Federation of European Toxicologists & European Societies of Toxicology

Requirements

Toxicology letters is the Official Journal of EUROTOX. Toxicology Letters is an international journal published by Elsevier for the rapid publication of short reports on all aspects of toxicology, especially mechanisms of toxicity. The current Impact Factor of Toxicology Letters is 2.241. This journal has experiment a significant increase in its impact index during last years.

ERT REQUIREMETS

The typical academic and practical skills required of an applicant were first published by EUROTOX in 1994 and may be found on their website. 

The expectations are summarised as follows: basic theoretical training (three years minimum), further advanced theoretical and practical training in toxicology (two or more further years).

Suitable applicants for registration will have demonstrated a high standard of critical ability and communication skills, for example by authorship of published papers and/or reports. 

Once registered, a toxicologist must re-affirm their registration credentials and illustrate their currency on a 5-yearly basis.

SUMMARY OF THE ERT TEMPLATES

 
Template Current
position
Degree Years of experience Numbers of publications or reports Eligible for
Cristina Student MS, BS 3-4 3-5 National register
Jan Researcher MS, PhD 5-10 10-20 ERT
Hilary Expert teacher advisor PhD 10-20 40-50 ERT
Theophrastus Risk assessor PhD >20 >100 ERT