Science of the Total Environment

Science of the Total Environment
DisciplineEnvironmental science
LanguageEnglish
Edited byDamià Barceló, Jay Gan
Publication details
History1972–present
Publisher
FrequencyWeekly
8.2 (2023)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Sci. Total Environ.
Indexing
CODENSTENDL
ISSN0048-9697 (print)
1879-1026 (web)
LCCN72624869
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even among the listed coauthors.[3] As of November 2020, the article was under "temporary removal".[1] It was later withdrawn at the request of the authors.[4] The editor in-chief, Damià Barceló, was implicated in a €70,000 per year scheme to publish articles under the affiliation of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 considered unethical by academics.[6][7]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 8.2.[10] As of October 2024, 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]

References

  1. ^ a b 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 doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142830, PMID 33071142,  Retraction Watch)
  2. ^ Shawna Williams (4 November 2020). "Paper Proposing COVID-19, Magnetism Link to Be Retracted". The Scientist. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Schelp, Diogo (January 7, 2021). "Para não espalhar bobagens no zap: 10 estudos desacreditados sobre covid-19". Universo Online (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  5. ^ Ansede, Manuel (2023-04-18). "Saudi Arabia pays Spanish scientists to pump up global university rankings". EL PAÍS English. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  6. ^ "SIRIS Academic - Full International Edition (2014-22): The affiliation game of Saudi Arabian higher education & research institutions". www.sirisacademic.com. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ a b c d e f "Science of the Total Environment". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals. University of Barcelona. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
  9. ^ "Content/Database Overview - Compendex Source List". Engineering Village. Elsevier. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
  10. ^ "Science of the Total Environment". 2023 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2024.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "Web of Science Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate. Retrieved November 13, 2024.