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Journal of Hazardous Materials
Environmental Control, Risk Assessment, Impact and Management
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Guide for Authors
Environmental Control, Risk Assessment, Impact and Management INTRODUCTION ? Types of Paper BEFORE YOU BEGIN ? Ethics in Publishing ? Conflict of interest
? Submission declaration and verification ? Copyright
? Retained author rights ? Role of the funding source ? Funding body agreements and policies
PREPARATION ? Use of wordprocessing software
? Article structure ? Experimental ? Essential title page information ? Abstract
? Graphical abstract ? Research highlights ? Keywords ? Abbreviations
? Footnotes ? Artwork ? Tables ? References ? Video data
? Supplementary data ? Submission checklist AFTER ACCEPTANCE ? Use of the Digital Object Identifier ? Proofs ? Offprints
AUTHOR INQUIRIES
? Language and language services ? Acknowledgements ? Submission
? Nomenclature and units
The Journal of Hazardous Materials publishes full length research papers, reviews, case studies and short communications which improve our understanding of the hazards and risks certain materials pose to people and the environment or deal with ways of controlling these hazards and associated risks. The Editors particularly welcome proposals for review articles. To limit the scope the following areas are excluded: work place health & safety and non-hazardous materials waste.
The Journal publishes high-impact contributions on:
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Characterization of the harmful effects of hazardous materials
Impact assessment methods and models - acute and chronic effects of hazardous chemical releases
Risk assessment and management Pollution control processes
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Inherently safer and cleaner technologies
Treatment and disposal of solid, liquid and gaseous hazardous waste Remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater
The Journal publishes papers with significant novelty and scientific impact. The Editors reserve the right to decline, without external review, papers that do not meet these criteria, including papers that:
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Are very similar to previous publications, with changed target substrates, employed materials, analyzed sites or experimental methods,
Deal with parameter optimization of known processes without new concepts and/or interpretations,
Report the environmental analysis and monitoring of specific geographic areas without presenting new insights and/or hypothesis testing, or
Do not focus on the environmental relevance and significance of the studied systems or materials.
A 100 word (maximum) \Journal of Hazardous Materials must be provided as a separate document upon submission of your manuscript. When preparing the statement please address (a) the significance and novelty of the work, and (b) the scientific impact and interests to our readership. Papers that lack novel results will be rejected.
Types of Paper
Research papers are not to be submitted in two parts (i.e. Part I and Part II) - these must be consolidated into one manuscript.
The Editors welcome proposals for review articles. Proposals must contain the following three components for consideration: (1) brief summary of the proposed review article content, (2) brief description of the author's academic background and research areas, and (3) a list of publications related with the proposed review article topic. Please send your proposals to one of the Editors directly using the e-mail addresses available on the Journal homepage:
http://www.elsevier.com/locate/hazmat. Note that submission of review articles is by invitation only, pending approval of the proposal by the Editors.
Short Communications report the results of preliminary studies, partial research results from an ongoing study, results from studies limited in scope, or raise a critical issue or question based on such results. Short communications should follow all the basic requirements of full paper
manuscripts, but must not exceed 12 double-spaced manuscript pages including figures, tables, text and references. An abstract must be submitted with a Short Communication. Short Communications should be identified as such at the time of submission.
Letters to the Editor will undergo review. Any letters to the editors received will be circulated to all editors before a decision is made whether to publish. Authors will also be given an opportunity to respond.
To ensure conciseness, follow these maximum word count guidelines: short communication: 3,000 words; regular paper: 5,000 words; review article: 15,000 words. Cover letters must state the manuscript word count, which includes text, figures, and table legends, but not references.
Ethics in Publishing
For information on Ethics in Publishing and Ethical guidelines for journal publication see http://www.elsevier.com/publishingethics and
Conflict of interest
All authors are requested to disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest including any financial, personal or other relationships with other people or organizations within three years of beginning the submitted work that could inappropriately influence, or be perceived to influence, their work. See also
Submission declaration and verification
Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, including electronically without the written consent of the copyright-holder. To verify originality, your article may be checked by the originality detection software iThenticate. See also http://www.elsevier.com/editors/plagdetect.
Copyright
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' (for more information on this and copyright see
http://www.elsevier.com/copyright).
Acceptance of the agreement will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information. An e-mail will be sent to the corresponding author confirming receipt of the manuscript together with
http://www.elsevier.com/conflictsofinterest.
http://www.elsevier.com/ethicalguidelines.