Chemosphere is an international journal designed for the publication of original communications and review articles. As a multidisciplinary journal, Chemosphere offers broad and impactful dissemination of investigations related to all aspects of environmental science and engineering. 

Chemosphere will publish:

• Original communications (research papers) describing important new discoveries or further developments in important fields of investigation related to the environment and human health
•	Reviews, mainly of new developing areas of environmental science 
•	Discussion papers
•	Letters to the editor
•	Short communications
•	Special themed issues on relevant topics.

All papers should demonstrate a high level of novelty, originality and uniqueness. The following sections and subject fields are included: 

Environmental Chemistry (including Persistent Organic Pollutants and Dioxins) 

This section will publish manuscripts dealing with fundamental processes in the environment that are related to the behavior, fate and alteration of organic and inorganic contaminants of environmental concern. This sections focuses on the dynamics of contaminants in environmental compartments such as water, soil, sediment, organisms, dust and air their interactions with the biosphere. This section also includes all scientific aspects of persistent organic pollutants (POPs), including exposure studies in the environment and people, toxicology, epidemiologic investigations, risk assessment and processes that generate or attenuate these pollutants. Only studies that are of significance to an international audience, including case studies of particular global interest, or lend themselves to interpretation at the global level should be submitted. Papers on climate change are not considered.

Specific topics of interest include:
• Emerging contaminants, such as pharmaceuticals, pesticides, flame retardants, other industrial chemicals, POPs, endocrine disruptors, etc.
• Trace metals, organometals, metalloids and radionuclides 
• Environmental fate studies including transport, biodegradation, bio-accumulation and/or deposition, atmospheric (photo)chemical processes, hydrolysis, adsorption/desorption
• Transformation and mineralisation of chemicals, e.g. by bio- and photo degradation, redox processes and hydrolysis
• Soil and water chemistry focused on interaction, degradation and speciation aspects of environmental contaminants
• Novel environmental analytical methods including case studies
• Development and application of environmental modelling and quantitative structure-activity relationships to study fate and environmental dynamics
• Monitoring studies presenting new strategies, report of novel contaminants, findings or interpretations of general interest for an international readership. 
•	Non-target and suspect screening (e.g. effect-directed analysis)
•	Marine toxins


Toxicology and Risk Assessment

The section on Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment covers all aspects of toxicology, i.e., the science of adverse effects of chemicals and toxic substances on living organisms including humans, and the scientific assessment of the risk that such adverse effects may occur.

Specific topics of interest include:
• Adverse effects of chemicals in environmental, aquatic and terrestrial, organisms 
• Epidemiological studies on effects of chemicals in humans
• Biochemical studies related to mechanisms of adverse effects
• Toxicokinetics and metabolic studies on chemicals related to adverse effects
• Development and validation of testing methods based on living organisms or biological materials 
• Effects of nanoparticles, nanocomposites and microplastics in the environment 
• Endocrine disruption
• High-throughput screening
• Mechanistic toxicology
• Fish toxicology
• DNA and protein adducts
• In vitro assays and omics techniques
• Phytotoxicity

Treatment and Remediation

This section focuses on technologies that manage and/or reduce environmental contaminants, including reuse and recycling processes. The technology must be beyond a basic laboratory study or have obvious implications for current or potential treatment or remediation technologies. As an example, manuscripts focusing on fundamental (bio)adsorption studies or metal extraction by plant species should be submitted to a more suitable journal. The results of studies of a routine nature should not be submitted for review. For example, for oxidation processes, the intermediates and/or the extent of mineralization of the targeted compound(s) and wastes must be quantified in addition to target compound attenuation.

Specific topics that are encouraged for publication include:

• Advanced water and wastewater treatment processes and sludge management 
• Remediation (including phytoremediation) employing novel strategies, findings, or interpretations 
• Hazardous waste – industrial chemicals 
• Hydraulic fracturing and produced water 
• Electrochemical methods for water and solids treatment 
• Nanotechnology 
• Advanced oxidation processes 
• Photolysis and photocatalysis 
• Natural treatment systems (riverbank filtration, aquifer recharge and recovery) 
• Characterization and fate of natural and effluent organic matter

Not considered are studies that focus on the synthesis of new materials to be used in waste water purification or remediation. Studies focusing on the removal of single contaminants are often less competitive for publication in Chemosphere.

