Science of the Total Environment
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| Discipline | Environmental science |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | Damià Barceló, Jay Gan |
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| History | 1972–present |
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| Removed (2024) | |
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| ISO 4 | Sci. Total Environ. |
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| CODEN | STENDL |
| ISSN | 0048-9697 (print) 1879-1026 (web) |
| LCCN | 72624869 |
| OCLC no. | 321079391 |
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Science of the Total Environment is a weekly international peer-reviewed scientific journal covering environmental science. It was established in 1972 and is published by Elsevier. The editors-in-chief are Damià Barceló (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Jay Gan (University of California, Riverside) and Philip Hopke (University of Rochester).
Controversies
The October 2020 article suggesting that amulets may prevent COVID-19[1] has been met with skepticism[2] even among the listed coauthors.[3] As of November 2020, the article was under "temporary removal".[1] It was later withdrawn at the request of the authors.[4] The editor in-chief, Damià Barceló, was implicated in a €70,000 per year scheme to publish articles under the affiliation of King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.[5] Such schemes are employed to boost a university's rankings and are universally considered unethical by academics.[6][7]
Abstracting and indexing
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According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2024 impact factor of 8.0.[10] As of October 2024[update], the journal's indexation in the Science Citation Index Expanded is "on hold" and pending re-evaluation, with Web of Science citing the concerns on "the quality of the content published in this journal" as a reason for the suspension.[11][12] In November 2025, the journal was removed from the Web of Science core collection.[13][14]
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bility, Moses Turkle; et al. (8 October 2020). "Can Traditional Chinese Medicine provide insights into controlling the COVID-19 pandemic: Serpentinization-induced lithospheric long-wavelength magnetic anomalies in Proterozoic bedrocks in a weakened geomagnetic field mediate the aberrant transformation of biogenic molecules in COVID-19 via magnetic catalysis". Science of the Total Environment 142830. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142830. PMC 7543923. PMID 33071142. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. (Retracted, see Script error: No such module "CS1 identifiers"., Script error: No such module "CS1 identifiers"., Retraction Watch)
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Shawna Williams (4 November 2020). "Paper Proposing COVID-19, Magnetism Link to Be Retracted". The Scientist. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ivan Oransky (16 November 2020). "Co-authors of paper on COVID-19 and jade amulets blame 'the online press' and social media for misinterpretation in retraction letter". Retraction Watch. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Schelp, Diogo (January 7, 2021). "Para não espalhar bobagens no zap: 10 estudos desacreditados sobre covid-19". Universo Online (in português do Brasil). Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ansede, Manuel (2023-04-18). "Saudi Arabia pays Spanish scientists to pump up global university rankings". EL PAÍS English. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."SIRIS Academic - Full International Edition (2014-22): The affiliation game of Saudi Arabian higher education & research institutions". www.sirisacademic.com. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bachelet, Vivienne C. (2019-09-26). "What's in a name? How false author affiliations are damaging academic research". Impact of Social Sciences. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Content/Database Overview - Compendex Source List". Engineering Village. Elsevier. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Science of the Total Environment". 2024 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kincaid, Ellie (October 24, 2024). "eLife latest in string of major journals put on hold from Web of Science". retractionwatch.com. Retraction Watch. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Web of Science Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."News - Science of the Total Environment | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier". www.sciencedirect.com. Retrieved 2025-11-25.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ansede, Manuel (2025-11-28). "The fall of a prolific science journal exposes the billion-dollar profits of scientific publishing". EL PAÍS English. Retrieved 2025-12-08.
