JHM投稿范围介绍 |  Refining the scope

The definition of hazardous materials, which is a general term frequently used across disciplines, could be broad and sometimes confusing. For example, under specific circumstances, many substances, such as broken glasses, construction wastes, medicines, and toxic chemicals, may be recognized as hazardous materials. Therefore, a clarification of hazardous materials is necessary to define the scope of JHM for our authors and reviewers.

“环境相关性”是期刊来源固有的标准，用以评估JHM投稿的适用性。由于缺乏环境相关性，之前在JHM中接受和发表的几个主题现在被排除在更新的投稿范围之外。各位作者需要在投稿中解决两个问题：1）研究对象是否是环境污染物？2）研究是否在与环境相关的条件下进行？

 “Environmental relevance” is a criterion inherent to the journal origin for evaluating suitability of a manuscript for JHM. Because of lacking environmental relevance, several topics previously accepted and published in JHM are now being excluded from our updated scope. Authors are supposed to address two questions in their manuscripts: 1) is the studied subject an environmental contaminant? and 2) is the study conducted under an environmentally relevant condition? 

“环境污染物”不包括不会通过污染对环境或人类产生有害影响的化合物。同时， 我们需要关注废物和有害物质之间的差异。本杂志对具有环境危害作用的特定化合物和微生物制剂非常感兴趣。

“Environmental contaminants” exclude the compounds that do not 

exert hazardous effects on the environment or humans via contamination. Of note, difference between wastes and hazardous materials needs to be spotlighted to further clarify the JHM scope. The journal is highly interested in specific compounds or microbial agents with environmentally hazardous effects.