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Analyst

The home of premier fundamental discoveries, inventions and applications in the analytical and bioanalytical sciences.

Editor-in-Chief: Melanie Bailey

Open Access: Hybrid

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Analyst has been at the forefront of analytical and bioanalytical science since 1876, publishing high-quality research that offers new insights and innovative measurement solutions to core challenges in the field.

ISSN: 1364-5528

Indexed in: MEDLINE, Scopus, Web of Science

Journal Impact factor

3.3 (2024)

First decision time (all)

11 days

First decision time (peer reviewed)

27 days

Scope

At Analyst, we publish both primary research and review articles, ensuring a comprehensive coverage of significant advancements in analytical measurement technology. Our broad scope spans fundamental breakthroughs and practical developments with applications across the full spectrum of the analytical sciences. We welcome submissions on a wide range of groundbreaking topics, including but not limited to:

  • Biological and chemical sensors
  • Biomedical analysis and diagnostics
  • Electrochemistry
  • High throughput screening advances, including lab automation
  • Imaging techniques
  • Machine learning, AI, and data processing in measurement science
  • Mass spectrometry
  • Microfluidics and miniaturized analysis systems
  • Nanoscience applied to measurement science
  • Pharmaceutical analysis
  • Chemical informatics including proteomics, metabolomics, and other 'omics
  • Separation science
  • Spectroscopy
  • Surface analysis

We do not consider submissions that focus on:

  • Routine uses of established analytical techniques and methods
  • Synthesis, characterisation, or development of materials and synthetic approaches that do not introduce novel measurement methods or innovative applications for enhanced sensing or performance
  • Applying existing methods to new targets without significant novelty
  • Statistical analysis that lacks a clear analytical purpose

How do Analyst and Analytical Methods compare?
From discovery to recovery – Analyst and Analytical Methods working together for the analytical community
Analyst, 2011, 136, 429. DOI: 10.1039/c0an90013c

Readership

Analyst is widely read by scientists and engineers dedicated to innovating, developing, and applying cutting-edge techniques in measurement science. This includes chemists, biologists, engineers, materials scientists, and clinical/biomedical researchers, whose interests encompass fundamental, applied, and translational applications.

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Meet the team

Melanie Bailey

Melanie Bailey

Editor-in-Chief

University of Surrey

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Damien Arrigan

Damien Arrigan

Associate editor

Curtin University

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Ryan Bailey

Ryan Bailey

Associate editor

University of Michigan

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Jaebum Choo

Jaebum Choo

Associate editor

Chung-Ang University

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Karen Faulds

Karen Faulds

University of Strathclyde

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Simona Francese

Simona Francese

Associate editor

Sheffield Hallam University

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Hideaki Hisamoto

Hideaki Hisamoto

Associate editor

Osaka Metropolitan University

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Baohong Liu

Baohong Liu

Associate editor

Fudan University

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Nicole Pamme

Nicole Pamme

Associate editor

Stockholm University

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Hua-Zhong Yu

Hua-Zhong Yu

Reviews editor

Simon Fraser University

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Jun-Jie Zhu

Jun-Jie Zhu

Associate editor

Nanjing University

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Susan Lunte

Susan Lunte

Board member

University of Kansas

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Matthew Baker

University of Central Lancashire

Paul Bohn

University of Notre Dame

Claudia Conti

CNR

R Graham Cooks

Purdue University

Volker Deckert

University of Jena

Priyanka Dey

University of Portsmouth

Professor Jeffrey Dick

Purdue University

Joshua Edel

Imperial College London

Qun Fang

Zhejiang University

Facundo Fernandez

Georgia Institute of Technology

Roy Goodacre

University of Liverpool

Duncan Graham

University of Strathclyde

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Stephen Holman

AstraZeneca

Robert T Kennedy

University of Michigan

Kagan Kerman

University of Toronto

Klaus Koren

Aarhus University

Christine Kranz

Ulm University

Annamalai Senthil Kumar

Vellore Institute of Technology University

Xiujun Li

University of Texas at El Paso

Lanqun Mao

Chinese Academy of Sciences

María Marín

University of East Anglia

Pavel Matousek

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

Prakash Chandra Mondal

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Wei Min

Columbia University

Boris Mizaikoff

University of Ulm

Howbeer Muhamad Ali

University of Liverpool

Takeaki Ozawa

University of Tokyo

Professor Ashley Ross

University of Cincinnati

Muhammad J. A. Shiddiky

Charles Sturt University

Debbie Silvester

Curtin University

Steven A Soper

University of Kansas

Dana Spence

Michigan State University

Nick Stone

University of Exeter

Evan Williams

University of California

Chaoyong James Yang

Xiamen University

Yi-Lun Ying

Nanjing University

Philippa Ross

Executive Editor

Alice Smallwood

Deputy Editor

David Lake

Development Editor

Gabriel Clarke

Development Editor

Rebecca Garton

Editorial Manager

Derya Kara-Fisher

Publishing Editor

Emma Stephen

Publishing Editor

Charlie Palmer

Publishing Editor

Tabitha Jay

Publishing Editor

Darryl Wilks

Editorial Assistant

Andrea Whiteside

Publishing Assistant

Sam Keltie

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