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The Journal of Environmental Quality is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing original research in the area of anthropogenic impacts on the environment, including terrestrial, atmospheric and aquatic systems. According to Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 2.751. [1]
The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a scientometric index calculated by Clarivate that reflects the yearly mean number of citations of articles published in the last two years in a given journal, as indexed by Clarivate's Web of Science.
Environmental Pollution is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the biological, health, and ecological effects of environmental pollution. It was established in 1980 as two parts: Environmental Pollution Series A: Ecological and Biological and Environmental Pollution Series B: Chemical and Physical. These parts were merged in 1987 to form ...
Human impact on the environment. From top left, clockwise: satellite image of Southeast Asian haze; IAEA experts investigate the Fukushima disaster; a seabird during an oil spill; depiction of deforestation of Brazil's Atlantic forest by Portuguese settlers, c. 1820 –25; acid mine drainage in the Rio Tinto; industrial fishing in 1997, a practice that has led to overfishing.
Anthropogenic activities also include discrete elements like the use of fire, domestication of plants and animals, soil development, the establishment of settlements and irrigation. [3] River ecosystems have been transformed downstream from the point of pollution.
A pollutant or novel entity [1] is a substance or energy introduced into the environment that has undesired effect, or adversely affects the usefulness of a resource. These can be both naturally forming (i.e. minerals or extracted compounds like oil) or anthropogenic in origin (i.e. manufactured materials or byproducts).
Water, Air, & Soil Pollution is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the study of environmental pollution. It was established in 1971 and is published by Springer Science+Business Media. The editor-in-chief is Jack T. Trevors. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2017 impact factor of 1.769. [1]
It was established in 1989 as Umweltwissenschaften und Schadstoff-Forschung (German for Environmental Science and Pollution Research), obtaining its current name in 2011. It is published by Springer Science+Business Media and the editor-in-chief is Henner Hollert (RWTH Aachen University). Since 2011, the journal has been open access. [1]