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ACS ES&T Air
ACS ES&T Air welcomes novel, cutting-edge, and globally relevant original research on all aspects of outdoor and indoor air quality sciences and engineering. The journal focuses on investigations of air chemistry and physics, air pollution, and climate change that impact human and ecosystem health, encompassing laboratory and in-situ measurements, remote sensing observations, and computational and modeling studies. Specific topics of interest may include (but are not limited to):
- Chemical, physical, and biological processes in the atmosphere
- Gases, aerosols, and clouds
- Climate change and air quality across scales
- Health impacts of air pollution
- Effects of air pollution on ecosystems
- Atmosphere-biosphere interactions
- Atmosphere-hydrosphere interactions
- Air pollution sources, control technologies and atmospheric implications
- Advances in instrumentation, model development, and remote sensing techniques
- Indoor air chemistry and air quality
- Science/Policy interface
- Air quality in disproportionately impacted communities
ACS ES&T Water
ACS ES&T Water is a high-quality specialist journal dedicated to water research and policy. This international, multidisciplinary journal publishes novel, high-impact, peer-reviewed research on all aspects of water quality, chemistry, treatment, protection, and sustainable use/reuse and supply. The Journal considers both marine and freshwater environments as well as water utilized for industrial and municipal applications. ACS ES&T Water's multi-disciplinary research focus also welcomes other water-related research fields. Manuscripts describing public policy and the underlying science utilized for decision making are also encouraged. Specific topics of interest may include (but are not limited to) the following areas:
- Water quality and the transformation, transport, and behavior of contaminants in aquatic environments (groundwater, surface water, snow/ice, precipitation, and marine water) and engineered systems
- Water/wastewater treatment and innovative technologies, including biological, physical, chemical, and natural processes
- Sustainable water supply, reuse, and integrated water resource management
- Industrial water systems and process water treatment
- Marine, estuarine, and freshwater biogeochemistry and ecology
- Direct and indirect impacts of climate change on water sustainability
- Remediation and restoration of natural aquatic systems
- Innovative technologies for water quality monitoring and spatial vulnerability assessments
- Modelling groundwater, surface water and marine flow and contaminant fate and transport
- Spatial data on global and local water supply and water quality monitoring data trends.
- Water quality impacts on human and environmental health, including pathogen, chemical, and physical stressors
- Risk assessment and regulatory frameworks
- Life-cycle assessments and economic impact calculations, and social science implications
ACS ES&T engineering
ACS ES&T Engineering publishes high-impact research and review/perspective/viewpoint articles. It is a specialist journal that aims to serve as an international forum for research and innovation, welcoming contributions on materials, technologies, processes, data analytics and engineering systems that can manage, protect, and remediate air, water, and soil quality, treat wastes, and recover resources. Research contributions that support effective decision-making within complex engineered systems and are informed by mechanistic science and analytics that describe complex environmental engineering systems are encouraged. Papers that present novel, innovative advancements will be considered across the continuum from lab-based discovery to field-based application. Case/demonstration studies without significant scientific advances and technological innovations will not be considered. Papers containing experimental and/or theoretical methods and knowledge grounded in engineering principles that are integrated with core knowledge from other disciplines are welcome. Specific topics may include (but are not limited to) the following environmental engineering areas:
- Novel materials, technologies, processes, data analytical methods, and systems that:
- evaluate, protect and remediate air, water, and soil quality
- solve or address multiple emerging environmental issues at various nexuses
- (e.g., energy, material, sustainability, public health)
- Novel separation, desalination, and resource recovery technologies
- Environmental nanotechnology and biotechnology
- Environmental catalysis for pollution abatement and cleaner sustainable processes
- Redox processes for engineering applications
- Waste management, treatment, valorization, and waste-to-energy
- Environmental technologies developed for monitoring, sensing, and assessing environmental exposure & hazards
- Macroscopic and microscopic mechanisms that inform environmental engineering systems
- Novel analytical and simulation methods (e.g., data-driven science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, data scraping) for environmental engineering application
The Journal does NOT cover the following areas if they are presented as solitary topics and without making their connection to engineered systems or technological innovation clear:
- Environmental policy and regulation as a solitary focus (i.e., papers about the impact of engineered systems on the environment and health, and policy/regulation implications are considered within scope as long as outcomes link to advancements around the engineered system as a central theme of the paper)
- Characterization and monitoring of the environment as a solitary focus
- Fate and transport of contaminants and biogeochemical cycling
- Ecotoxicology and environmental health
- Atmospheric chemistry and processes, climate change
- Environmental chemistry as a primary focus (e.g., fundamental reaction mechanisms). However, environmental chemistry works that are necessary to demonstrate or understand engineering technologies or engineered systems may be suitable.
