This Special Issue will discuss chemical safety practices in Higher Education Institutions’ laboratories operating in countries that have little to no regulations geared toward small-scale chemical users. Submit your manuscript by August 31, 2025.
Some countries in the world do not have national regulations that address chemical laboratory safety, yet there are researchers dedicated to improving practices in their universities and countries. The absence of regulations for small-scale chemical use can be seen as an obstacle to developing and implementing chemical safety programs. This Special Issue will discuss chemical safety practices and encourages the discussion of how these safety practices align with the corresponding national regulations as well as the challenges that range from governance to operations in Higher Education Institutions.
There are diverse “actors” involved in scientific research and teaching in Higher Education Institution laboratories. The author perspectives welcome to contribute include, but are not limited to:
- Principal investigators
- Research staff
- Research administrators
- Laboratory technicians
- Students
While regulations can help define safety practices, authors are encouraged to remind the reader how economic, cultural, organizational, and technical factors influence what will be the best approach for different countries.
The new Special Issue from ACS Chemical Health & Safety could include research articles, case studies, commentaries, letters, reviews, and methods/protocols. Authors and readers are encouraged to review ACS Chemical Health & Safety’s general aims and scope, as well as the accompanying Editorial, as they prepare manuscripts for the August 31, 2025 submission deadline.
Organizing Editors
Dr. Marcela Gerardo Ribeiro, Guest Editor
Editorial Advisory Board, ACS Chemical Health & Safety
Fundação Jorge Duprat Figueiredo de Segurança e Medicina do Trabalho (FUNDACENTRO), Brazil
Dr. Clara Rosalía Alvarez-Chavez, Guest Editor
Editorial Advisory Board, ACS Chemical Health & Safety
Universidad de Sonora, Mexico
Submission Information
We welcome submissions for this Special Issue through August 31, 2025. For more information on submission requirements, please visit the journal’s Author Guidelines page.
Accepted manuscripts for consideration in this Special Issue will include research articles, case studies, commentaries, letters, reviews, and methods/protocols. Papers accepted for publication for this Special Issue will be available ASAP (as soon as publishable) online. After all submissions have been published, they will then be compiled online on a dedicated landing page to form the Special Issue. Manuscripts submitted for consideration will undergo the full rigorous peer review process expected from ACS journals.
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Safety Information in Journal Articles: Including a clear, articulate safety summary statement in your research is vital to ensuring that others who reproduce or expand upon your work can prepare for significant hazards and conduct their own methods as safely as possible. Read more about crafting safety statements in our ACS Axial post series.
How to Submit
- Log in to the ACS Publishing Center.
- Select the "Journals" tab.
- Choose ACS Chemical Health & Safety.
- Click "Submit."
- Select your manuscript type, and, under "Special Issue Selection," choose “Chemical Safety in Universities: Legally Enforced vs Culturally Embraced."
If you have any general questions regarding submission to this Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office (eic@safety.acs.org).
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