeling of environmental, biological and chemical systems; environmental toxicology, microbiology, biotechnology, chemistry, engineering and hazard/risk assessment; novel techniques and methods including biosensors and bioanalytical systems, nanomaterials and their biological, ecological, and human health effects, biofuels, biomass for energy, treatment and remediation technologies of water and wastewater, toxic and hazardous substances, soil decontamination and treatment of industrial effluents. In addition, the journal also publishes research notes dealing with new methods and/or their development for the detection and measurement of environmental contaminants. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part Aalso publishes special issues and review articles summarizing and analyzing the state-of-the-art within the aims and scope of the journal. Special issues consist of a group of peer-reviewed, invited research manuscripts in an area of current importance, or it may be a tribute issue commemorating the career of a distinguished researcher in the area of environmental science and health. If you wish to suggest a special issue of the journal, please email the Editor-in-Chief a detailed proposal that includes the topic, a list of potential contributors, and a timeline.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Environmental
Editor-in-chief Lin Chew, ScD.Publisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 6, Germany 1, Türkiye 1, Finland 1, South Africa 1 (11 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Heavy metals in environmentEnvironmental Science8.5%
- Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen RemovalEnvironmental Science7.7%
- Toxic Organic Pollutants ImpactEnvironmental Science7%
- Advanced oxidation water treatmentEnvironmental Science6.2%
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental ImpactsEnvironmental Science5.1%
- Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removalEnvironmental Science4.9%
- Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater TreatmentEnvironmental Science4.5%
- Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactantsEnvironmental Science4.3%
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 | Engineering, Environmental | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | 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 | Engineering, Environmental | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | 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 | Engineering, Environmental | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q2 · 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
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexMEDLINEEmbaseCASCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Index Medicus, AGRICOLA, CEABA, Elsevier BIOBASE/Current Awareness in Biological Sciences, Environment Abstracts, Environmental Periodicals Bibliography & INIST-Pascal/CNRS, National Agriculture Library-AGRICOLA, NIOSHTIC & Pollution Abstracts, PubSCIENCE, Reference Update, Water Resources Abstracts
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
- 2.16LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.5Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.46LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.46Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 63LetPub ·
- h-index
- 98OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,748OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.63OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 4.02%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 57LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 140,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 140,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,720 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 103 | 11 | 22 |
| 2025 | 68 | 6 | 106 |
| 2024 | 56 | 15 | 243 |
| 2023 | 92 | 5 | 602 |
| 2022 | 101 | 6 | 950 |
| 2021 | 123 | 7 | 1,336 |
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
110 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 69 days – 175 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 12 days (107 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 121 days
- Sample
- 107 articles with submission and acceptance dates (172 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)
- 25%LetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 13%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 13%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 40 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 40 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 64 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review 2025
- 64 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 14 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 14 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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- Open access Open access
Hybrid open access journal, part of Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program. Model summary
Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. 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? Incr…
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 and Francis Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- Multi-Language
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1998
- ISSN
- 1093-4529
- Electronic ISSN
- 1532-4117
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 61, Issue 10 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH PART A-TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
What CAS zone is JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH PART A-TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH PART A-TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING is in Zone 4 of Environmental Science & Ecology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Engineering, Environmental / Environmental Sciences. 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 JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH PART A-TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.16; CiteScore 4.1, h-index 98.
How long does peer review take at JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH PART A-TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING?
Based on the dates recorded on 107 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 110 days (interquartile range 69–175 days); authors report an average review time of about 3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 25%”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 13% (2025). 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.
Where are the editorial board members of JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH PART A-TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING based?
Of the 11 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (6), Germany (1) and Türkiye (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH PART A-TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH PART A-TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, MEDLINE, Embase, CAS, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH PART A-TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING open access, and what is the APC?
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH PART A-TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING is a subscription journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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: .