Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology is a Springer journal, the continuation of Residue Reviews, published in book-series form from 1962 and in journal format since 2022, publishing critical reviews on contaminant sources, fate and effects, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 8.3 and a first quartile rank of 8 of 106 in toxicology《环境污染与毒理学评论》（Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology）是（Springer）出版的期刊，前身为（Residue Reviews），1962 年起以丛书形式出版，2022 年起改为期刊形式，刊载污染物来源、归趋与效应的评论，2025 年影响因子为 8.3，在毒理学类 106 种期刊中列第 8 位，居第一四分位。

Scope

• The journal publishes reviews pertaining to the sources, transport, fate and effects of contaminants in the environment该刊刊载关于环境中污染物来源、迁移、归趋与效应的评论。
• It provides critical reviews of current knowledge and understanding in environmental sciences to give insight into contaminant pathways and behaviour该刊对当前环境科学的知识与认识作批判性评述，以揭示污染物路径与行为。
• Contributions come from analytical chemistry, biochemistry, biology, ecology, molecular and cellular biology in an environmental context来稿来自环境语境下的分析化学、生物化学、生物学、生态学及分子与细胞生物学。
• Human, wildlife and environmental toxicology are covered, together with the consequences of contaminant presence in environmental compartments该刊覆盖人体毒理学、野生生物毒理学与环境毒理学，以及污染物在各环境介质中存在所导致的后果。
• Submissions are considered where a strong link to the receiving environment or the identification of emerging contaminants of concern exists凡与受纳环境有明确关联，或能识别出值得关注的新兴污染物的来稿均在考虑之列。
• The journal publishes review-format papers, including critical reviews and bibliometric analyses of research fields该刊只刊载评述体裁的论文，包括批判性综述与领域文献计量分析。
• It follows a hybrid publishing model, allowing authors to make their reviews openly accessible on payment of a charge该刊采用混合出版模式，作者可付费使评论文章开放获取。

History

• The series began in 1962 as Residue Reviews, subtitled residues of pesticides and other contaminants in the total environment, edited by Francis A. Gunther and Jane Davies Gunther该系列 1962 年以（Residue Reviews）起步，副题涉及农药及其他污染物在整体环境中的残留，由（Francis A. Gunther）与（Jane Davies Gunther）主编。
• The title was changed to Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology in 1987, continuing from volume 98 of the earlier series1987 年更名为（Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology），自原系列第 98 卷起延续。
• It was published by Springer of New York as a numbered book series, with volumes issued as hardcover and softcover books该刊由纽约的（Springer）以编号丛书形式出版，各卷以精装与平装图书发行。
• Pim de Voogt of the University of Amsterdam served as series editor during the book-series period丛书时期由（University of Amsterdam）的（Pim de Voogt）担任丛书主编。
• The title was converted to journal format in 2022, after the last book-series volume appeared in 20212021 年出版该丛书最后一卷后，该刊于 2022 年转为期刊形式。
• Its Journal Impact Factor reached 8.3 in 2025, ranking eighth among 106 journals in toxicology and 50th among 395 in environmental sciences该刊 2025 年影响因子为 8.3，在毒理学类 106 种期刊中列第 8 位，在环境科学类 395 种期刊中列第 50 位。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Huan Zhong, who leads the journal in its current journal format现任主编为（Huan Zhong），主持该刊转为期刊形式后的编辑工作。
• Earlier the series was led by Francis A. Gunther, founding editor of Residue Reviews, and later by Pim de Voogt更早时期该刊由（Residue Reviews）创刊主编（Francis A. Gunther）主持，其后由（Pim de Voogt）主持。
• The editorial board brings together environmental chemists, ecotoxicologists and analytical scientists from several countries编委会汇集来自多个国家的环境化学家、生态毒理学家与分析科学家。
• Because the journal publishes reviews only, editors work with authors on structuring critical syntheses rather than reporting new primary data由于该刊只刊载评述，编辑与作者共同商定批判性综述的架构，而非报道新的原始数据。
• The publisher reports a median time of eight days from submission to first decision for the journal出版方公布该刊自投稿至首次决定的中位时间为 8 天。
• Manuscripts are submitted through the publisher's online system and are peer reviewed, with open access available under the hybrid model稿件经出版方在线系统提交并实行同行评审，可在混合模式下选择开放获取。