Redefining JEBAT’s Mission: Toward Sustainability and Global Impact

Abstract

In this issue, we are very excited to announce that the Journal of Environmental Bioremediation and Toxicology (JEBAT) is entering a new chapter. We have changed our focus to better reflect the changing fields of environmental science and biotechnology in this sustainable era. Since it started in 2013, JEBAT has been a place for serious research in environmental biochemistry, bioremediation, and toxicology. As the focus of the scientific community around the world deals with more and more complex ecological and technological issues, our mission is refocused to keep up with a world that is changing quickly. The new scope intends to make JEBAT an international, peer-reviewed, open-access platform that is not only dedicated to the advancement of only bioremediation and toxicology but also takes into account the sustainability aspect. This is a very important area where science, innovation, and global responsibility meet. We have now focused on more important areas, which include environmental biotechnology, molecular and systems biology, toxicology and risk assessment, and the bioeconomy.

This encompassing approach shows how dedicated we are to promoting crosses disciplines research that is tailored to UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). JEBAT aim is to close the gap between basic science and practical solutions through the encouragement of submissions that combine biotechnology, engineering, and data-driven approaches to making the environment more resilient. We have also included SDG goals input in the front page to strengthen sustainability aspects. We ask researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to share their ideas and new ways of doing things as we work together to build a sustainable future based on science, ethics, and cooperation. We thus, invite researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to contribute manuscripts covering innovative ideas and approaches to JEBAT in our mission toward a sustainable future that is grounded in science, ethics, and collaboration.