Scope
Science of the Total Environment publishes research on the interactions between environmental compartments, including atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, biosphere, and anthroposphere. The journal focuses on environmental chemistry, pollution sources and transport, ecotoxicology, remediation technologies, and integrated assessments of contaminants and their effects on ecosystems and human health.
What it costs to publish
Optional OA: USD 4,150
Elsevier offers a subscription route without an author publication fee, or paid open access. This list price applies only if you choose open access.
USD 4,150 · EUR 3,790 · GBP 3,320 · JPY 540,460
Elsevier offers a subscription route without an author publication fee, or paid open access. This list price applies only if you choose open access.
Prices effective 2026-10-05, excluding taxes. Page, length and other charges have not been separately reviewed.
No charge reported for this route
Source-linked report, not independently confirmed. Research notes (English): Hybrid. No publication fee charged to authors; articles available to subscribers.
Basis / unit: article. Tax terms (source language): No author publication fee stated.
No charge reported for this route
Source-linked report, not independently confirmed. Research notes (English): Usable color figures appear in color online. No print-color price and no page charge are stated in the author guide.
Basis / unit: figure. Tax terms (source language): Not stated.
Not established
Research notes (English): No separate print-color or page-charge amount is published in the author guide. Hybrid APC waiver is explicitly unavailable; no public lack-of-funds email or form for the OA APC.
CAPES · Elsevier (Brazil)
An agreement exists. It is not automatic coverage.
Check before submitting: eligibility depends on your institution, the corresponding author and the article type.
APC, page charges, over-length, S2O: what each one means
- APC
- Article processing charge: a fee per article to publish it open access. It is not the whole cost.
- Page charges
- A fee per printed or typeset page. It can apply with or without an APC.
- Over-length
- Pages beyond a length limit, billed at a different rate. Each page pays one rate, never both.
- S2O
- Subscribe to Open: subscribers keep the journal free to read, decided year by year. Page charges can still apply.
- Agreement
- A deal between an institution or country and a publisher that may cover the APC. Never automatic.
No funds to pay?
Official policy checked 2026-10-12If you cannot pay the optional OA fee, consider the subscription route. It does not make the article freely accessible to all readers.
- Choose the publication routeSubscription and paid open access are different options.Publisher policy ↗
- Check institutional coverageAn eligible agreement may cover OA. Confirm the journal, institution, author and article type.Publisher policy ↗
- Read the hybrid-journal policyElsevier's APC waiver policy does not apply to hybrid journals. This is not a promised waiver.Publisher policy ↗
General Elsevier policy, checked live without an effective date. Check the journal instructions for other charges before submitting.