Call for Papers
- Tire Road Wear Particles – Chemistry and Impacts
- Sulphur- and Nitrogen-containing gases: emissions, oxidation, and impacts
Guest Editors: Associate Professor Barbara Beckingham and Dr. Cassandra Rauert
This formal Call for Papers seeks cutting-edge research on the environmental chemistry of tire wear particles and their associated chemicals to provide new understanding on environmental fate and impact. Topics of interest include detection, characterization, environmental weathering and chemical exchange, and encourages interdisciplinary studies that advance understanding of chemical aspects of tire particle ecotoxicology, fate, transport and removal under environmental conditions. Article types include research papers, reviews, concepts and perspectives. Please contact the co-editors for this collection with interest or inquiries.
All authors contributing to the collection are given free access to non-open access content of the issue in perpetuity. We may also be able to offer discounted open access publishing – contact co-editors of the collection for more information. Please note, most Australian and New Zealand authors will enjoy Open Access publication at no cost to their research budget through Read and Publish agreements in place between CSIRO Publishing and Australian/NZ institutions. More Information: Read and Publish Information.
Submission Deadline: 31st May 2025
Sulfur and nitrogen containing gases are emitted from both natural and anthropogenic sources. Gas-phase oxidative chemistry of these species is central to secondary aerosol production. Understanding the emission and oxidation of sulfur and nitrogen species, both in urban and remote atmosphere, and their role in the atmospheric chemistry is important in improving models for predicting the impacts of sulfur and nitrogen emissions in a changing atmosphere.
There has been substantial progress in the sulfur and nitrogen chemistry, from theoretical and modelling studies to field and laboratory experiments. In the meantime, there are still huge uncertainties in our understanding of the emission flux and fundamental chemistry of sulfur and nitrogen species in the atmosphere.
This special issue aims to capture our rapidly evolving understanding of this research field:
- The emission of sulfur and nitrogen containing gases, particularly from the natural sources.
- The oxidation pathways in a variety of environments, from highly polluted urban, to continental background, and marine and polar atmosphere.
- The role of oxidised sulfur and nitrogen containing species in the formation of new particles and growth of both new and primary particles.
- Changing inorganic aerosol composition, including in response from policies and climate change
- The impacts of the sulfate, nitrate, and sulfur- and nitrogen-containing organic species on human health, the environment, clouds and the climate.
Authors interested in participating are encouraged to submit their manuscripts to the ScholarOne Submission Portal according to the outlined scope.
Submission deadline: 1st April 2025
