The Global NEST Journal is an open access journal that publishes original research articles, short papers and critical reviews on all aspects of Environmental Science and Technology. These comprise, but are not limited to, Pollution Control Technology, Global Environmental Change, Air Quality, Water Quality, Water and Waste Water Treatment, Solid Waste Management, Hazardous Substances and Risk Analysis, Emerging pollutants. Relevant topics incorporating the methodologies and state of the art of disciplines such as Environmental Management Policies, Ecosystems and Natural Resources Management, Hydrology and Water Resources Management, Clean Energy and Sustainability are included.
Submitted manuscripts are initially reviewed by the editor and selected after rigorous peer review by scientists in order to assess the significance, originality and appropriateness for publication.
Articles submitted to Global NEST Journal benefit from its broad scope and readership. We aim for a turnaround time of 4 weeks from submission to first decision.
Global NEST Journal is addressed to professionals in Academic, Consulting Offices, Government Agencies and Organisations, as well as others responsible for the investigations, evaluation of complicated environmental issues of global interest.
The 2024 Scopus CiteScore for the Global NEST Journal is 2.36. It is also ranked in the Q3 quartile for Environmental Science (miscellaneous).
Here's a breakdown of other key metrics:
- H-index: 41
- SJR: 0.250 (Q3)
- SNIP score: 0.48
Journal Impact Factor (JIF): The Journal Impact Factor (JIF) is not directly calculated in Scopus and is based on Web of Science data. Web of Science data. However, the Global NEST Journal does have a JIF, and the Journal Impact Factor (JIF) is 1.5-year Impact Factor is 1.1.
Scimago Journal and Country Rank (Scimago) provides information on the journal's H-index and SJR, while Researcher.Life lists the CiteScore and quartile. Web of Science Journal Info lists the JIF.
Human Health Risk Assessment of Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn through Consumption of Raw goat's Milk in Jijel province (Algeria).
Hazardous Substances and Risk Analysis
Contamination of the food chain by toxic metals is one of the main concerns for human health. Milk is part of a balanced diet; essential for proper growth, but can also contains hazardous chemicals and contaminants including heavy metals which can be a risk for health. The aim of this study is to...
Evaluation of heavy metal contamination in indigenous fruits and associated human health risk: evidence from Fuzzy-TOPSIS approach
Hazardous Substances and Risk Analysis
In Gilgit-Baltistan, urbanization, transportation, unplanned small-scale industry, kitchen waste, inorganic fertilizers, pesticides, insecticides, and weedicides contribute to agricultural field contamination, creating severe health risks. This study aims to determine the health risks caused by...
Distribution characteristics and health risk assessment of PAEs in urban soils of Changji City, Xinjiang, China
Environmental Sciences
Recent studies have indicated that PAEs (phthalic acid esters) are significant environmental pollutants with carcinogenic, teratogenic, and mutagenic effects. Urban soils can act as both a source and sink for city contaminants. This paper takes Changji, Xinjiang in Northwest China as the study area...
The analysis and probabilistic health risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in vegetables and fruits samples marketed Tehran:Chemometrics
Air pollution and health
The aim of current study was to evaluate the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) concentration and probabilistic health risk in vegetables and fruits samples of Tehran city, Iran during 2018-2019 using magnetic solid-phase extraction (MSPE)and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry(GC-MS).The...
Assessment of attributable proportion of particulate matter (PM 2.5 and PM10) to different mortalities in Lahore city, Pakistan
Air pollution and health
This study was conducted to evaluate the attributable proportion and relative risks caused by inevitable exposure of humans to particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10). The health impacts of particulates in terms of attributable proportion were modulated using AirQ+ software. Input data related to...
Benefits, Challenges and Sucess Factors of Water Safety Plan Implementation: A Review
Hydrology and Water Resources Management
Drinking water supply is a preeminent to public health, environmental protection, quality of life, economic activity, and sustainable development. Many disasters are being recorded due to poor water quality every day. In this case, it is essential to assure safe water demand through continuous...
Insights into polybrominated diphenyl ethers: occurrence, sources, and exposure health risk in selected solid waste impacted soils
Solid Waste Management
The Coordinated management of solid waste dumps from different anthropogenic environments is important for pollution management of immediate and adjacent ecosystems. This study took three soil profile samples from three functional zones: the rural, the suburban, and the urban solid waste dumps. The...
Concentrations and potential risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from indoor dust of Bushehr, Iran
Hazardous Substances and Risk Analysis
Indoor dust samples were collected in the summer of 2017 from 10 residential buildings, 7 commercial buildings and 7 official buildings of Bushehr. Sixteen polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were analyzed by GC–MS. The sum concentration of the 16 PAHs in dust spanned between 87.8 to 14619 mgkg...
Analysis and Evaluation of Heavy Metal Pollution in Kosasthalaiyar River near Ennore Creek Using Geo Statistical Approach
Hydrology and Water Resources Management
The increasing industrialization and urbanization in recent times has led to a significant increase in heavy metal pollution in soil and sediment. The present study aims to evaluate the heavy metal contamination (HmC) in surface sediments collected from the Kosasthalaiyar River located between...
