Science of the Total Environment

*Science of the Total Environment*
Discipline	Environmental science
Language	English
Edited by	Damià Barceló, Jay Gan
Publication details
History	1972-present
Publisher	Elsevier
Frequency	Weekly
Impact factor	7.963 (2020)
Standard abbreviations;
ISO 4	Sci. Total Environ.
Indexing;
CODEN	STENDL
ISSN	0048-9697 (print); 1879-1026 (web);
LCCN	72624869
OCLC no.	321079391
Links
	Journal homepage; Online access;

Science of the Total Environment is a weekly international peer-reviewed scientific journal covering environmental science. It was established in 1972 and is published by Elsevier. The editors-in-chief are Damià Barceló (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Jay Gan (University of California, Riverside) and Philip Hopke (University of Rochester). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 7.963.^[1]

Controversies[]

The October 2020 article suggesting that amulets may prevent COVID-19^[2] has been met with skepticism^[3] even among the listed coauthors.^[4] As of November 2020, the article was under "temporary removal".^[2] It was later withdrawn at the request of the authors.^[5]

References[]

^ "Science of the Total Environment". 2021 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2020.
^ ^a ^b Bility, Moses Turkle; et al. (8 October 2020). "TEMPORARY REMOVAL: Can Traditional Chinese Medicine provide insights into controlling the COVID-19 pandemic: Serpentinization-induced lithospheric long-wavelength magnetic anomalies in Proterozoic bedrocks in a weakened geomagnetic field mediate the aberrant transformation of biogenic molecules in COVID-19 via magnetic catalysis". Science of the Total Environment: 142830. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142830. PMC 7543923. PMID 33071142. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020.
^ Shawna Williams (4 November 2020). "Paper Proposing COVID-19, Magnetism Link to Be Retracted". The Scientist. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
^ Ivan Oransky (16 November 2020). "Co-authors of paper on COVID-19 and jade amulets blame 'the online press' and social media for misinterpretation in retraction letter". Retraction Watch. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
^ Schelp, Diogo (January 7, 2021). "Para não espalhar bobagens no zap: 10 estudos desacreditados sobre covid-19". Universo Online (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 3 December 2021.

External links[]

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[WoS-1] "Science of the Total Environment". 2021 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2020.

[Bility_et_al._2020-2] Bility, Moses Turkle; et al. (8 October 2020). "TEMPORARY REMOVAL: Can Traditional Chinese Medicine provide insights into controlling the COVID-19 pandemic: Serpentinization-induced lithospheric long-wavelength magnetic anomalies in Proterozoic bedrocks in a weakened geomagnetic field mediate the aberrant transformation of biogenic molecules in COVID-19 via magnetic catalysis". Science of the Total Environment: 142830. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142830. PMC 7543923. PMID 33071142. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020.

[3] Shawna Williams (4 November 2020). "Paper Proposing COVID-19, Magnetism Link to Be Retracted". The Scientist. Retrieved 7 December 2020.

[4] Ivan Oransky (16 November 2020). "Co-authors of paper on COVID-19 and jade amulets blame 'the online press' and social media for misinterpretation in retraction letter". Retraction Watch. Retrieved 7 December 2020.

[5] Schelp, Diogo (January 7, 2021). "Para não espalhar bobagens no zap: 10 estudos desacreditados sobre covid-19". Universo Online (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 3 December 2021.

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