Research & Reviews: A Journal of Toxicology

Research and Reviews: A Journal of Toxicology [2231-3834 (e)] is a peer-reviewed open access journal launched in 2011 and focused on the publication of current research work carried out under Toxicology. It is concerned with the harmful effects of chemical, biological and physical agents in biological systems that establish the extent of damage to living organisms.

• • Toxicity, Mechanisms, and Health Effects: Cellular and molecular mechanisms of toxicity, disruption of cell adhesion and intracellular signaling, protein folding and maturation, apoptosis, ion transport, enzyme regulation, neurotransmitter release, heavy metal toxicity, nanoparticle health hazards.
  • Molecular Toxicology: Genetic toxicology, chemical metabolism of xenobiotics and endobiotics, in vitro and in vivo models, epigenetics, toxicogenomics, environmental carcinogenesis, chemoprevention, translational toxicology studies.
  • Toxicogenomics: Gene and protein expression in toxicant-exposed cells, bioinformatics for toxicity data, clinical pathology and histopathology endpoints, applications in pharmaceutical research.
  • Xenobiotics and Foreign Toxins: Plant constituents, drugs, pesticides, cosmetics, flavorings and fragrances, food additives, industrial chemicals, absorption and excretion in humans, toxicants in wastewater and sewage treatment.
  • Biological Toxicology: Microbial and animal toxins, including diphtheria, pertussis, botulinum, tetrodotoxin, conotoxin, ricin, and snake venoms, toxin mechanisms, detection methods, medical countermeasures, biodefense preparedness.
  • Environmental Toxicology: Pollutants in air, dust, sediment, soil, and water, agricultural pesticides, radiation, chemical and biological wastes, biological stressors, ecosystem exposure pathways.
  • Ecotoxicology: Contaminant effects on individuals, populations, and communities, bioaccumulation, biomagnification, trophic cascades, reproductive and behavioral effects, stress tolerance, emissions from metal smelting and combustion.
  • Marine and Aquatic Toxicology: Contaminant levels in freshwater and marine organisms, bioavailability, lethality, aquatic exposure assessment, hazards to aquatic environments.
  • Industrial Toxicology: Occupational exposure to chemicals and physical agents, process-related emissions, carcinogenicity, contamination of waterways, aquifers, soil, and air.
  • Entomotoxicology: Toxicological analysis of arthropods, Diptera and fly larvae as toxicological specimens, drug detection in maggots, applications in forensic entomology.
  • Forensic and Medical Toxicology: Analytical and clinical chemistry in death, poisoning, and drug use investigations, immunoassays, gas chromatography–mass spectrometry, liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry, metal detection.
  • Safety Evaluation and Risk Assessment: Hazard identification, qualitative and quantitative risk assessment, workplace exposure assessment, health and safety risk management.
  • Pharmaceutical Toxicology: Drug toxicity and drug safety, drug disposition, toxicity of drug delivery systems, cell protective therapies, preclinical safety in cancer therapeutics.

  The journal publishes original research articles, review articles, case reports, and short communications. Studies that describe how to produce, weaponize, or disseminate toxic agents are out of scope, as is drug formulation research with no toxicity endpoint. The journal serves toxicologists, pharmacologists, environmental and occupational health scientists, forensic analysts, regulators, and graduate students.