Environmental Chemistry Letters

Environmental Chemistry Letters is a hybrid multidisciplinary environmental science journal founded in 2003 by the European Association of Chemistry and the Environment and published by Springer, covering the interfaces of geology, chemistry, physics and biology in natural and engineered environments, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 25.2《环境化学快报》（Environmental Chemistry Letters）是由欧洲化学与环境学会（European Association of Chemistry and the Environment）于 2003 年创办、施普林格（Springer）出版的混合型多学科环境科学期刊，涵盖自然与人工环境中地质学、化学、物理学与生物学的交叉领域，2025 年影响因子为 25.2。

Scope

• It covers the interfaces of geology, chemistry, physics and biology, and its articles are important to the study of natural and engineered environments该刊覆盖地质学、化学、物理学与生物学的交叉领域，其文章对自然与人工环境的研究具有重要意义。
• It publishes original and review articles on the characterization of natural and affected environments该刊刊载关于自然与被影响环境表征的原创论文与综述。
• Topics include the behavior, prevention, treatment and control of mineral, organic and radioactive pollutants选题包括矿物、有机与放射性污染物的行为、预防、处理与控制。^[1]
• It covers interfacial studies involving media such as soil, sediment, water, air, organisms and food该刊涵盖涉及土壤、沉积物、水体、空气、生物与食品等介质的界面研究。
• It addresses green chemistry, environmentally friendly synthetic pathways and alternative fuels该刊关注绿色化学、环境友好的合成路线与替代燃料。
• It covers ecotoxicology and risk assessment, environmental processes and modelling该刊涵盖生态毒理学与风险评估、环境过程与建模。
• It deals with environmental technologies, remediation and control, analytical chemistry and biomolecular tools and tracers该刊涉及环境技术、修复与控制、环境分析化学以及生物分子工具与示踪剂。

History

• It was founded in 2003 by the European Association of Chemistry and the Environment, a society established by Eric Lichtfouse in 2000该刊由欧洲化学与环境学会（European Association of Chemistry and the Environment，ACE）于 2003 年创办，该学会由 Eric Lichtfouse 于 2000 年创立。
• Its first volume appeared in 2003, and it has remained affiliated with the European Association of Chemistry and the Environment其第 1 卷于 2003 年出版，至今仍与欧洲化学与环境学会保持合作。
• It is published by Springer (Springer Basel AG) and is distributed online through Springer Nature Link该刊由施普林格（Springer）出版，并通过 Springer Nature 平台在线发行。
• It has become one of the most cited journals in environmental chemistry, its impact factor rising from 9.027 in 2021 to 20.4 in 2024 and 25.2 in 2025该刊已成为环境化学领域被引最多的期刊之一，其影响因子从 2021 年的 9.027 升至 2024 年的 20.4，并于 2025 年达到 25.2。
• It is published bimonthly, with six issues per year under a hybrid access model该刊按双月刊出版，每年 6 期，采用混合获取模式。

Editors

• The chief editors are Eric Lichtfouse, Jie Han, Didier Robert and Jan Schwarzbauer现任主编为 Eric Lichtfouse、Jie Han、Didier Robert 与 Jan Schwarzbauer。
• Eric Lichtfouse, based at Xi'an Jiaotong University in China, was the founding editor of the journal就职于中国西安交通大学的 Eric Lichtfouse 是该刊的创刊主编。
• Jie Han works at the Institute of Global Environmental Change at Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityJie Han 就职于西安交通大学全球环境变化研究院。
• Didier Robert is at the Universite de Lorraine in France, and Jan Schwarzbauer is at RWTH Aachen University in GermanyDidier Robert 任职于法国洛林大学，Jan Schwarzbauer 任职于德国亚琛工业大学。
• The editorial board draws associate editors from China, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, India, Australia and other countries编辑委员会汇集了来自中国、法国、德国、英国、印度、澳大利亚等国的副编辑。
• The median time from submission to first decision is 2 days, and the journal recorded 2.4 million downloads in 2025从投稿到初审决定的中位时间为 2 天，该刊 2025 年的下载量达 240 万次。