Collections and calls for papers

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Advances in Urban Global Environmental Challenges

This topical collection will publish research within the realm of urban environmental problems that aims to enhance the knowledge of the scientific community but also provide valuable information that can be...

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Open

Submission deadline

Ongoing

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Agroecological Crop, Weed and Pest Management

The EU Green Deal aims to the reduction of the use and risk of chemical pesticides by 50% by 2030 while globally there is a need for a more environmentally friendly and sustainable crop, pest and weed manage...

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Open

Submission deadline

30 June 2024

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Air Quality, Emissions Inventory, Monitoring and Modelling

High concentrations of air pollutants pose a major risk to human health and the ecosystem. To curb these effects it is imperative to develop adequate emissions inventory of air pollutant to support air quali...

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Closed

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Applied Engineering to Mitigate the Impacts of Climate Change on the Built and Natural Environments

The built environment comprises buildings, roads, rails, bridges, tunnels and all structures and systems designed to live, work, and travel. The built environment is an asset of great value that must be pres...

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Open

Submission deadline

30 June 2024

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Assessment of surface water and groundwater resources and associated health risks across the globe

This Topical collection on “Assessment of surface water and groundwater resources and associated health risks across the globe” invites papers highlighting the status of surface and sub-surface water quality...

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Closed

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Bio/processes for Sustainable Environment & Energy

The proposed special issue entitled Bio/processes for Sustainable Environment and Energy will be based on the papers presented in the 2nd International Conference on Bioprocess for Sustainable Environment an...

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Closed

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Bioremediation: Recent Developments and Future Perspectives

Soil and water pollution throughout the globe are increasing at rapid rate, posing serious threat for ecosystem. There is strong need to find ways to control this pollution rate and one of the ecofriendly ap...

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Open

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Ongoing

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Birth of Chemistry 250th Anniversary Collection: Priestley’s Gases-of-Life in Modern Biosphere Science

Next year, 2024, is the 250th anniversary of the report by Joseph Priestley of his discovery of ‘dephlogisticated air’ on “Oxygen Day” August 1st, 1774, in his diary. This is now described by historians of s...

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Open

Submission deadline

30 June 2024

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Calcium Carbonate Accumulation in Soils: Features, Genesis, Classification and Significance

It is well known that pedogenic carbonates are not uncommon at the base of some soils, especially in arid or semiarid climates. In fact, using binocular lenses, optical microscopy, and SEM, it is possible to...

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Open

Submission deadline

31 December 2024

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Digital Transformation and Sustainable Growth

Digital transformation is a need sought to be fulfilled by most organizations that want to be competitive. It is no longer an inside tactic for reforming organizations. Information technology contributes to ...

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Open

Submission deadline

31 July 2024

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Earth Surface Monitoring Using Remote Sensing Data and Artificial Intelligence

Recent advances in remote sensing technology allow rigorous monitoring of ground deformation and environment both in time and space. Thanks to artificial intelligence techniques and data processing platforms...

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Open

Submission deadline

31 December 2024

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Emerging Environmental Pollutants in Water: Prioritization Advancement

Ongoing advances in field chemical manufacturing and application results to continuous discovery and production of new chemicals, realisation of new applications, and advancing analytical capability. Consequ...

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Closed

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Emerging Pollutants in Soil and Wastes

The already limited natural resources in the environment are under extreme pressure from the growing world population. Industry, agricultural output, urban living, and other factors all create a lot of organ...

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Open

Submission deadline

30 June 2024

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Energy and Environmental Issues 2018

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Closed

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Engineering Geosciences, Geotechnics and Functional Geomaterials: New Trends on GIS Mapping, Geotechnologies and Design with Geohazards

This TC encourages submission of manuscripts focused on engineering geosciences, geotechnics and geomaterials, particularly on GIS mapping, geotechnologies and engineering design. We welcome original researc...

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Closed

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Environment, Energy and Engineering Strategies for Sustainability (E3S)

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Closed

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Environmental Change, Resilience, Adaptation and Sustainability in Africa

This topical collection will include manuscripts related to environmental changes, associated impacts and solutions in Africa.

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Closed

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Forest Resilience, Society and Development: Application of Geospatial Technology

This TC encourages submission of manuscripts focused on the mapping, monitoring, modeling and management of forest resources for sustainable society and improved livelihoods. We welcome original research pap...

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Closed

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Geoenvironmental Science and Geotechnical Engineering

The environmental pollution caused by industrialization and urbanization not only constrains the sustainable development of the global economy, but also poses enormous challenges on both human beings′ health...

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Closed

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Geoinformatics for Sustainable Development

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Closed

Earth and Environmental Sciences: GeoResources and Environmental Impact Assessment in North Africa

"The main purpose of this special issue is to collect a high quality research in Earth and Environmental Sciences, to allow the diffusion of newly acquired knowledge in this field. The themes selected for th...

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Closed

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Glacier Changes and Associated Impacts

Glacier are sensitive markers to any change in climate. This topical collection invites multidisciplinary submissions pertaining to glacier changes and associated impacts in high altitude/high latitude regions.

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Closed

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Global Challenges in Industrial Wastewater Treatment & Pollution Control

Industrial wastewater treatment has changed over the last twenty-five years, transforming from designing treatment technologies for suitable discharge into nature water bodies, using techniques such as conve...

