International Journal of Environment and Pollution
- Editor in Chief
- Dr. M.A. Dorgham
- ISSN online
- 1741-5101
- ISSN print
- 0957-4352
- 8 issues per year
- Impact factor (Clarivate Analytics) 2022 0.571 (5 Year Impact Factor 0.714)
- CiteScore 1.1 (2021)
JCI 0.07

IJEP provides an international forum in the field of environment and pollution and addresses early and medium-term challenges involving scientific prediction, modelling and assessment. It focuses on ground-breaking research in the science of environmental pollution, at the early scientific stage. It is one of three key journals which together offer complete coverage of environmental issues: IJETM focuses on technical/engineering, policy and management solutions for environmental problems, and IJGEnvI focuses on future, longer-term environmental scenarios, ecological economics, climate change and biodiversity.
Topics covered include
- Review and assessment of policies
- Strategy for policy making
- Formulation of national/international environmental protection policy
- Comparative legal aspects of pollution
- Assessment of risks from water, soil and air pollution; effective and viable remedies
- Protection of soil and groundwater
- Ecosystem research
- Waste disposal strategies
- Ecological impact of pollutants
- Clean technologies
- Technological hazards
- Evaluation of environmental risk and safety
- Environment and sustainable development
- Environmental education and training
Objectives
The objectives of IJEP are to establish an effective channel of communication between policy makers, government agencies academics and research institutions and persons concerned with the complex issues of environment and pollution, and to provide a forum for them to disseminate information and to learn from each other|s work. The international dimension is emphasised in order to overcome cultural and national barriers and to meet the needs of accelerating technological change and changes in the global economy.
Readership
Professionals, academics, researchers and policy makers.
Contents
IJEP publishes original and review papers, technical reports, case studies, conference reports, management reports, book reviews, and notes, commentaries and news. Contribution may be by submission or invitation, and suggestions for special issues and publications are welcome.
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IJEP is indexed in:
- Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate Analytics)
- Scopus (Elsevier)
- Compendex [formerly Ei] (Elsevier)
- Science Citation Index Expanded (Clarivate Analytics)
- Academic OneFile (Gale)
- Current Awareness in Biological Sciences (Elsevier)
- Biology Digest (Plexus Publishing)
- BIOSIS (Clarivate Analytics)
- CAB Abstracts - Agriculture and International Development Indexes
- CAB Animal Sciences
- CAB Abstracts - Environmental Sciences Indexes
- CAB Abstracts - Human Sciences Abstracts
- CAB Abstracts - Leisure and Tourism Abstracts
- CAB Abstracts - Plant Sciences Abstracts
- Chemical Abstracts (CAS)
- cnpLINKer (CNPIEC)
- Embase (Elsevier)
- Environment Complete (EBSCO)
- Environment Index (EBSCO)
- Environmental Studies and Policy Collection (Gale)
- Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale)
- OneFile Business (Gale)
- General OneFile (Gale)
- Geobase (Elsevier)
- GeoRef
- CAB Global Health
- Google Scholar
- GreenFile
- Info Trac (Gale)
- Inspec (Institution of Engineering and Technology)
- J-Gate
- ProQuest Advanced Technologies Database with Aerospace
- ProQuest Environmental Science Collection
- Technology and Management [TEMA] (WTi Frankfurt)
IJEP is listed in:
- National Agency for Evaluation of the University and Research System (ANVUR)
- Australian Business Deans Council Journal Rankings List
Editor in Chief
- Dorgham, M.A., International Centre for Technology and Management, UK
(editorialinderscience.com)
Associate Editors
- Ge, Yue, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, USA
- Jain, Ravi, University of the Pacific, USA
- Lall, Somik, World Bank, USA
American Editor
- Abel, Troy D., Western Washington University, USA
Book Review Editor
- Hens, Luc, Vlaams Instituut Technologisch Onderzoek (VITO), Belgium
Editorial Board Members
- Ausubel, Jesse H., The Rockefeller University, USA
- Black, William, Indiana University, USA
- Borrego, Carlos, University of Aveiro, Portugal
- Builtjes, Peter, TNO Environment, Energy and Process Innovation (TNO-MEP), Netherlands
- Chadwick, M.J., University of York, UK
- Chopra, K., Delhi University Enclave, India
- Conti, Marcelo Enrique, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy
- De Marchi, Bruna, University of Bergen, Norway
- De Souza Porto, Marcelo Firpo, Centro de Estudos da Saude do Trabalhador e Ecologia Humana, Brazil
- Dixon, Robert K., Office of Power Technologies, USA
- El-Ashry, Mohammed T., Member, International Task Force on Global Public Goods, Sweden
- Estrada-Oyuela, Raul, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Internacional y Culto, Argentina
- Eyerer, Peter, Fraunhofer Institut für Chemische Technologie (ICT), Germany
- Forrister, Dirk, Global and Regional Air Program, USA
- Fuchs, Roland, International START Secretariat, USA
- Gheorghe, Adrian V., Old Dominion University, USA
- Glaser, Gisbert, International Council for Science, France
- Hassan, M.H.A., Third World Academy of Sciences, Italy
- Haynes, Kingsley E., George Mason University, USA
- Heller, Thomas, Stanford University, USA
- Hin, Leo Tan Wee, National Institute of Education, Singapore
- Honglie, Sun, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
- Hordijk, Leen, Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES), Italy
- Keinath, Thomas M., Clemson University, USA
- Kete, Nancy, World Resources Institute, USA
- McLean, Brian, Environmental Protection Agency, USA
- Mooney, Harold A., Stanford University, USA
- Munda, Giuseppe, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
- Prinn, R.G., Massachusetts Institute of Technology , USA
- Ravetz, J., Research Methods Consultancy, UK
- Ruffing, Lorraine, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Switzerland
- Solbery, Lee, International Energy Agency, France
- Szöllösi-Nagy, A., UNESCO, France
- Victor, P.A., York University, Canada
- Young, C.E.F., Universidad Federal Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Young, Mike, University of Adelaide, Australia
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- Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper has been completely re-written (more details available here) and the author has cleared any necessary permissions with the copyright owner if it has been previously copyrighted.
- Briefs and research notes are not published in this journal.
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Journal news
What a difference a dayflower makes
16 November, 2022
The pretty and delicate Asiatic Dayflower, Commelina communis, the individual blooms of which last a mere 24 hours, hence the name, can quickly soak up toxic copper ions from contaminated soil. The plant, which is native to much of East Asia and the northern part of Southeast Asia, is known as yazhicao but is known as a noxious weed outside the region. A team at Wuhan University of Science and Technology writing in the International Journal of Environment and Pollution describes how they have grown potted specimens on the plant in soil contaminated with copper and zinc. These two metals are commonly found in the ground around industrial and brownfield sites and there are many efforts to find simple, effective, and often biological methods to efficiently remediate such sites. Plants that accumulate the metals directly from the soil might be grown on such a contaminated site and once they have matured, they can be harvested for processing. Such processing might simply involve safe disposal of the now-contaminated plant matter or else extraction of the absorbed metal ions depending on the economics [...]
More details...Don't eat the yellow snow
17 November, 2022
Don't eat the yellow snow, it's good parental advice to every child playing in their local winter wonderland, but there's a good reason not to eat any snow – it could be contaminated with high levels of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Writing in the International Journal of Environment and Pollution a team from China has analysed snow in the Changping District for 16 priority PAHs. Their worrying analysis reveals that the total PAH content of their samples were all at the high-risk level in terms of environmental health [...]
More details...Improved impact factors for Inderscience journals
30 June, 2022
Inderscience's Editorial Office is pleased to report that the following journals have improved the impact factor allocated to them by Clarivate' Science Citation Index Expanded:
International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing
International Journal of Environment and Pollution
International Journal of Exergy
International Journal of Materials and Product Technology
International Journal of Vehicle Design