Research Papers, Review Papers, Short Communications, Letters to the Editor, Replies and Discussion Papers

Co-Editors-in-Chief
Jacob de Boer
Free University of Amsterdam Department of Environment and Health, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, Netherlands Email Jacob de Boer Non-dl-POPs, FRs, levels, trends, analytical methods, food chain accumulation, interlab studies, biomonitoring, fate, exposure, fish, shellfish toxins
Shane Snyder
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 85721-0001, United States Email Shane SnyderDrinking water, hydraulic fracturing, produced water, water treatment processes (particularly advanced oxidation), use of cellular bioassays for characterizing complex mixtures of contaminants
Special Issues Editor
Derek Muir
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Aquatic Contaminants Research Division, 867 Lakeshore Road, Burlington, L7S1A1, Ontario, Canada Email Derek Muir Environmental chemistry; Biogeochemistry; Bioaccumulation; Persistent organic pollutants; Chemicals of emerging concern; Chemical inventories; Mercury; Polycyclic aromatic compounds; Arctic; Marine mammals; Fish
Associate Editors
Environmental Chemistry
Jacob de Boer
Free University of Amsterdam Department of Environment and Health, Amsterdam, Netherlands Email Jacob de Boer Non-dl-POPs, FRs, levels, trends, analytical methods, food chain accumulation, interlab studies, biomonitoring, fate, exposure, fish, shellfish toxins
Xinde Cao
Shanghai Jiao Tong University - Fahua Campus, Shanghai, China Email Xinde Cao Soil remediation, contaminant removal from water, flue gas, metal speciation, metals in soil, bioavailability and human health, arsenic, phosphate, development, application of solid waste-derived environmentally functional materials, biochar, recycling, groundwater
Ralf Ebinghaus
Helmholtz Centre Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research, Geesthacht, Germany Email Ralf Ebinghaus PM2.5, air pollution, organic and inorganic contaminants, mercury, POPs, emerging contaminants, marine environment, polar environment, atmosphere
Petra Krystek
VU Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Email Petra Krystek trace elements, speciation, nanomaterials, environment, health, exposure, (hyphenated) analytical techniques, method development, validation
Klaus Kümmerer
Leuphana University of Lüneburg Institute for Sustainable and Environmental Chemistry, Lüneburg, Germany Email Klaus Kümmerer Sustainable Chemistry; Green Chemistry; Green and Sustainable Pharmacy; Resources; Benign by Design; Environmental Chemistry; Time and sustainability
Martine Leermakers
VUB University, Brussel, Belgium Email Martine Leermakers Trace metals, organometals, metalloids, radionuclides, analytical techniques, geochemical cycling, metals and human health, gel diffusion techniques ,for in situ trace metal speciation DGT (diffusive gradients in thin films) and DET (diffusive equilibrium in thin films), mining
Lena Ma
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States Email Lena Ma Biogeochemistry of trace metals in soils, wastes, and plants; Soil contamination and remediation; Phytoremediation; Chemical stabilization; Metal speciation; Metal bioavailability and bioaccessibility; Metal exposure and human health; Plant metal uptake and transport; Microbial transformation of metals; Metal availability and food safety
Keith Maruya
Southern California Coastal Water Research Project, Costa Mesa, California, United States Email Keith Maruya Sources, fate, effects of emerging contaminants, natural organohalogens, aquatic ecosystems, bioanalytical tools, passive samplers, POPs, HOCs, contaminated sediments, recycled water
Derek Muir
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Aquatic Contaminants Research Division, Burlington, Ontario, Canada Email Derek Muir Environmental chemistry; Biogeochemistry; Bioaccumulation; Persistent organic pollutants; Chemicals of emerging concern; Chemical inventories; Mercury; Polycyclic aromatic compounds; Arctic; Marine mammals; Fish
Patryk Oleszczuk
Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland Email Patryk Oleszczuk Biochar; organic contaminants; heavy metals; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; nanoparticles; sewage sludge; ecotoxicology; remediation
Myrto Petreas
California Department of Toxic Substances Control Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States Email Myrto Petreas Levels, trends, dl-POPs, BFRs, analytical methods, bioaccumulation, biomonitoring, exposure assessment, emission, production, generation
Andreas Sjödin
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States Email Andreas Sjödin Human health; Analytical methods; Dl- and non-dl-POPs
Toxicology and Risk Assessment
Tamara Galloway
University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom Email Tamara Galloway Nanopolymers and nanocomposites, microplastics as marine pollutants, ecotoxicology, adaptation, oil fracking and drilling, human biomonitoring
Andreas Gies
Umweltbundesamt Aussenstelle Berlin-Grunewald, Berlin, Germany Email Andreas GiesBioassays, human biomonitoring, ecotoxicology, epidemiology, indoor air, oil fracking and drilling
Jian-Ying Hu
