Emerging Contaminants 2023 Outstanding Paper Award

We are delighted to announce Emerging Contaminants 2023 Outstanding Paper Award to recognize the outstanding papers published in the journal volume. After a selection process involving the Editorial Board, six papers have been recognised including four research articles and two review articles:

1. Non-targeted screening of emerging contaminants in South African surface and wastewater

Ovokeroye Akpojevwe Abafe, Muhammad Abubakar Lawal, Tlou B. Chokwe

2. A comparative study of adsorption behavior of rifampicin, streptomycin, and ibuprofen contaminants from aqueous solutions onto chitosan: Dynamic interactions, kinetics, diffusions, and mechanisms

Ensan Waatriah E. S. Shahrin, Nur Alimatul Hakimah Narudin, Nurulizzatul Ningsheh M. Shahri et al.

3. Sources, analysis, and health implications of atmospheric microplastics

Mushtaq Ahmad, Jing Chen, Muhammad Tariq Khan et al.

4. Sources and factors influencing groundwater quality and associated health implications: A review

Samuel Kojo Abanyie, Ohene Boansi Apea, Samson Abah Abagale et al.

5. Steroid hormones in wastewater: Sources, treatments, environmental risks, and regulations

Balqees Almazrouei, Deema Islayem, Feryal Alskafi et al.

6. Concentrations of organophosphate esters in drinking water from the United Kingdom: Implications for human exposure

Muideen Remilekun Gbadamosi, Layla Salih Al-Omran, Mohamed Abou-Elwafa Abdallah et al.