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). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 10.753.[1]
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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Frequency | Weekly |
10.753 (2021) | |
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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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The October 2020 article suggesting that amulets may prevent COVID-19[2] has been met with skepticism[3] even among the listed coauthors.[4] As of November 2020, the article was under "temporary removal".[2] It was later withdrawn at the request of the authors.[5] The editor in-chief, Damià Barceló, was implicated in a €70,000 per year scheme to publish articles under the affiliation of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. [6] Such schemes are employed to boost a university's rankings and are considered unethical by academics.[7] [8]