Quantification of health effects of exposure to air pollution (PM10) in Tabriz, Iran
Air pollution and health
Epidemiological studies show that long-term exposure to PM is associated with an increased risk of cancer or cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. The main objective of the present study was the assessment of health outcomes related to PM 10 (particulate matter (PM) of aerodynamic diameter ≤ 10...
Development of GIS Based Method for Risk Assessment of Olive Mill Waste Water in Crete, Greece
Water and wastewater treatment and reuse
Water resources are subjected to different pollution sources. Point source water pollution of surface water is an important issue when considering the limited surface water availability as well as the potential knock-on effects of this pollution on human health as well as habitat and land...
Ultrafine particles (UFP) and health effects. Dangerous. Like no other PM? Review and analysis
General
The goal of the current review is to present and analyze the known information proposed and discussed the last few years about UFP and their possible health effects. It includes references from 1992 to 2008. It also includes references from some fundamental studies in the 1970's and 1980's. The...
A STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF AIR POLLUTION ON HUMAN HEALTH: PM DEPOSITION MODELLING
Air pollution and health
Earth is consisting of land, air and water. Air contains oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, water vapor, other gases are present above the permissible limit, and it creates effects on human health. It is one of the most important public health issues due to development of urbanization...
Occurrence and drivers of Antibiotics in the rural-urban River Network: A case study of Hongze Lake basin, China
Water and wastewater treatment and reuse
The massive use of antibiotics and the consequent antibiotic pollution have become a major risk to river ecosystems, water quality, and human health. In this study, 28 antibiotics were analyzed in the rural-urban river water of Suzhou City, the inflow rivers of Hongze Lake. The total concentration...
Adverse reproductive health effects of exposure to chlorination disinfection by-products
General
Chlorination disinfection by-products (DBPs) are formed when water is chlorinated and the organic matter in the water reacts with chlorine to form these by-products. There have been concerns about the potential health effects of these by-products, including cancer and reproductive effects. Here we...
Medical geochemical investigations in taking precautionary measures against diseases. Protection and human health
General
A considerable number of diseases are directly related to environmental impact. Toxic metals such as Hg, Pb, Cd, and As may damage significantly the human health when they exceed certain levels in the body. For example specific precautions should be taken for the diet of pregnant women and the...
Effects of wildfire suppression chemicals on people and the environment
Air pollution and health
Fire agencies worldwide apply millions of gallons of fire suppression chemicals on a broad array of ecosystems. These chemicals are considered to have minimal effects on the health of people who might be exposed to them. Only incidents of skin and eye irritation have been reported as a result of...
Leaching and transport of Zn through soil profiles in a seasonal river of a mining area in SE Spain
General
Metal pollution can have adverse effects on human health but also on environment. Usually, risk is assessed on the basis of the total concentration of a trace metal in soils and sediments. Nevertheless, for checking the short and long-term true environmental impact of a trace element, one of the...
Determination of PAHs in marine sediments: analytical methods and environmental concerns
General
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) are one of the major categories of pollutants entering the marine environment and finally accumulating in the sediments. Their occurrence raises major concerns for human health, especially during coastal activities (bathing waters, aquaculture, etc), having...
Lead exposure through Drinking Water: Lessons to be learned from recent U.S. experience
General
Lead (Pb) particles that detach from the plumbing and contaminate drinking water can pose a significant health threat, which is often underestimated. Laboratory simulation of this problem revealed that standard quantification protocols in the US may miss 80% of the lead present in the water. At the...
Temporal variation of mercury in Turkish Black Sea waters and associated risk assessment
Environmental Sciences
Presence of metals even at trace levels in natural waters pose sever health risks. Heavy metals are introduced to coastal and marine environments through a variety of sources and activities including sewage and industrial effluents where Black Sea is not different. However, metals behave differently...
The physico-chemical and bacteriological effects of UV-treated wastewater irrigation on soil and turfgrass quality: A case study in a coastal golf course
Water and wastewater treatment and reuse
This research describes the bacteriological and physicochemical impact of two types of irrigation water on soil and turfgrass quality during 2018 and 2019. Wastewater treated by an activated sludge process coupled with UV disinfection UV-TW was compared to fresh water FW. The first cycle (2018) was...
Optimization of methods for the determination of DBPs
General
Chloroform and other bromochlorotrihalomethanes were first identified as disinfection byproducts (DBPs) in chlorinated water in 1970s. Since then, many other DBPs have been identified such as haloacetonitriles, haloacetaldehydes, cyanogen halides, aldehydes, ketoacids, chlorite, bromate and other...
Optimization of Analytical Methods for the Determination of Trace Concentrations of Toxic Pollutants in Drinking and Surface Waters
General
Pollutants posing health risks to human health and to the aquatic environment often occur in drinking and surface waters, as a result of disinfection practices, agricultural and industrial activities, wastewater discharges. Toxic pollutants belong to different chemical categories, including...
Assessment of biomarker-based ecotoxic effects in combating microplastic pollution - A review
Air pollution and health
Microplastics, found in various environments oceans, freshwater systems, soil, and the atmosphere, can enter ecosystems through various pathways, including the degradation of macroplastic parts or direct release from consumer products. By polluting terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems...
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