Toxics

Toxics is a monthly open access journal published by MDPI since 2013, covering the exposure, effects and risks of chemicals and materials in humans and the environment, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 4.9.《毒物》（Toxics）由（MDPI）出版，2013 年创刊，为月刊与完全开放获取期刊，刊载化学品与材料在人体和环境中的暴露、效应与风险研究，2025 年期刊影响因子为 4.9。

Scope

• The occurrence, transport and fate of chemicals and materials in food, air, water and soil.化学品与材料在食品、空气、水体与土壤中的赋存、迁移与归趋。
• Human and environmental exposure, including modelling and measurement in water, air, soil, food and consumer products.人体与环境暴露，包括在水、空气、土壤、食品与消费品中的模拟与实测。
• Uptake, metabolism and effects studied in in-vitro assays, aquatic and terrestrial organisms, model mammals and humans.在体外试验、水生与陆生生物、模式哺乳动物及人体中研究吸收、代谢与效应。
• Approaches to assess the risks that chemicals and materials pose to humans and to ecosystems.评估化学品与材料对人体及生态系统风险的方法。
• Methodologies that eliminate or reduce exposure, including toxicity reduction and environmental remediation.消除或降低暴露的方法，包括毒性削减与环境修复。
• Substance classes range from metals, pesticides, pharmaceuticals and biocides to nanomaterials and micro- and mesoplastics.研究对象涵盖金属、农药、药物、杀生物剂，以及纳米材料与微塑料、中塑料。
• Twelve sections run from emerging contaminants and air pollution to neurotoxicity, reproductive toxicity, exposome analysis and novel methods.设十二个栏目，从新污染物、空气污染延伸到神经毒性、生殖毒性、暴露组分析与毒理学新方法。

History

• MDPI launched Toxics in 2013, and volume 1 appeared in Basel that year.（MDPI）于 2013 年在巴塞尔创办《毒物》，同年出版第 1 卷。
• It has been fully open access since launch, with authors retaining copyright under a CC BY 4.0 licence.刊物自创办起即为完全开放获取，作者依（CC BY 4.0）许可保留版权。
• Twelve issues appear each year, volume 13 covering 2025 and volume 14 covering 2026.每年出版十二期，2025 年为第 13 卷，2026 年为第 14 卷。
• The article processing charge is 2600 Swiss francs per accepted paper, with discounts for institutions in MDPI's open access programme.每篇录用论文收取 2600 瑞士法郎的版面费，参加（MDPI）机构开放获取计划的作者可获折扣。
• Its Impact Factor was 4.146 in 2021 and 4.472 in 2022, then 4.1 in 2024 and 4.9 in 2025.期刊影响因子 2021 年为 4.146、2022 年为 4.472，2024 年为 4.1，2025 年为 4.9。
• It is indexed in SCIE, Scopus, PubMed, PMC, Embase, CAPlus/SciFinder and AGRIS.刊物被（SCIE）、（Scopus）、（PubMed）、（PMC）、（Embase）、（CAPlus/SciFinder）与（AGRIS）收录。

Editors

• Demetrio Raldúa of the Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research in Barcelona is Editor-in-Chief, working on fish neurotoxicology and zebrafish models.主编为巴塞罗那环境评估与水研究所（IDAEA-CSIC）的（Demetrio Raldúa），研究鱼类神经毒理学与斑马鱼模型。
• Each of the twelve sections has a Section Editor-in-Chief: Carlos Barata for ecotoxicology and Renjie Chen of Fudan University for air pollution and health among them.十二个栏目各设栏目主编，其中（Carlos Barata）负责生态毒理学，（Renjie Chen）负责空气污染与健康。
• Natalia Garcia-Reyero leads novel methods, Mingce Long of Shanghai Jiao Tong University leads remediation, Xiaojun Luo leads emerging contaminants and Youssef Sari leads drugs toxicity.（Natalia Garcia-Reyero）负责毒理学新方法，（Mingce Long）负责环境修复，（Xiaojun Luo）负责新污染物，（Youssef Sari）负责药物毒性。
• Gunnar Toft leads human toxicology and epidemiology, Yankai Xia leads reproductive and developmental toxicity, and Judith Chow, Roy Harrison and Qixing Zhou sit on the advisory board.（Gunnar Toft）负责人体毒理学与流行病学，（Yankai Xia）负责生殖与发育毒性，顾问委员会包括（Judith Chow）、（Roy Harrison）与（Qixing Zhou）。
• The median time to a first decision is 17 days, and accepted papers reach publication in 2.6 days, measured in the first half of 2026.据 2026 年上半年统计，首次决定的中位时间为 17 天，录用后 2.6 天即可发表。