Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 投稿指南

AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK 13 Apr 2014 www.elsevier.com/locate/ecoenv 1 ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK TABLE OF CONTENTS . XXX . • Description • Impact Factor • Abstracting and Indexing • Editorial Board • Guide for Authors p.1 p.1 p.1 p.1 p.3 ISSN: 0147-6513 DESCRIPTION . Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety focuses on integrated mechanistic research related to short- and long-term pathways and interactions of substances and chemical mixtures in environmental systems and subsystems on their bioavailability, and assimilation in organisms, as well as biological responses of these organisms, and damage mechanisms (endocrine disruption, genotoxicity); and on their subsequent fate in the environment, food chain, including humans. Novel technologies, techniques, and methods such as biomarkers, biosensors and bioanalytical systems, bioremediation methods, QSARs and QSPRs, advanced high performance computational methods, models, and their applications in obtaining and processing interdisciplinary ecotoxicological information are also addressed in the journal. We welcome the applied outcome of complex ecotoxicological research such as developing the science-based Environmental Quality Criteria (EQC), standard toxicity tests, techniques, and methods for ecotoxicological evaluation of the environment, as well as developing ecotoxicologically proven methods and technologies for prevention, interception, and remediation of human-induced damage to ecosystems. Emphasis is placed on ecological animal models rather than laboratory based rodent studies; The above scope of the journal is aimed at providing science-based tools for sustainably managing the environment through risk assessment, risk characterization, risk prediction, and risk management. The journal publishes regular research articles, and review articles. IMPACT FACTOR . 2012: 2.203 © Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports 2013 ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING . MEDLINE® SIIC Data Bases EDITORIAL BOARD . Editor: K. Kannan, State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany, Albany, New York, USA, Email: kkannan@wadsworth.org Associate Editors: H.E. Allen, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA P. Sibley, University of Guelph, Ontario, Ontario, Canada AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK 13 Apr 2014 www.elsevier.com/locate/ecoenv 2 Emeritus Editor: F. Korte, Technische Universität München, Attenkirchen, Germany Editorial Board: S.B. Agrawal, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India J. Chen, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China S. Degitz, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Duluth, Minnesota, USA S.J.S. Flora, Ministry of Defence, Government of India, Gwalior, India H. Greim, Technische Universität München, München, Germany M. Hecker, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA R.A. Hoke, DuPont Company, Newark, Delaware, USA T. Iguchi, National Institute for Basic Biology (NIBB), Okazaki Aichi, Japan H. Iwata, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan D. Johnson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA R. Kookana, CSIRO (The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization), Glen Osmond, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Y.-F. Li, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China L.Q. Ma, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA A. Miracle, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA H.-B. Moon, Hanyang University, Ansan, South Korea H. Nakata, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan J. Newsted, ENTRIX Inc, Okemos, Michigan, USA S. Shaw, Marine Environment Research Institute (MERI), Blue Hill, Maine, USA L.A. Tremblay, Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research, Lincoln, New Zealand C.A.M. van Gestel, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands P. Vasseur, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Metz, France M. Vighi, Università degli Studi di Milano, MILAN, Italy W-X. Wang, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong P.-K. Wong, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK 13 Apr 2014 www.elsevier.com/locate/ecoenv 3 GUIDE FOR AUTHORS . Your Paper Your Way ypyw-gfa-banner.gifyour paper your way INTRODUCTION Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety focuses on integrated mechanistic research related to short- and long-term pathways and interactions of toxic substances and chemical mixtures in environmental systems with emphasis on their bioavailability, assimilation and metabolism in target organisms as well as biological responses of these organisms, and damage mechanisms (endocrine disruption, genotoxicity); fates of toxicants in the food chain, including exposures in humans are considered.. The journal prefers interdisciplinary studies of environmental chemistry and toxicology describing environmental fate and biological fate of pollutants, novel analytical technologies, techniques, and methods such as biomedical photonic technologies, biomarkers, biosensors, bioanalytical systems, QSARs, QSPRs, advanced high-performance computational methods, models, and their applications in obtaining and processing ecotoxicological information. We welcome the applied outcome of complex ecotoxicological research such as developing the science-based Environmental Quality Criteria (EQC), standard toxicity tests, techniques, and methods for ecotoxicological evaluation of the environment, as well as developing ecotoxicologically proven methods and technologies for prevention, interception, and remediation of human-induced damage to ecosystems. The above scope of the journal is aimed at providing science-based tools for sustainably managing the environment through risk assessment, risk characterization, risk prediction, and risk management. Emphasis will be placed on ecotoxicological animal model studies (rather than rodent models) as well as field studies (rather than controlled laboratory investigations) dealing with fate and effects of pollutants. In dose-response studies, nominal exposure concentrations of substances not proved by measurements are in general not accepted in EESA, and such manuscripts are being rejected outright. In other words, in experiments dealing with animal exposures, the exposure regimen/concentrations should be environmentally relevant. Types of paper The journal publishes regular research articles. Regular research articles must not exceed 8,000 words. Word limit here is for text only. In principle the number of tables and figures should not collectively exceed six. 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