Science of the Total Environment

The October 2020 article suggesting that amulets may prevent COVID-19 has been met with skepticism{{cite web |url=https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/paper-proposing-covid-19-magnetism-link-to-be-retracted-68126 |title=Paper Proposing COVID-19, Magnetism Link to Be Retracted |author=Shawna Williams |date=4 November 2020 |work=The Scientist |access-date=7 December 2020}} even among the listed coauthors.{{cite web |url=https://retractionwatch.com/2020/11/16/co-authors-of-paper-on-covid-19-and-jade-amulets-blames-the-online-press-and-social-media-for-misinterpretation-in-retraction-letter/ |title=Co-authors of paper on COVID-19 and jade amulets blame 'the online press' and social media for misinterpretation in retraction letter |author=Ivan Oransky |date=16 November 2020 |work=Retraction Watch |access-date=7 December 2020}} As of November 2020, the article was under "temporary removal".{{cite journal |last1=Bility |first1=Moses Turkle |display-authors=etal |title=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 |journal=Science of the Total Environment |date=8 October 2020 |pages=142830 |doi=10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142830 |pmid=33071142 |pmc=7543923 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969720363592|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109181450/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969720363592 |archive-date=9 November 2020|url-status=live}}{{Retracted|doi=10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142830|pmid=33071142|http://retractionwatch.com/2020/11/16/co-authors-of-paper-on-covid-19-and-jade-amulets-blames-the-online-press-and-social-media-for-misinterpretation-in-retraction-letter/ Retraction Watch|http://retractionwatch.com/2020/10/29/amulets-may-prevent-covid-19-says-a-paper-in-elsevier-journal-they-dont/ Retraction Watch|http://retractionwatch.com/retracted-coronavirus-covid-19-papers/ Retraction Watch|https://retractionwatch.com/?s=Moses+Bility Retraction Watch|intentional=yes}} It was later withdrawn at the request of the authors.{{Cite news|last=Schelp|first=Diogo|date=January 7, 2021|title=Para não espalhar bobagens no zap: 10 estudos desacreditados sobre covid-19|language=pt-BR|work=Universo Online|url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/colunas/diogo-schelp/2021/01/07/10-estudos-sobre-covid-19-que-cairam-em-desgraca.htm|access-date=3 December 2021}} The editor in-chief, Damià Barceló, was implicated in a €70,000 per year scheme to publish articles under the affiliation of King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.{{Cite web |last=Ansede |first=Manuel |date=2023-04-18 |title=Saudi Arabia pays Spanish scientists to pump up global university rankings |url=https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-04-18/saudi-arabia-pays-spanish-scientists-to-pump-up-global-university-rankings.html |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=EL PAÍS English |language=en-us}} Such schemes are employed to boost a university's rankings and are considered unethical by academics. {{Cite web |title=SIRIS Academic - Full International Edition (2014-22): The affiliation game of Saudi Arabian higher education & research institutions |url=https://www.sirisacademic.com/blog/the-affiliation-game-of-saudi-arabian-higher-education-research-institutions |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=www.sirisacademic.com}}{{Cite web |last=Bachelet |first=Vivienne C. |date=2019-09-26 |title=What's in a name? How false author affiliations are damaging academic research |url=https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2019/09/26/whats-in-a-name-how-false-author-affiliations-are-damaging-academic-research/ |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=Impact of Social Sciences}}

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

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• BIOSIS
• CAB Abstracts
• Chemical Abstracts Core{{cite MIAR |title= Science of the Total Environment |issn=0048-9697|access-date=November 13, 2024}}
• Ei Compendex{{cite web |url=https://www.elsevier.com/products/engineering-village/databases/compendex |title=Content/Database Overview - Compendex Source List |publisher=Elsevier |work=Engineering Village |access-date=November 13, 2024}}
• Food Science and Technology Abstracts
• MEDLINE
• Scopus

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According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 8.2.{{cite book |year=2024 |chapter=Science of the Total Environment |title=2023 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Clarivate Analytics |edition=Science |series=Web of Science|title-link=Journal Citation Reports }} {{As of|October 2024}}, the journal's indexation in the Science Citation Index Expanded is "on hold" and pending re-evaluation, with Web of Science citing the concerns on "the quality of the content published in this journal" as a reason for the suspension.{{cite web |last1=Kincaid |first1=Ellie |title=eLife latest in string of major journals put on hold from Web of Science |url=https://retractionwatch.com/2024/10/24/elife-latest-in-string-of-major-journals-put-on-hold-from-web-of-science/|website=retractionwatch.com |publisher=Retraction Watch |access-date=November 13, 2024 |date=October 24, 2024}}{{cite web |url=http://mjl.clarivate.com/ |title=Web of Science Master Journal List |publisher=Clarivate |work=Intellectual Property & Science |access-date=November 13, 2024}}

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