ACS Environmental Au

ACS Environmental Au is a bimonthly fully open access journal published by the American Chemical Society, launched in 2021 under the online number 2694-2518, which covers environmental science, environmental technology and green chemistry and carries a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 9.6《ACS 环境金刊》（ACS Environmental Au）是由美国化学会（American Chemical Society）出版的双月刊完全开放获取期刊，2021 年创刊并以网络刊号 2694-2518 登记在册，涵盖环境科学、环境技术与绿色化学，2025 年影响因子为 9.6。

Scope

• The journal publishes experimental research and theoretical results in all aspects of environmental science and technology, both fundamental and applied该刊发表环境科学与技术各方向的基础与应用实验研究和理论成果。
• Topics include alternative energy, and anthropogenic impacts on atmosphere, soil or water主题包括替代能源，以及人类活动对大气、土壤或水体的影响。
• Biogeochemical cycling, and biomass or wastes as resources, are within scope生物地球化学循环，以及把生物质或废弃物作为资源利用，均属其范围。
• Contaminants in aquatic and terrestrial environments are covered, along with ecotoxicology and public health涵盖水环境与陆环境中的污染物，以及生态毒理学与公众健康。
• Further topics include environmental applications and implications of synthetic biology, environmental data science, and environmental justice and equality其余主题包括合成生物学的环境应用与影响、环境数据科学，以及环境正义与公平。
• The scope also reaches environmental modeling, processes and measurement methods and technologies, environmental nanotechnology and biotechnology, and green chemistry and green manufacturing and engineering范围还涉及环境建模、过程与测量方法和技术，环境纳米技术与生物技术，以及绿色化学与绿色制造工程。
• Risk assessment, regulatory frameworks and life-cycle assessments, systems engineering and quantitative sustainability, and treatment and resource recovery and waste management are included还包括风险评估、监管框架与生命周期评价，系统工程与定量可持续性，以及处理、资源回收与废物管理。
• The journal welcomes short letters, comprehensive articles, reviews and perspectives该刊欢迎短文、综合性论文、综述与观点文章。

History

• The journal opened for submissions in January 2021 as one of nine fully open access ACS Au journals该刊于 2021 年 1 月开放投稿，是九种完全开放获取的（ACS Au）系列期刊之一。
• Its inaugural issue appeared in November 2021其创刊号于 2021 年 11 月出版。^[1]
• The journal is fully open access, and articles appear under a CC BY or CC BY-NC-ND license, with an article publishing charge that may be covered by an institutional read and publish agreement该刊为完全开放获取期刊，文章以（CC BY）或（CC BY-NC-ND）许可发表，文章处理费可由机构的阅读与出版协议承担。
• It is published by the American Chemical Society and issued online only, carrying the single number 2694-2518 without a separate print number该刊由美国化学会（American Chemical Society）出版，仅以电子版发行，只有单一刊号 2694-2518 而无独立纸本号。
• Publication is bimonthly, with six issues a year出版周期为双月刊，每年 6 期。
• It is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, Scopus, PubMed Central, DOAJ, Chemical Abstracts Service and Portico该刊被（Emerging Sources Citation Index）、（Scopus）、（PubMed Central）、（DOAJ）、（Chemical Abstracts Service）与（Portico）收录。
• The DOI registry counts 330 deposited articles, and its impact factor moved from 7.7 in 2024 to 9.6 in 2025（DOI）注册机构计得 330 篇已登记论文，其影响因子由 2024 年的 7.7 变为 2025 年的 9.6。

Editors

• Shelley D. Minteer is editor-in-chief, and she leads the Kummer Institute Center for Resource Sustainability at Missouri University of Science and Technology（Shelley D. Minteer）任主编，主持（Missouri University of Science and Technology）的（Kummer Institute Center for Resource Sustainability）。
• Xiang-Dong Li of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University is deputy editor（Xiang-Dong Li）任副主编，任职于香港理工大学（Hong Kong Polytechnic University）。
• Xing-Fang Li of the University of Alberta joined the editorial team in January 2025（University of Alberta）的（Xing-Fang Li）于 2025 年 1 月加入编辑团队。
• The inaugural editorial records an editorial advisory board drawn from many countries, including Beate I. Escher of the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Germany, Thomas Hofstetter of Eawag in Switzerland and Meagan Mauter of Stanford University in the United States创刊号编者按记载了来自多国的编辑顾问委员会，包括（Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research）（德国）的（Beate I. Escher）、（Eawag）（瑞士）的（Thomas Hofstetter）与（Stanford University）（美国）的（Meagan Mauter）。
• Peer review is handled with median times of 43.4 days to first peer review decision, 95.3 days to acceptance and 12 days from acceptance to ASAP publication同行评审的中位用时为初审决定 43.4 天、录用 95.3 天，以及录用到（ASAP）在线发表 12 天。
• The journal belongs to the ACS Au family of nine fully open access journals launched together in 2021该刊属于 2021 年同期推出的九种完全开放获取（ACS Au）系列期刊。