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Closed

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Green Energy for Environmental Sustainability

The role of green energy and environmental sustainability in modern world is highly inevitable. Development is not possible without energy and sustainable development is not possible without sustainable ener...

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Closed

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Groundwater Management: Sustainability, Environment and Hydrogeoethics

This TC encourages submission of manuscripts focused on the interrelated fields of hydrogeology, groundwater science and engineering, water management, environmental law and hydrogeoethics. We welcome origin...

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Closed

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Groundwater Vulnerability and Challenge to Future in Rapid Developing Coastal Cities of Indonesia

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Closed

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Hydro-climatic Changes, Associated Impacts on Water Resources and Crop Production

This topical collection encourages submission of research manuscripts; review article, case studies, research letters as well as short communications related to hydro-climatic changes and how these changes a...

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Open

Submission deadline

Ongoing

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Innovations in Hydrology and Water Resource Management in the Global South

The Global South, including developing countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, is facing numerous challenges related to water resource management, including increasing demands for water due to populati...

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Open

Submission deadline

30 June 2024

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Interdisciplinary Problems in Environmental Protection and Engineering EKO-DOK

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Closed

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Life Cycle Assessment of Processes and Products

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) plays an essential part in estimating the environmental impact of new technologies and methods. LCA is a methodology to analyze and compare various products and technologies consi...

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Open

Submission deadline

30 November 2024

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Membranes and Advanced Materials for Wastewater Treatment

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Closed

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Meteorological Extremes

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Closed

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Microalgal-bacterial Processes

With fast-evolving global climate change, increasing efforts have been dedicated to the mitigation of greenhouse gases emission from municipal wastewater treatment plants. Considering that carbon taxing and ...

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Open

Submission deadline

30 June 2024

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies in a Multi-Risk Perspective

The growing concerns related to climate change and the increasing frequency of significant natural hazard impacts require the identification of adaptation and mitigation strategies. However, most of the time...

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Open

Submission deadline

31 May 2024

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Natural Hazards and Hydrological Risks: Climate Change – Water – Sustainable Society Nexus

This topical collection is grounded in the 2nd International Workshop on Natural Hazards (NATHAZ'19), Pico Island, Azores (Portugal). This TC encourages submission of manuscripts focused on natural hazards a...

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Closed

Earth and Environmental Sciences: New Frontiers in Water and Wastewater Pollution Control and Removal

In this Topical Collection, titled 'New Frontiers in Water and Wastewater Pollution Control and Removal', we explore the cutting-edge developments and innovative approaches in the field of water treatment an...

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Open

Submission deadline

01 October 2024

Earth and Environmental Sciences: New Trends in Groundwater Science – A Comprehensive Approach

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Closed

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Performance of Wood and Other Bio-Based Building Materials

Wood is one of the most important building materials. In recent decades there has been a renaissance of wood in construction applications. This would not be possible without the development of wood-based com...

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Open

Submission deadline

31 July 2024

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Plant Responses to Changing Environment

Plants are continuously exposed to challenging environment conditions like heavy metals, CO2, acid rain, pesticides, salinity, temperature, UV exposure, drought, light stress, air pollution etc. However, pla...

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Open

Submission deadline

Ongoing

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Pollution and Health Impacts

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Closed

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Remote Sensing and GIS Applications in Earth and Environmental System Sciences

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Closed

Earth and Environmental Sciences: River Basin Water Resources Assessment, Modeling, Protection, Optimization and Management

Rivers might be local, regional, or international. They are the main source of freshwater for many countries worldwide. The protection of river basin water resources and their optimization for the benefit of...

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Open

Submission deadline

30 November 2024

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Sustainable Rural Development

This Topical Collection encourages submission of manuscripts focused on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) applications in Sustainable Rural Development. We welcome original research papers, case...

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Closed

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Sustainable Buildings and Infrastructure

Toward building sustainable and longer buldings and infrastructures, the engineering community around the globe continues undertaking research and development to improve existing design, modelling, and analy...

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Closed

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Sustainable Waste Management

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Closed

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Terrestrial, Aquatic and Marine Ecosystems Plastic Pollution

Plastic pollution is one of the challenging global problems posing a great threat to terrestrial, aquatic and marine ecosystems. This topical collection encourages submission of research manuscripts; review ...

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Closed

Earth and Environmental Sciences: The Intersection of Air Quality and Atmospheric Chemistry with Sustainable Development

Air pollution is linked with many of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Strategies aiming for improved air quality interact directly with climate mitigation targets, access to clean energy ser...

Submission status

Open

Submission deadline

31 July 2024

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Today’s Progress and Tomorrow’s Climate Challenges

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Closed

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Waste Reduction, Recycling and Utilization for Value Added Products

Waste management (Solid and Liquid) is one of the critical issues worldwide. Reduction, recycle and reuse of waste has been well accepted sustainable management strategy worldwide. Utilization of wastes (ind...

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Closed

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Water Pollution and Health Risk Assessment

Groundwater is one of the precious natural resources in the world, and it typically provides clean drinking water and also supply for irrigation purposes. However, rapid expanses of industrialization, urbani...

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Closed