Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T) will publish a special issue on the environmental transport and behavior of the COVID-19 virus, entitled “Environmental Transmission and Control of COVID-19 ” in 2020.
The COVID-19 outbreak has created a global public health emergency as a result of its rapid global transmission. Globally the outbreak is still spreading, yet many factors influencing the environmental behavior and survival of the virus are not well understood. For example:
- How do environmental factors affect the role of aerosol transmission of the virus?
- How does the virus survive in different environmental compartments and conditions?
- What are the environmental impacts of viral spread from the disposal of medical waste and contaminated articles
- How does this pathogen survive and dissipate in human feces and wastewaters and the wider environment
- How effective are water disinfection treatments at stopping viral spread and how can we improve the current strategies for containment of the outbreak in the environment?
To contribute key scientific information and build understanding to control the spread and longevity of the virus in the environment, the Guest Editors are organizing this special issue in ES&T on the environmental transmission and control of COVID-19 and other emerging infectious diseases that could help counter current or future outbreaks.
We are cooperating with bioRxiv to readily share information obtained from this call for papers, and further accelerate the efforts of environmental scientists to join forces in combating this global public health threat.
The specific topics of the special issue include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Virus sampling technologies, instrumentation, and automated analysis
- Virus transport, decay, and environmental transmission
- Online and onsite virus detection technology
- Environmental impacts of the viral spread, medical waste, and disinfection treatment
- Viral spread simulation via droplet, air, and wastewater transmission
- Infectious disease transmission and its prediction and modeling
- Rapid and effective virus control and countermeasures, including novel personal protective clothing and masks.
The Guest Editors invite important contributions from various environmentally relevant disciplines to this special issue.
The Guest Editors for the special issue are:
- Professor Guibin Jiang, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences (gbjiang@rcees.ac.cn)
- Professor Xiangdong Li, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (xiang-dong.li@polyu.edu.hk)
- Professor Maosheng Yao, Peking University (yao@pku.edu.cn)
- Professor Ligang Hu, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences (lghu@rcees.ac.cn)
- Professor Alexandria Boehm, Stanford University (aboehm@stanford.edu)
If you are unsure if your research is within scope or have other questions about submitting a manuscript to this Special Issue, please contact the Guest Editors. The deadline for the submission of manuscripts is August 15, 2020.
Submission Instructions:
To submit your manuscript, please visit the ES&T website. Please follow the normal procedures for manuscript submission and when in the ACS Paragon Plus submission site, select the special issue of “Environmental Transmission and Control of COVID-19”’. All manuscripts will undergo rigorous peer review. For additional submission instructions, please see the ES&T Author Guidelines.
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De-Xiang Xu
9:13 pmNecessary
Isidoro Garcia-Cruz
10:05 amAny information is necessary
Dr. Muhammad Arshad
10:39 amA very required initiative.
Dr Nidhi sharma
11:37 amVery necessary
Selvan Ravindran
1:40 amDear Editor,
Very good initiative from editorial team. Can we submit review articles regarding this. Please let me know.
Regards,
Selvan
Selvan. Ravindran, Ph.D
Associate Professor,
Symbiosis School of Biological Sciences
Symbisos International (Deemed) University
Lavale, Pune
E-mail: selvan.ravindran@ssbs.edu.in
: selvan_ravindran@yahoo.com
acs.axial
Response to Selvan Ravindran 9:30 amThanks for writing. This special issue only welcomes in-depth and critical reviews from experienced researchers in the field of (COVID-19) virus transmission and transport, not general reviews from the literature only.
Vijayamohanan K Pillai
Response to acs.axial 10:11 pmA laudable initiative but impact of social distancing and pet transmission in community spreading through indirect contact also could be included; Application of AI in mitigation and Mega Data in modeling and prediction may be given special emphasis. The whole world would be grateful if you could do something fast to save rapid spreading of the scourge of COVID-19.
Minakshi Prasad
4:30 amNeed of the hour
Cindy Manuela
10:16 pmVery beneficial
Ramesh Chandra
8:08 amgood
Fabiola Mendez-Arriaga
1:11 pmGreat!!!
Dr.mustafa
1:31 pmImportant research.
Kebenli Benjeming
11:28 pmGreat proposal and much work worth doing
Ziad Al-Ghazawi
7:26 amVery Good !
Mohammed
1:39 pmDear sir,
I am writing a critical review now and need to ask you if the publishing within your esteemed journal is free of payment.
Regards.
acs.axial
Response to Mohammed 1:45 pmIt is free to publish in ES&T under a standard license. Article publication charges apply for publishing under an open access license.
DR. NEELU QUAIYUMI
4:00 amNeed of the time… A good initiative
jamilu aliyu
2:08 pmThanks for writing. This special Research in the field of (COVID-19) virus transmission and ideal path of prevention Environmental Transmission and Control of COVID-19 as well, best regards.
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Manoharan Durgadevi
4:46 pmCan view point on how to control COVID be submitted to special issue?
acs.axial
Response to Manoharan Durgadevi 11:41 amViewpoints aren’t being accepted for this special issue; they may be accepted on this topic at a later date.