Call for Papers: Transforming Environmental Exposure and Health Research Through Emerging Technologies

This Special Issue will highlight environmental exposure and health research using advanced technologies. Combinations of exposomics with metabolomics, transcriptomics, lipidomics, and proteomics have made significant progress to uncover mechanisms for environmental health effects. Non-target analysis enables detection of large numbers of unknown chemical contaminants in the environment, while machine learning models provide effective analysis of large and complex datasets, automating data processing and method optimization, and enabling data-driven discovery. Molecular techniques, such as CRISPR, improve genome editing for health studies and enhance bioassays for environmental monitoring.

This Special Issue in Environment & Health welcomes innovative studies on the development and applications of advanced technology to environmental health research.

Organizing Editors

Susan Richardson, Ph.D., Guest Editor
University of South Carolina, United States

Xing-Fang Li, Ph.D., Guest Editor
University of Alberta, Canada

X. Chris Le, Ph.D., Guest Editor
University of Alberta, Canada

Yinsheng Wang, Ph.D., Guest Editor
University of California Riverside, United States

Carsten Prasse, Ph.D., Guest Editor
Johns Hopkins University, United States

Tao Huan, Ph.D., Guest Editor
University of British Columbia, Canada

Hanyong Peng, Ph.D., Guest Editor
Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Qian Liu, Ph.D., Executive Editor, Environment & Health
Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Submission Information

Submissions are welcome through December 31, 2025.

Authors who submit their manuscripts to this Special Issue by the deadline may apply for an APC waiver if their paper is accepted after peer review. Appropriate consideration will be given for a waiver providing the paper has already met the scientific and editorial standards required for publication in Environment & Health.

For more information on submission requirements, please visit the journal’s Author Guidelines page.

Papers accepted for publication for this Special Issue will be available ASAP (as soon as publishable) online and will be included in the next available issue of the journal. After all submissions have been published, they will then be compiled online in a dedicated landing page to form the Special Issue. The peer review process for all papers will be managed by the journal editors to ensure rigor is maintained. Environment & Health is a fully open access journal; thus, your paper will be available to anyone, at anytime, anywhere in the world.

How to Submit

• Log in to the ACS Publishing Center.
• Select the “Journals” tab.
• Choose Environment & Health as your journal.
• Click "Submit."
• Select your manuscript type, and, under "Special Issue Selection," choose "Transforming Environmental Exposure and Health Research through Emerging Technologies."

Please see our Author Guidelines for more information on submission requirements.