Environmental Health
A section of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).
Section Information
Environmental health is a transdisciplinary field that includes the interaction of environmental factors with biological systems. This field focuses on the relationships between humans and their environment, both natural and built, addressing factors that may influence health outcomes. The Environmental Health section emphasizes public health promotion through the timely publication and dissemination of novel discoveries on the impact of environmental stressors on human health. We welcome submissions of manuscripts that highlight fundamental and/or applied research on environmentally induced human diseases. The goal of environmental health is to prevent and control disease, injury, and other health conditions that may result from exposure to environmental hazards. Manuscripts that focus solely on clinical studies are deferred to other sections of the journal. We publish regular research papers, short communications, and reviews, including systematic reviews on relevant topics of environmental health and comprehensive reviews on emerging technologies. Special Issues focus on new and emerging areas of environmental health sciences. We encourage transdisciplinary approaches to environmental public health. There is no restriction on the length of the papers submitted to or published by the journal. Experimental approaches should be sufficiently detailed so that the results can be reproduced.
Keywords and Focus
- Human health risk assessment
- Innovative tools and novel analytical, statistical, and computational methods to assess environmental and exposome effects on health
- Management of natural and anthropogenic hazards
- Emergency management of natural and man-made disasters
- Chemical substances and harmful radiation
- Emerging environmental health hazards
- Environmental control and mitigation of vector-borne diseases
- Mechanisms of environmental diseases (epigenetics, genomics, biomarkers, bioinformatics, and molecular modelling)
- Built and psychosocial environments
- Urban and rural environments
- Environmental justice
- Global climate change and planetary health
- Occupational safety and injury prevention
Editorial Board
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Correctional Workplace Health, Safety, and Well-Being: Evidence-Based Interventions for Health Promotion (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Cancer Risks of Industrial Metal Pollution (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Global Environmental Changes, Pathogens Spread and Influences on Infectious Diseases (Deadline: 1 May 2024)
- Global Climate Change and Public Health (Deadline: 1 May 2024)
- 2nd Edition: The Psychological Impacts of Global Climate Change (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Occurrence and Toxicity of Environmental Pollutants (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Noise and Sleep: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Recent Advances in Research on Air Pollution and Health Effects (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- The Intersection of Nursing Education, Public Health and Climate Change (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Second Edition: Effects of Plant-Based Diets on Human Health and the Environment (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Health Risk Assessment of Environment and Medical Radiation (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- New Developments and Challenges in Chemical Risk Assessment for Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Research on Environmental Exposure, Pollution, and Epidemiology (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Urban Environmental Health: The Resilience of Urban Systems to Risk (Deadline: 10 July 2024)
- Sustainable Work Environment and Occupational Well-Being (Deadline: 20 July 2024)
- Environmental Injustice and COVID-19: Challenges and Recommendations (Deadline: 30 July 2024)
- Educating for Environmental, Social and Economic Health: The Role of Education for Sustainable Development (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Health Effects of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS): What Can Be Learned from Human and Experimental Studies? (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Control Strategies toward the Mitigation of Public Transport Exposure Risk (Deadline: 1 August 2024)
- The Impact of Extreme Weather and Climate on Human Health (Deadline: 20 August 2024)
- The Impact of Health-Promoting Built Environments on Public Health (Deadline: 15 September 2024)
- Built Environment and Public Health: Land Use, Neighborhoods, and Housing (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Epidemiological Research on Air Pollution Exposure (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Environmental and Occupational Health: Exposure to Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) and Gases (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Relationship between Environmental Risk Factors and Cancer (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- A Means of Promoting the Health Benefits Derived from the Forest Environment to the General Public (Deadline: 1 October 2024)
- The Role of Environmental Aspects in the Maintenance of Human Health (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Workplace Health, Safety and Wellbeing of People in Construction (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Road Traffic Risk Assessment: Control and Prevention of Collisions (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Health Risks of Exposure to Polluted Air in Workplaces (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Prenatal Exposure to Environmental Pollutants and Other Stressors: Impacts on Fetal Development, Birth Outcomes, Children’s Health and Beyond (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Respiratory Health Effects of Environmental and Occupational Exposures (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Healthy Spaces, Healthy Lives: Analyzing the Role of Built Environment on Human Health (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Health Impacts Associated with Dietary Exposure to Chemical Contaminants and Residues (Deadline: 15 February 2025)
- Healthy and Resilient Cities: Urban Spatial Planning, Design and Governance (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Community Response to Environmental Noise (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
Topical Collection
Following topical collection within this section is currently open for submissions:
