MethodsX
Last updated ISSN 2215-0161
MethodsX is published by Elsevier BV in environmental science. It is open access. The article processing charge is $1,260.
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What it publishes
Recent work in MethodsX concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Analytical chemistry methods development
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
- EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety
Key facts
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 2215-0161 |
| Subject area | Environmental Science |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | $1,260 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Emerging Sources Citation Index · Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 4,145 |
| Publishing since | 1955 |
| Journal website | www.journals.elsevier.com/methodsx |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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