Peking University College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China Email Jian-Ying Hu Bioassays, human biomonitoring, effects of EDCs on reproduction and development, health risk assessment, ecological risk assessment, Biomagnification in aqueous food-web, epidemiology, and drinking water quality.
James Lazorchak
National Exposure Research Laboratory, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States Email James Lazorchak Effect of EDCs on fish populations; Estrogenicity of WWTP discharge; G expression; Toxicity effects on a population; Invasive toxic algae; DNA and protein adducts; Impact of coal; Mineral, gas and oil extraction; Pharmaceuticals; Water quality criteria
Willie Peijnenburg
Leiden University Institute of Environmental Sciences, Leiden, Netherlands Email Willie Peijnenburg Risk assessment; Ecological risk assessment; Environmental fate and effect assessment; Nanoparticles; Bioavailability; Metals; Organics; Quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSARs); Transformation of chemical substances; Biodegradation; Abiotic transformations
David Volz
University of California Riverside Department of Environmental Sciences, Riverside, California, United States Email David Volz Fish toxicology; hepatotoxicity; cardiovascular toxicity; neurotoxicity; early life-stage toxicity; pesticides; high-volume chemicals; flame retardants; chemicals policy and regulation; human and ecological risk assessment; high-throughput screening; mechanistic toxicology;
Treatment and Remediation
Enric Brillas
University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain Email Enric Brillas Non-dl-POPs, FRs, levels, trends, analytical methods, food chain accumulation, interlab studies, biomonitoring, fate, exposure, fish, shellfish toxins
Teresa J. Cutright
University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States Email Teresa J. Cutright bioremediation, phytoremediation, environmental engineering
Jun Huang
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Email Jun Huang Advanced oxidation/reduction process; Emerging contaminants (PFAS, PPCPs, flame retardants, dioxins, etc.); Non-combustion technology for waste disposal or soil remediation
Hyunook Kim
University of Seoul Department of Environmental Engineering, Seoul, Korea, Republic ofEmail Hyunook Kim Biological removal of organic compounds, nutrient removal, analysis and degradation of trace organics, odorants from water/wastewater
Yongmei Li
Tongji University, Shanghai, China Email Yongmei Li Removal and recovery of phosphorus from wastewater and sludge; nitrification and denitrification; anaerobic fermentation of biosolids; fate and attenuation of emerging organic contaminants in wastewater treatment plants
Tsair-Fuh Lin
National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan Email Tsair-Fuh Lin identification, treatment, and process modeling relevant to cyanobacteria, taste and odor compounds and cyanotoxins present in reservoirs and water treatment plants; monitoring and treatment of arsenic and chlorinated hydrocarbons in ground water
Yu Liu
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore Email Yu Liu Anaerobic degradation, nutrient recovery
William Mitch
Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States Email William Mitch Environmental organic chemistry, disinfection byproduct formation mechanisms, nitrosamines, other research interests include the formation of nitrosamines formed by the reaction of NOx with amines used to capture CO2 from power plants, the effect of halides on the natural (i.e., sunlight) or engineered (i.e., advanced oxidation) photodegradation of contaminants, and the reductive transformation of contaminants sorbed to black carbons.
Adalberto Noyola
National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico Email Adalberto NoyolaBiological wastewater treatment, anaerobic process for wastewater and sludge treatment, biological nitrogen removal, biofiltration of odorous gases, control of GHG emissions from wastewater treatment facilities
Shane Snyder
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States Email Shane Snyder Drinking water, hydraulic fracturing, produced water, water treatment processes (particularly advanced oxidation), use of cellular bioassays for characterizing complex mixtures of contaminants
Yeomin Yoon, PhD
University of South Carolina Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Columbia, South Carolina, United States Email Yeomin Yoon, PhD Water treatment; Membrane filtration; Adsorption; Sonodegradation; Oxidation; Micropollutants; Nanotechnology
Chang-Ping Yu
National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan Email Chang-Ping Yu Environmental biotechnology, environmental microbiology, biodegradation, microbial electrochemical technology, biological wastewater treatment, bioremediation
Xiangru Zhang, PhD
Treatment and Remediation, Chemosphere, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hong Kong, Hong KongEmail Xiangru Zhang, PhD Water treatment, drinking water, emerging compounds, disinfection byproducts
Editorial Board
Mari Asami
National Institute of Public Health Department of Environmental Health, Saitama, Japanwater quality
Georg Becher
University of Oslo Department of Chemistry, Oslo, Norway Assessment of Human Exposure to Organic Pollutants and Toxicants
