Call for Papers
- Bioavailability of Pollutants in Soils
- Catch Me If You Can: Innovative Analytical Tools for Detecting and Characterising Nanoscale Particles
- Tire Road Wear Particles – Chemistry and Impacts
- Sulphur- and Nitrogen-containing gases: emissions, oxidation, and impacts
Guest Editors:
Dave Spurgeon - UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Kees van Gestel - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Papers should at least include chemical assessment methods with a specific focus on bioavailability measurement and modelling, but could also include bioaccumulation and toxicity as measures of available exposure. Work should present studies of the biological effects of chemicals supported with appropriate chemical analysis that aims to improve the realism of the assessment of exposure.
We would welcome submissions that fall into the following set of topics:
- POPs (including PAH, PFAS, PCBs etc)
- Pesticides, Pharmaceuticals and Veterinary Medicine
- Metals including rare earth elements (REEs) and Inorganic Nanomaterials
- (Micro)plastics and chemical additives
- Mixtures of chemicals including Field Studies
All submissions should be made through the ScholarOne Submission Portal. If you require any additional information please contact the Editorial staff at Environmental Chemistry or the Guest Editors.
Submission Deadline: 30th September 2025
Guest Editors:
Prof. Dr. David Clases (University of Graz, Austria)
Dr. Mickael Tharaud (Université Paris Cité / IPGP, France)
The detection and characterization of carbon- and metal-based particles remain a pressing analytical challenge in environmental sciences. With increasing concerns about the impact of engineered and naturally occurring nano- and microparticles on ecosystems, human health, and food safety, advanced analytical techniques are essential to track their fate, transport, and interactions.
This special issue of Environmental Chemistry invites cutting-edge research on innovative analytical technologies tailored for nanoscale particle detection. We welcome contributions that push the boundaries of single particle analysis, with a particular focus on new methodologies and algorithms, improved sensitivity, and real-world applications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- State-of-the-art single particle techniques: Developments and applications of mass spectrometric and spectroscopic techniques (e.g., SP ICP-MS, single particle spectroscopy, imaging/mapping methods, new optical characterisation tools, and other emerging methods with potential for single particle detection/characterisation.
- Ensemble techniques: New directions in ensemble analyses of environmental particles.
- Particle corona: Techniques that enable to study the eco- and bio-corona and its reshaping in changing environments.
- Hyphenated techniques: Coupling of different instruments and methods (e.g., AF4-ICP-MS, LA-ICP-MS or pyrolysis-GC-MS) for the advanced characterisation of particles
- Software tools: New software tools for data processing or modelling, new statistical tools as well as automated solutions.
- Sample preparation: State-of-the-art sampling, preparation and storage protocols (incl. bio-indicative organisms, passive sampling approaches, etc).
- Advancements in environmental nanoparticle analysis: Novel approaches for detecting, quantifying, and characterizing nanoparticles in air, water, soil, and biota.
- Exposure and risk assessment: Studies evaluating human and ecological exposure to nanoscale particles in environmental and occupational settings.
- Mobility and dynamics: Investigations into the cycling, fate, behaviour, and potential risks of nanoparticles in our direct environment
- Single cell and bioanalytical applications: Techniques enabling the study of nanoparticle interactions at the cellular level, shedding light on uptake, biotransformation, spatial distribution/translocation and/or toxicity.
- Reviews and perspective papers focussing on new instrumentation, paradigm shifts and new frontiers
We encourage both methodological developments and applied studies that demonstrate the power of emerging techniques with impact for complex real-world scenarios.
Join us in shaping the future of nanoparticle analysis by contributing your latest findings to this special issue.
All submissions should be made through the ScholarOne Submission Portal. If you have any inquiries about the collection please reach out to the Guest Editors or email publishing.env@csiro.au
Submission Deadline: 1st December 2025
Guest Editors: Associate Professor Barbara Beckingham and Dr. Cassandra Rauert
This formal Call for Papers seeks cutting-edge research on the environmental chemistry of tire wear particles and their associated chemicals to provide new understanding on environmental fate and impact. Topics of interest include detection, characterization, environmental weathering and chemical exchange, and encourages interdisciplinary studies that advance understanding of chemical aspects of tire particle ecotoxicology, fate, transport and removal under environmental conditions. Article types include research papers, reviews, concepts and perspectives. Please contact the co-editors for this collection with interest or inquiries.
All authors contributing to the collection are given free access to non-open access content of the issue in perpetuity. We will also be able to offer a 50% discount for open access publishing – please contact co-editors of the collection for more information about this offer. Please note, most Australian and New Zealand authors will enjoy Open Access publication at no cost to their research budget through Read and Publish agreements in place between CSIRO Publishing and Australian/NZ institutions. More Information: Read and Publish Information.
Submission Deadline: 31st May 2025
Guest Editors:
- Prof Guoliang Shi, Nankai University
- Dr Feng wang, Tianjin University of Technology
- Prof. Zongbo Shi, University of Birmingham
Sulphur and nitrogen containing gases are emitted from both natural and anthropogenic sources. Gas-phase oxidative chemistry of these species is central to secondary aerosol production. Understanding the emission and oxidation of sulphur and nitrogen species, both in urban and remote atmosphere, and their role in the atmospheric chemistry is important in improving models for predicting the impacts of sulphur and nitrogen emissions in a changing atmosphere.
There has been substantial progress in the sulphur and nitrogen chemistry, from theoretical and modelling studies to field and laboratory experiments. In the meantime, there are still huge uncertainties in our understanding of the emission flux and fundamental chemistry of sulphur and nitrogen species in the atmosphere.
This special issue aims to capture our rapidly evolving understanding of this research field:
- The emission of sulphur and nitrogen containing gases, particularly from the natural sources.
- The oxidation pathways in a variety of environments, from highly polluted urban, to continental background, and marine and polar atmosphere.
- The role of oxidised sulphur and nitrogen containing species in the formation of new particles and growth of both new and primary particles.
- Changing inorganic aerosol composition, including in response from policies and climate change
- The impacts of the sulfate, nitrate, and sulphur- and nitrogen-containing organic species on human health, the environment, clouds and the climate.
Authors interested in participating are encouraged to submit their manuscripts to the ScholarOne Submission Portal according to the outlined scope.
Submission deadline: 30th March 2026
