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The 2020 award was presented to Drs Sabina Halappanavar, Ulla Vogel, and colleagues for their outstanding paper "Adverse outcome pathways as a tool for the design of testing strategies to support the safety assessment of emerging advanced materials at the nanoscale"
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Video abstract summarizing the research article "Slow lung clearance and limited translocation of four sizes of inhaled iridium nanoparticles” by Rachel Smith, et al.
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Particle and Fibre Toxicology is a multi-disciplinary journal focused on understanding the physical properties and the chemistry of particles and fibres in relation to exposure in general and workplace environments and the resulting adverse human health effects (toxicity).
Particle and Fibre Toxicology is an open access, peer-reviewed journal functioning as a forum for debate and communication among toxicologists, as well as scientists from other disciplines that produce and develop particle and fibre materials, including material sciences, biomaterials, and nanomedicine. In addition, there are diverse scenarios where particles may pose a toxicological threat due to new applications of old materials or introduction of new materials. The journal provides a single, identifiable outlet for all these disciplines.
Read moreFlemming R. Cassee, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Netherlands
Flemming R. Cassee works at the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands and also has a position as professor in inhalation toxicology at the Institute of Risk Assessment Sciences of the University of Utrecht, Netherlands. He has been active in toxicology for more than 20 years with a prime interest in the adverse health effects of air pollutants and inhaled nanomaterials.
"The impact of toxicology is highly variable. In air pollution, standards are mostly based on epidemiology, whereas at the workplace or for specific substances, regulations are directed by toxicological information. I think that it remains a challenge to interact with each other. We also need to communicate our findings to those who use them. This requires a different language."
Speed
62 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only
42 days to first decision for all manuscripts
160 days from submission to acceptance
21 days from acceptance to publication
Citation Impact
7.546 - 2-year Impact Factor
7.799 - 5-year Impact Factor
1.773 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
1.922 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)
Usage
419,251 Downloads
435 Altmetric mentions