Tom Bond
University of Surrey Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Disinfection byproducts, Microplastics, Water treatment, Wastewater treatment, Drinking water disinfection
Henk Bouwman
North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa dioxins, DDT, POPs
Bella Chu
Texas A&M University College Station, College Station, Texas, United StatesBiodegradation, Bioremediation, Endocrine-disrupting compounds, Emerging contaminants, Bioenergy and value-added products.
Simonetta Corsolini
University of Siena, Siena, Italy Legacy and emergent POPs, environmental monitoring, bioaccumulation, distribution in abiotic and biotic compartments, POPs in polar ecosystem, POPs in tropical ecosystem, toxicity risk assessment, gaschromatography, ecology, penguins and seabirds, marine trophic webs, turtles, sharks, Ecotoxicology
Shiming Ding
Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China Bioavailability; Freshwater; Passive sampling; Metal; Nutrient; Water quality; Remediation; Geoengineering; Sediment; Soil
Shinya Echigo
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan disinfection by-products, fate of micropollutants in the aquatic environment and water treatment processes, ozonation, advanced oxidation
Mingliang Fang
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore Metabolomics; Risk Assessment; Environmental Analytical Chemistry; Gut microbiome; Biomarkers; Exposome; Mixture Effect; Non-targeted identification
Loretta Fernandez
Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States environmental organic chemistry, contaminated sediment, fate and transport modeling, persistent organic pollutants, passive sampling
Heidelore Fiedler
Orebro University, Orebro, Sweden Persistent Organic Pollutants and Dioxins
Yanzheng Gao
Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China Organic contaminant; Soil-plant system; Soil contamination and remediation; Rhizosphere; Root exudates; Soil environmental chemistry; Bioremediation; Plant contamination
Sergio Garcia-Segura
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States Water treatment; Persistent organic pollutants; Electrochemically driven processes; Electrochemical Advanced Oxidation Processes; Electrochemical oxidationElectro-Fenton; Photoelectrocatalysis; Electrochemical management of nitrogen cycle; Photocatalysis; Nanotechnology
Jiarui Han
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Water treatment, Disinfection byproducts, Emerging micropollutants, Toxicity risk assessment
Tom Harner
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Downsview, Ontario, Canada Persistent Organic Pollutants and their environmental fate, transport and passive sampling methods
Rachel Ann Hauser-Davis
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ecotoxicology, bioassays, proteomics, metallomics, metal contamination, biomarkers, metallothionein, oxidative stress, analytical techniques, POPs, enzymes, PAH, biomonitoring, bioaccumulation, HPLC-ICP-MS, ICP-MS, protein and DNA electrophoresis, fish, mussels, marine mammals, in vitro assays
Ron Hoogenboom
Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands dioxins, PCBs, transfer, bioassay, PFASs, analysis, risk assessment, exposure assessment
Guanghui Hua
South Dakota State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Brookings, United States Water Treatment, Natural Organic Matter, Disinfection Byproducts, Stormwater Treatment, Nutrient Removal
Gwenaël Imfeld
University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France wetland biogeochemistry; microbial ecology; pollutant transfer; biodegradation; pesticides
Roland Kallenborn
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway Arctic, emerging contaminants
Nynke Kramer
Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands 3R; In vitro toxicology; Distribution kinetics; Toxicokinetics; PBPK; Protein binding; QIVIVE; Chemical safety assessment; Toxicological risk assessment; Environmental chemistry
Stefan van Leeuwen
Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands PFASs; BFRs; dioxins/PCBs; Fish; Exposure assessment; Human biomonitoring; Analytical techniques; Interlaboratory studies; Effect-directed analysis; Food safety
Pim Leonards
VU University Amsterdam Institute for Environmental Studies, Amsterdam, Netherlandsmetabolomics, analytical chemistry, flame retardants, dust
Domen Lestan
University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia Soil washing, phytoextraction, immobilisation of toxic elements, metals in soil, metals bioavailability and bioaccessibility, soil functioning, soil ecosystem services
Xingfang Li
University of Alberta Division of Analytical and Environmental Toxicology, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Keywords: HPLC-MS, water disinfection byproducts, toxicology
Heng Liang
Harbin Institute of Technology, School of Environment, Harbin, China Membrane, Drinking water treatment; Water reuse; Advanced oxidation; Desalination
Grzegorz Lisak
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore Waste to energy; Waste to materials; Circular economy; Waste management; Soil remediation; Municipal solid wastes; Gasification; Pyrolysis; Application of waste derived materials; Waste upcycling and recycling
