Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Particle and Fibre Toxicology is a peer-reviewed, fully open access, online journal covering the toxicological effects of particles and fibres, published by BioMed Central, part of Springer Nature, since 2004, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 10.6 and a Q1 rank in toxicology《颗粒与纤维毒理学》（Particle and Fibre Toxicology）是一本同行评审、完全开放获取的在线期刊，专注颗粒与纤维的毒理学效应，自 2004 年起由施普林格·自然旗下的（BioMed Central）出版，2025 年期刊影响因子为 10.6，居毒理学领域 Q1。

Scope

• The journal provides a single, identifiable outlet and a forum for scientific debate and communication among toxicologists as well as scientists from other disciplines that produce and develop particle and fibre materials, including material sciences, biomaterials and nanomedicine该刊为毒理学界以及材料科学、生物材料与纳米医学等其他颗粒与纤维材料研发领域的科学工作者提供了统一且可识别的发表平台，并充当科学辩论与交流的论坛。
• It is a multi-disciplinary journal focused on the physico-chemistry of particles, the possibilities for human exposure and biological outcomes, and regulatory issues in the workplace and the general environment该刊是一门多学科期刊，聚焦颗粒的物理化学性质、人体暴露的可能性与生物学结局，以及职场与一般环境中的监管问题。
• Toxicologically important scenarios covered include the manufacture or use of classical industrial products such as pigments and vitreous fibres, dust from mining and quarrying, general anthropogenic sources such as PM10, cigarette smoke, biomass and liquid fuel combustion, and nanomaterials engineered for special purposes including drug delivery and imaging其涵盖的毒理学重要场景包括颜料与玻璃纤维等经典工业产品的生产或使用、采矿与采石产生的粉尘、可吸入颗粒物（PM10）与香烟烟雾、生物质及液体燃料燃烧等一般人为来源，以及为药物递送与成像等特殊目的设计的纳米材料。
• The journal also considers papers from adjacent fields such as exposure sciences, including dosimetry, biodistribution and register-based epidemiological studies该刊亦考虑来自邻近领域的论文，如暴露科学，涵盖剂量学、生物分布以及基于登记数据的流行病学研究。
• Submission of experimental papers primarily dealing with omics data or single dose studies is not encouraged该刊不鼓励投稿主要涉及组学数据或单次给药实验的研究论文。
• According to its founding editorial, the journal was launched to fill the gap for a single multi-disciplinary journal covering all research relevant to particle and fibre toxicology, from hygiene studies and particle characterisation to animal, cell and human toxicology, dosimetry and modelling据创刊社论所述，该刊的创办旨在填补空白，成为唯一涵盖颗粒与纤维毒理学全部相关研究的多学科期刊，研究范围从卫生学调查与颗粒表征，到动物、细胞与人体毒理学、剂量学及建模。
• It is a fully open access journal, articles are published under a CC BY-NC-ND or CC BY licence, and the article processing charge is 2990 GBP, 4290 USD or 3390 EUR该刊为完全开放获取期刊，论文以（CC BY-NC-ND）或（CC BY）许可发表，文章处理费为 2990 英镑、4290 美元或 3390 欧元。

History

• The journal was established in 2004, and its first volume appeared in December 2004该刊创办于 2004 年，第 1 卷于 2004 年 12 月出版。
• The launch editorial, Particle and Fibre Toxicology, a new journal to meet a real need, was written by founding editors Ken Donaldson and Paul Borm题为（Particle and Fibre Toxicology, a new journal to meet a real need）的创刊社论由创始编辑（Ken Donaldson）与（Paul Borm）撰写。
• The founding editorial notes that the discipline stretches from Agricola and Paracelsus in the 15th and 16th centuries to 21st-century challenges such as nanoparticles, nanotubes and particulate matter创刊社论指出，该学科从 15 至 16 世纪的（Agricola）与（Paracelsus），延伸到纳米颗粒、纳米管与颗粒物等 21 世纪挑战。
• The journal has been published by BioMed Central since its launch and now appears on the Springer Nature Link platform, releasing one volume per year该刊自创刊起一直由（BioMed Central）出版，现发布于（Springer Nature Link）平台，每年出版一卷。
• Its Journal Impact Factor was 9.4 in 2021, 9.112 in 2022, 8.2 in 2024 and 10.6 in 2025, with a five-year Journal Impact Factor of 11.6其影响因子 2021 年为 9.4，2022 年为 9.112，2024 年为 8.2，2025 年为 10.6，五年影响因子为 11.6。
• The journal is abstracted and indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, MEDLINE, Scopus, DOAJ, EMBASE and PubMed Central, and its articles were downloaded 1.2 million times in 2025该刊被（SCIE）、（MEDLINE）、（Scopus）、（DOAJ）、（EMBASE）与（PubMed Central）等数据库收录，2025 年论文下载量达 120 万次。

Editors

• Aaron Erdely of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in Washington, United States, is editor-in-chief, serving in a personal capacity主编为美国（National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health）的（Aaron Erdely），其以个人身份履职。
• Flemming R Cassee of the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment in De Bilt, the Netherlands, is deputy editor副主编为荷兰（National Institute for Public Health and the Environment）的（Flemming R Cassee）。
• Associate editors include James C Bonner of North Carolina State University, Luisa Campagnolo of the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Martin Clift of Swansea University and Eliane El Hayek of the University of New Mexico副编辑包括（North Carolina State University）的（James C Bonner）、（University of Rome Tor Vergata）的（Luisa Campagnolo）、（Swansea University）的（Martin Clift）与（University of New Mexico）的（Eliane El Hayek）。
• Further associate editors are Aimen Farraj of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Huan Meng of the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology in Beijing, Timothy R Nurkiewicz of West Virginia University and Craig Poland of the Institute of Occupational Medicine in Edinburgh其他副编辑包括美国（United States Environmental Protection Agency）的（Aimen Farraj）、北京（National Center for Nanoscience and Technology）的（Huan Meng）、（West Virginia University）的（Timothy R Nurkiewicz）与爱丁堡（Institute of Occupational Medicine）的（Craig Poland）。
• Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser of the Adolphe Merkle Institute at the University of Fribourg, Roel Schins of the Leibniz Institute of Environmental Medicine in Düsseldorf and Ulla Vogel of the National Research Centre for the Working Environment in Copenhagen complete the associate editorial team弗里堡大学（Adolphe Merkle Institute）的（Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser）、杜塞尔多夫（Leibniz Institute of Environmental Medicine）的（Roel Schins）与哥本哈根（National Research Centre for the Working Environment）的（Ulla Vogel）亦为副编辑。
• The editorial board includes Diana Boraschi of the National Research Council of Italy, Chunying Chen of the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology in Beijing, Philip Demokritou of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Silvia Diabate of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology编委会成员包括意大利（National Research Council）的（Diana Boraschi）、北京（National Center for Nanoscience and Technology）的（Chunying Chen）、（Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health）的（Philip Demokritou）与（Karlsruhe Institute of Technology）的（Silvia Diabate）。
• The median time from submission to first decision is 10 days投稿至首次决定的中位时间为 10 天。