About Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering
This page includes information about the aims and scope of Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering, editorial policies, open access and article-processing charges, the peer review process and other information. For details of how to prepare and submit a manuscript through the online submission system, please see the instructions for authors.
Aims & scope
Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering (JEHSE) is an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the Iranian Association of Environmental Health (IAEH), published on behalf of Tehran University of Medical Sciences. JEHSE publishes refereed, original research papers and high quality review papers on all aspects of environmental health science, engineering and management.
A broad outline of the journal's scope includes:
- Water pollution and treatment
- Wastewater treatment and reuse
- Air control
- Soil remediation
- Noise and radiation control
- Environmental biotechnology and nanotechnology
- Food safety and hygiene
Iranian Journal of Environmental Health Science & Engineering was first published by the Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS). Article published prior to 2012 are available via the TUMS website.
Open access
All articles published by Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication, without subscription charges or registration barriers. Further information about open access can be found here.
Authors of articles published in Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering are the copyright holders of their articles and have granted to any third party, in advance and in perpetuity, the right to use, reproduce or disseminate the article, according to the BioMed Central copyright and license agreement.
For authors who are US government employees or are prevented from being copyright holders for similar reasons, BioMed Central can accommodate non-standard copyright lines. Please contact us if further information is needed.
Article-processing charges
The publication costs for Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering are covered by Tehran University of Medical Sciences, so authors do not need to pay an article-processing charge.
Indexing services
Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering is tracked by Thomson Reuters (ISI) and has an Impact Factor of 1.23.
Publication and peer review process
Criteria for Publication
The Editorial team would be delighted to receive original research papers, short communications, technical letters to editor, review articles and research notes on the above mentioned research areas.
Authors will be able to check the progress of their manuscript through the submission system at any time by logging into My Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering, a personalized section of the site.
Reprints
High-quality, bound reprints can be purchased for all articles published. Please see our reprints website for further information about ordering reprints.
Supplements
Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering will consider supplements based on proceedings (full articles or meeting abstracts), reviews or research. All articles submitted for publication in supplements are subject to peer review. Published supplements are fully searchable and freely accessible online and can also be produced in print. For further information, please contact us.
Editorial policies
All manuscripts submitted to Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering should adhere to BioMed Central's editorial policies.
Citing articles in Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering
Articles in Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering should be cited in the same way as articles in a traditional journal. Because articles are not printed, they do not have page numbers; instead, they are given a unique article number.
Article citations follow this format:
Authors: Title. J Environ Health Sci Eng [year], [volume number]:[article number].
e.g. Domedarius WE, Bactrician BU, Boson IB, Taurustic ME: The role of livestock in human identity and family naming practices. J Environ Health Sci Eng 2009, 1:115.
Why publish your article in Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering?
High visibility
Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering's open access policy allows maximum visibility of articles published in the journal as they are available to a wide, global audience. Articles that have been especially highly accessed are highlighted with a 'Highly accessed' graphic, which appears on the journal's contents pages and search results.
Speed of publication
Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering offers a fast publication schedule whilst maintaining rigorous peer review; all articles must be submitted online, and peer review is managed fully electronically (articles are distributed in PDF form, which is automatically generated from the submitted files). Articles are published with their final citation immediately upon acceptance in a provisional PDF form. The article will subsequently be published in both fully browsable web form, and as a formatted PDF; the article will then be available through Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering and BioMed Central.
Flexibility
Online publication in Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering gives authors the opportunity to publish large datasets, large numbers of color illustrations and moving pictures, to display data in a form that can be read directly by other software packages so as to allow readers to manipulate the data for themselves, and to create all relevant links (for example, to PubMed, to sequence and other databases, and to other articles).
Promotion and press coverage
Articles published in Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering are included in article alerts and regular email updates. Some may be included in abstract books mailed to academics and are highlighted on Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering's pages and on the BioMed Central homepage.
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Copyright
Authors of articles published in Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering retain the copyright of their articles and are free to reproduce and disseminate their work (for further details, see the BioMed Central copyright and license agreement).
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