Human and Ecological Risk Assessment is the first journal devoted to providing a framework for professionals researching and assessing developments in both human and ecological risk assessment.

The aim of the journal is to enhance the communication and risk assessment domain. Given the rapid development in these respective disciplines and their unique potential interrelatedness, efforts to directly enhance technical information transfer will markedly benefit each field. The journal is a bi-monthly, international, peer-reviewed publication. The journal's scope includes scientific and technical information and critical analysis in the following areas:

• Exposure Assessment
• Environmental Fate Assessment
• Environmental Indicators
• Hazard Assessment
• Use of Uncertainty Factors
• Animal Extrapolation
• Quantitative Risk Assessment
• Environmental Epidemiology
• Statistical Models and Methods
• Laboratory/Field Extrapolation
• Multi-Media Assessment
• Risk Management
• Regulatory Issues
• Databases
• Pharmacokinetic Modeling
• Risk Communication/Perception
• Comparative Risk Assessment
• Risk Assessment Applications to Public Health & Ecosystems

Manuscripts will be considered that address any of the wide range of issues associated with the entire risk assessment process. Examples of the types of manuscripts encouraged for submittal include:

• Original data on relevant topics (e.g., exposure and hazard assessment)
• Critical reviews of current methods for risk assessment
• Improved extrapolation methods (e.g., interspecies, high to low dose)
• Biological mechanism-based risk assessment procedures
• Improved biomathematical modeling
• International approaches to risk analysis
• Case studies
• Commentaries
• Technical debates
• Improved risk communication