International Journal of Environmental Impacts

The Journal provides an international forum to discuss the numerous environmental problems present in modern society and their impacts, taking into account scientific, economic and social issues. One important consideration is the way in which they affect the search for sustainability.

The Journal encourages interdisciplinary communication on all issues related to environmental impacts. There is a need to bridge the gap between the broad spectrum of economic and socio-political disciplines and specialists in engineering and physical, biological, environmental and health sciences, amongst others.

The publication discusses whether some forms of development are compatible with environmental protection, particularly in cases of possible serious contamination and toxicity. The management of air, water and soil contamination is one of the most challenging issues facing the international community.

Waste Management is one of the key problems of modern society due to the ever-expanding volume and complexity of discarded domestic and industrial products. A major cause of concern are the impacts of waste on health and the environment.

Contributions related to case studies allow learning from past failures, to avoid repeating similar mistakes, while attempting to prevent emerging threats to environmental and ecological systems.

The Journal provides a platform for researchers and professionals involved in Environmental Impact to exchange knowledge and gain an insight into the state of the art in the current technologies, methodologies and solutions in environmental impact management as they are being developed and applied in different regions around the world. Authors include a wide variety of stakeholders from research and academia, to professionals in the industry, as well as government organisations.

Papers on the following topics, in accordance with the aims and objectives of the journal, are welcome:

Environmental policies and planning
Environmental assessment
Development issues
Sustainable development studies
Environmental economics
Social impact
Policies and legislation
Public engagement
Communications issues
Extreme events risk studies
Climate change impact
Emergency preparedness
Flood risk studies
Ecosystem modelling
GIS and remote sensing applications
Energy and the environment
Food production and policies
Solutions for nature
Soil contamination
Industrial waste management
Hazardous waste
Agricultural waste
Waste management
Water contamination
Fresh and marine water quality
Industrial water pollution
Safety and security
Air pollution
Air pollution mitigation
Industrial air pollution
Transportation impacts
Toxicity studies
Pollution and public health
Environmental health risk
Water, sanitation and health
Remediation
Recovery and resilience
Case studies

The International Journal of Environmental Impacts will be published as 4 issues per year. Each issue is available in both print and electronic formats.

Print ISSN: 2398-2640
Electronic ISSN: 2398-2659

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In order to be acceptable for publication submissions must make a new contribution to the scientific community.

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Open Access Policy

All articles published in this journal are immediately Open Access and are published under either the WIT Press Open Access Publishing Agreement or the Creative Commons License CC BY 4.0.

Open Access Publishing Agreement Content:
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Reuse: These papers will be freely available, without charge, for users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, link to the full text, or use for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author as long as the author/copyright holder is attributed. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access. We encourage users to include links to the published WIT Press version of the Work, including the Digital Object Identifier (DOI).

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Article Publishing Charge

WIT Press is committed to the free flow of information to the international scientific community. To provide this service, the Journal requires a publication fee for each paper published.

The fee for this Journal is US$950 per published article of up to 15 pages (including references and tables) and is payable upon acceptance. Overly long articles, if accepted under peer review, may be subject to an additional US$65 per extra page.

Author Benefits

The benefits of publishing in this journal include:

Worldwide visibility and dissemination of your paper via our distribution network
Rapid publication times
High production values associated with a leading specialist publisher
Full-colour publication in both print and digital format
A commitment to permanent digital archiving
An efficient and constructive peer review process
All abstracts and papers freely accessible online

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