Jian Lu
Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Yantai, China Emerging contaminants; Endocrine -disrupting chemicals; Antibiotics and heavy metals; Antibiotic resistance genes; Microplastics; Biodegradation; Persistent organic pollutants; Fate and transport; Coastal and marine pollution; Aquaculture and pollution
Jean McLain
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States Antibiotic resistance; Water quality; Indicator bacteria; Contaminant source tracking; Recycled wastewater
Xiang-Zhou Meng
Tongji University, Shanghai, China persistent organic pollutants; wastewater; sewage sludge; soil; occurrence; fate; risk assessment
Hyo-Bang Moon
Hanyang University Department of Marine Science and Convergence Engineering, Ansan, Korea, Republic of Persistent organic pollutant (POPs), Emerging contaminants, Environmental fate, Human exposure
Jochen Müller
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia emerging contaminants, dioxins
Junfeng Niu
Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China environmental technology
Pongsak Noophan
Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand biological treatment processes
Yong Sik Ok
Korea University Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Seoul, Korea, Republic of Biochar, Resilience, Soil remediation, Biomass, Bioenergy
Guillermo Quijano
National Autonomous University of Mexico Research Laboratory of Advanced Water Treatment Processes, Querétaro, Mexico Biological treatment of gas pollutants; Biogas desulfurization; Biogas upgrading; greenhouse gases; Odors; Renewable energy from residues; Volatile organic compounds
Gerhard Rimkus
Intertek Caleb Brett Germany GmbH, Hamburg, Germany Synthetic fragrances and personal care products in the environment; Bioaccumulation and metabolism in biota like fish, seals, birds etc.; Bioaccumulation in human tissue/breast milk; Analysis of contaminants in biota and food samples; Residues and contaminants in food, EU food legislation
Paolo Roccaro
University of Catania, Catania, Italy environmental engineering; water treatment and reuse; emerging contaminants; disinfection by-products.
Virender K Sharma
Texas A&M University College Station, College Station, Texas, United States
Reyes Sierra-Alvarez
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States Biodegradation, biological treatment, bioremediation, microbial toxicity; engineered nanomaterials; nanotoxicity; metal-microbe interactions; wastewater treatment; metal bioremoval
Werner Tirler
Eco Research Srl, Bolzano, Italy air pollution, dioxins
Daniel Tsang
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Green chemistry/engineering; Soil/sediment remediation; Engineered biochar; Waste valorization; Resource recovery; Wastewater/stormwater treatment; Catalytic conversion/degradation; Pollutant transport; Environmental pollution | Sustainable urban development, urban wastes, contaminated land and water, waste management (food, wood, plastic agro, sludge), green remediation, wastewater treatment.
Katrin Vorkamp
Aarhus University Danish Centre for Environment and Energy, Roskilde, Denmark Fate of organic pollutants in the environment;Persistent organic pollutants in the Arctic;New contaminants (e.g. brominated flame retardants);Analytical methods in complex matrices
Qilin Wang
University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia Biological wastewater treatment; Anaerobic digestion; Sludge treatment; Nutrient removal; Process modelling of biological wastewater treatment; Greenhouse gas production; Algae; Biochar; Bioenergy and value-added products; Aerobic digestion
Jana Weiss
Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden analytical chemistry, human exposure, non-target screening, effect-directed analysis
Lingtian Xie
South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China Aquatic toxicology; Endocrine disrupting chemicals; Effects of PPCPs in aquatic organisms; Metal biodynamic modeling; Metal toxicity; Dietary exposure; Trophic transfer; Evolution of resistance; Antibiotic resistance; Biomarkers
Yu (Frank) Yang
University of Nevada Reno, Reno, Nevada, United States the biogeochemical cycles of carbon/nitrogen, the reductive degradation of emergent organohalide, fate and transport of engineering nano-materials in agricultural ecosystem and recover of energy/nutrient from wastewater.
Zeyu Yang
Environment Canada Emergencies Science and Technology Division, Ottawa, CanadaOrganic contaminants; Oil fingerprinting; Fate and behavior of oil and organic contaminants; Analytical method development; Bioavailability assessment of organic contaminants; Passive sampling technologies; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Petroleum biomarkers; Naphthenic acidsChromatography
Minghui Zheng
Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Persistent Organic Pollutants, Dioxins, Incineration, POPs Emission, POPs Monitoring
Bingsheng Zhou
Institute of Hydrobiology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China Fish; In vitro toxicology; Developmental and reproductive toxicology; Neurotoxicology; Oxidative stress; Molecular response and adverse outcome; Endocrine disruptors; Emerging pollutants; Nanoparticles and toxicity