ACS Environmental Au
ACS Environmental Au is an open access journal publishing experimental research and theoretical results in all aspects of environmental science and technology, both fundamental and applied. Topics include:
- Alternative energy
- Anthropogenic impacts on atmosphere, soil, or water
- Biogeochemical cycling
- Biomass or wastes as resources
- Contaminants in aquatic and terrestrial environments
- Environmental applications and implications of synthetic biology
- Environmental data science
- Environmental justice and equality
- Ecotoxicology and public health
- Energy and climate
- Environmental modeling, processes, and measurement methods and technologies
- Environmental nanotechnology and biotechnology
- Green chemistry
- Green manufacturing and engineering
- Risk assessment, regulatory frameworks, and life-cycle assessments
- Systems engineering and quantitative sustainability
- Treatment and resource recovery and waste management
ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering welcomes contributions that address challenges of sustainability in the chemical enterprise and advance principles of Green Chemistry and Green Engineering. Examples of topics in the journal's scope include:
- Green Chemistry
- Green Manufacturing and Engineering
- Biomass or Wastes as Resources
- Alternative Energy
- Life-Cycle Assessment
Potential authors are encouraged to read Editorial articles like these for additional guidance on scope:
- Why Wasn't My ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Manuscript Sent Out for Review?
- The Evolution of ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
- Expectations for Manuscripts in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Scope Summary and Call for Creativity
- Expectations for Papers on Photochemistry, Photoelectrochemistry, and Electrochemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage
- Expectations for Papers on Sustainable Materials
- Expectations for Manuscripts on Catalysis
- Expectations for Manuscripts with Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Elements
- Advancing the Use of Sustainability Metrics
- Expectations for Manuscripts on Industrial Ecology
- Expectations for Manuscripts on Biomass Feedstocks and Processing in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
- Expectations for Manuscripts Contributing to the Field of Solvents
ACS Sustainable Resource Management
ACS Sustainable Resource Management is an interdisciplinary journal publishing original research describing the science and practice in the sustainable use of natural and waste resources. The journal seeks to report advances, promote discussion among various stakeholders including academic scientists, industrial practitioners and government agencies and regulators, that together help in the implementation of strategies to achieve the United Nation Sustainable Development Goals.
Submissions covering fundamental and applied research in science and engineering of the circularity of effluent streams (gaseous, liquid, or solid forms) through the conversion to useful compounds or feedstocks are welcome. Discussions integrating systems thinking, planetary boundaries and metrics-based approaches are encouraged to ensure that the envisioned circular approaches are indeed sustainable in terms of reducing environmental footprint and toxicity. Examples of resources and applications/processes/methods that fit the scope include:
Resources
- Activated sludges
- Agriculture, aquatic & marine ecologies, forest residues (biomass, pesticides, fertilizers, nutrients, etc.)
- Biochars
- Biofuels and fossil fuels
- Biological molecules
- Contaminated soils
- Electronic and urban wastes
- EMI shielding (including microwave absorbers)
- Foods, dyes and textile effluents
- Heavy, trace, catalytic and energy metals
- Industrial effluents (solvents, chemicals pharmaceuticals, flame retardants, etc.)
- Microplastics
- Nanomaterials
- Plastics, membranes, resins, etc.
- Radioactive wastes
- Solid wastes including end-of-use solar panels
- Toxic compounds
- Waste energy
- Water (groundwater, wastewater and oily wastewater, drinking water)
- Green Chemistry
- Green Manufacturing and Engineering
- Biomass or Wastes as Resources
- Alternative Energy
- Life-Cycle Assessment
Applications/ Methods/Processes
- Adsorption technologies
- Advanced oxidation processes
- Aerobic and anaerobic digestions
- Artificial intelligence/big data in resource management
- Biogas production
- Biomass-based catalysis, organocatalysis electrocatalysis, photoelectrocatalysis, photocatalysis, single atom catalysis
- Bioprocesses (biodegradation, biofiltration, bioremediation biosorption, biotreatment)
- Chemical processing of wastes
- Circular and net-zero economy
- CO2 capture and utilization
- Eco-design for the environment and ecosystem restoration
- Electrochemical methods and processes
- Emulsion separation and oil spill remediation
- Gasification and pyrolysis
- Governance, legislation, and policy for sustainable resource management
- Green processes for waste management
- Industrial symbiosis
- Membrane technology and separation processes
- Mining of waste resources
- Phytoremediation
- Redox processes and hydrolysis
- Sensors and analytical methods for resource recovery
- Sustainability metrics in resource management
- Sustainable metallurgy
- Thermal energy storage/conversion technologies
- Upcycling and recycling processes
With a focus on the science, engineering and management of resources using sustainable approaches, ACS Sustainable Resource Management complements ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, and strengthens the overall portfolio of some ACS publications such as ACS Agricultural Science & Technology, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (ACS AMI) and other ACS AMI family of journals, ACS Catalysis, ACS ES&T Engineering, ACS ES&T Water, ACS Food Science & Technology, Energy & Fuels, Langmuir, Macromolecules, Biomacromolecules, Environmental Science & Technology, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, and Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
Environment & Health
Environment & Health, a peer-reviewed, open access journal, is committed to exploring the relationship between the environment and human health.
