Editors’ Choice Articles – Part One from Emerging Contaminants

Emerging Contaminants is a leading platform for research addressing the potential ecological and human health risks associated with environmental contamination from emerging contaminants.

The journal publishes experimental or theoretical work that deepen scientific understanding of the nature, scope and impacts of emerging contaminants in the environment; technologies leveraging novel principles for reducing and controlling or mitigation of their emission and presence; as well as the development, implementation and efficacy of national and international policies aimed at protecting ecosystem and human health from these contaminants.

Discover standout research recommended by editorial board with the Editors' Choice articles from Emerging Contaminants in Volume 12, Issue 1, 2026.

1. Cellular responses to PFOS and PFOA in rainbow trout cell lines: Implications for aquatic ecotoxicology

Francesco Molinari, Gianluca Antonio Franco, Francesca Inferrera, Nicla Tranchida, Ylenia Marino, Davide Di Paola*

2. Occurrence and ecological risk of antiparasitic drugs in the Lhasa River on Qinghai-Xizang Plateau

Meng-Meng Lei, Xiao-Yun Gu, Zhi-Wei Gan, Xin-Yu Liu, Dan Luo, Xin-Tong Ye, Xu-Yang Lu, Chen Liu*

3. Magnetic hollow Fe3O4@Co-Ni layered double oxide for efficient degradation of lamivudine via peroxymonosulfate activation: Mechanism and synergistic effects

Hao Zhang, Hao-Liang Jiang, Ling-Xi Zhao*, Rong-Yu Chai, Meng Xie, Xiang-Feng Chen, Ru-Song Zhao*

4. Distribution, driving factors and prediction of antibiotics in Asia's largest River Basin: Comprehensive insights of Yangtze River Basin, China

Jiamei Zhang, Yuyang Zhu, Yu Wang, Xing Chen, Guolian Li, Gege Cai, Fazhi Xie*, Youqiang Sun

5. Co-occurrence and ecological risk assessment of microplastics and heavy metals in hyporheic-zone sediments of the Bhairab-Rupsha River, Bangladesh

Nishat Salsabil, Md Tauhiduzzaman, Tapos Kumar Chakraborty, Gopal Chandra Ghosh*