Aims and scope

Environmental Science and Pollution Research (ESPR) serves the international community in all areas of Environmental Science and related subjects with emphasis on chemical and environmental stressors. This includes:

- Terrestrial Biology and Ecology
- Aquatic Biology and Ecology
- Atmospheric Environment
- Environmental Microbiology
- Phytoremediation and Ecosystem Restoration
- Impacts and Risk Assessment of Chemicals/Pollutants on Human, Animal, and Ecosystem Health (human toxicology and ecotoxicology)
- Conservation Biology and Sustainable Agriculture
- Environmental Analyses and Monitoring
- Sustainable Energy
- Sustainable Industrial and Technological Processes
- Waste Treatment and Management
- Biobased Technology
- Sustainable Urban and Rural Landscape
- Natural Hazards (fires, earthquakes, land sliding, flooding etc. ), and Industrial Risks (chemical pollution, radioactive accidents, oil spills etc.)

Apart from the strictly scientific contributions as research articles (short and full papers) and reviews, ESPR publishes:

• News & views from research and technology, legislation and regulation, hardware and software, education, literature, institutions, organizations, conferences.
• Commentary and editorials round out the journal’s contents. 

ESPR does not accept papers dealing with functioning of diesel and engines (only papers mainly focused on emissions will be considered), nor dealing with tourism, pharmacology, and mechanical engineering related to wind/solar energy. Papers on Green Economy are no longer accepted.
(statement: December 2024)

ESPR is the official organ of the EuChemS Division of Chemistry and the Environment (EuChemS DCE).

ESPR CiteScore 2024 is 10.6  (source Scopus^® 2025)