As a premier journal for multidisciplinary research, Environment & Health reports the health consequences for individuals and communities of changing and hazardous environmental factors. In supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the journal aims to help formulate policies to create a healthier world.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Air, water, and soil pollution
- Exposomics
- Environmental epidemiology
- Innovative analytical methodology and instrumentation
- Environmental toxicology
- Environmental microbiology, pathogen, and environmental transmission mechanisms of diseases
- Environmental modeling, bioinformatics, and artificial intelligence
- Emerging contaminants
- Climate change and related health effects
- Health impacts of energy evolution and carbon neutralization
- Food and drinking water safety
- Occupational exposure and medicine
- Innovations in environmental technologies for better health
- Policies and international relations concerned with environmental health
Authors who submit their manuscripts by December 31, 2025, may apply for an APC waiver if their paper is accepted after peer review.
Environmental Science and Technology
Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T) is an impactful, environmental science and technology research journal that aims to be transformational and direction-setting, publishing rigorous and robust manuscripts for a multidisciplinary and diverse audience of scientists, policymakers, and the broad environmental community. The journal advances rigorous scholarship on complex environmental phenomena, particularly with respect to fate, transport, and transformation in natural and engineered systems, while simultaneously facilitating the solution of critical environmental problems. In addition to novelty and significance of research, ES&T considers the relevance of submitted manuscripts to its broad readership.
Current ES&T topical categories for research articles are as follows:
- Biogeochemical Cycling
- Bioremediation and Biotechnology
- Data Science
- Ecotoxicology and Public Health
- Energy and Climate
- Occurrence, Fate, and Transport of Aquatic and Terrestrial Contaminants
- Occurrence, Fate, and Behavior of Contaminants in Indoor Air and Atmosphere
- Physico-Chemical Treatment and Resource Recovery
- Sustainable Systems
Environmental Science and Technology Letters
ES&T Letters is a rapid publication forum for international brief communications (Letters, Brief Reviews, Highlights, Global Perspectives) on rigorous experimental or theoretical results of exceptional timeliness on all aspects of environmental science and technology (pure and applied). The journal’s aim is to quickly publish short, timely research of an urgent or emerging nature on complex environmental phenomena while simultaneously facilitating the solution of critical environmental problems.
ES&T Letters’ scope is broad and includes characterization of natural and affected environments, environmental processes, fate, transport and transformation of compounds in natural and engineered systems, environmental measurement methods, environmental aspects of nanotechnology, novel remediation and control technology, biogeochemical cycling, ecotoxicology and human environmental health, sustainability and energy, and remediation, control and pollution prevention. Manuscripts describing cross-disciplinary research or addressing emerging issues are of particular interest. The journal appeals to a multidisciplinary and diverse audience of scientists, policy makers and the broad environmental community. The broad environmental science and technology topic areas published by the journal are shown by (but not limited to) the main journal section headings:
- Biogeochemical Cycling
- Bioremediation and Biotechnology
- Data Science
- Ecotoxicology and Public Health
- Energy and Climate
- Occurrence, Fate, and Transport of Aquatic and Terrestrial Contaminants
- Occurrence, Fate, and Behavior of Contaminants in Indoor Air and Atmosphere
- Physico-Chemical Treatment and Resource Recovery
- Sustainable Systems
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A: Molecules, Clusters, and Aerosols; New Tools and Methods in Experiment and Theory
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A (JPC A) publishes experimental, theoretical, and computational research on the physical chemistry of molecules, ions, radicals, clusters, and aerosols. JPC A emphasizes applications in the areas of atmospheric and environmental chemistry, aerosol processes, molecular geochemistry, combustion, astrochemistry, plasmas, cold molecules, catalysis, and energetic materials, among others. JPC A also publishes manuscripts that describe new tools or methods that are of broad interest to the physical chemistry community.
An essential criterion for acceptance of research articles in the Journal is that they provide new physical insight. Please refer to this Collection on what constitutes new physical insight. Manuscripts that are essentially reporting data or applications of data are, in general, not suitable for publication in JPC A. However, section A4 includes articles on New Tools and Methods in Experiment and Theory where the requirement for new physical insights is relaxed.
Sections:
- A1 Structure, Spectroscopy, and Reactivity of Molecules and Clusters
- A2 Aerosols; Environmental and Atmospheric Chemistry; Astrochemistry
- A3 Combustion and Plasma Chemistry
- A4 New Tools and Methods in Experiment and Theory
If you are unsure about whether your manuscript fits within the scope of JPC A, please contact the Editor-in-Chief (eic@jpc.acs.org). This Collection provides tips for creating high impact experimental and theory/computational manuscripts. Editorials with guidelines on computational and theory research can be found below: