Science of the Total Environment
Academic journal
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Science of the Total Environment is a weekly international peer-reviewed scientific journal covering environmental science. It was established in 1972 and is published by Elsevier. The editors-in-chief are Damià Barceló (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Jay Gan (University of California, Riverside) and Philip Hopke (University of Rochester).
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| Discipline | Environmental science |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | Damià Barceló, Jay Gan |
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| History | 1972–present |
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| Frequency | Weekly |
| Removed (2024) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Sci. Total Environ. |
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| CODEN | STENDL |
| ISSN | 0048-9697 (print) 1879-1026 (web) |
| LCCN | 72624869 |
| OCLC no. | 321079391 |
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Controversies
The October 2020 article suggesting that amulets may prevent COVID-19[1] has been met with skepticism[2] even among the listed coauthors.[3] As of November 2020, the article was under "temporary removal".[1] It was later withdrawn at the request of the authors.[4] The editor in-chief, Damià Barceló, was implicated in a €70,000 per year scheme to publish articles under the affiliation of King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.[5] Such schemes are employed to boost a university's rankings and are universally considered unethical by academics.[6][7]
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2024 impact factor of 8.0.[10] As of October 2024[update], the journal's indexation in the Science Citation Index Expanded is "on hold" and pending re-evaluation, with Web of Science citing the concerns on "the quality of the content published in this journal" as a reason for the suspension.[11][12] In November 2025, the journal was removed from the Web of Science core collection.[13][14]