environmental-pollution
Environmental Pollution (environmental-pollution)
Journal positioning
Environmental Pollution is the Elsevier journal for environmental contamination and its effects — the sources, fate, transport, and ecological and health impacts of pollutants across air, water, soil, and biota, including emerging contaminants, microplastics, metals, and persistent organics. Its defining expectation is rigorous evidence of pollutant impact, not mere detection: a study that quantifies a contaminant with sound measurement and controls and connects it to fate, transport, exposure, or an ecological/health effect. A "we detected X in Y" survey with no impact, mechanism, or fate insight — and no quantification beyond presence — is a weak fit. This skill is a fit / venue-selection / re-framing tool. It does not replace the journal's current author guidelines. Before submitting, re-check the live Environmental Pollution submission guidance.