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Publishing frequency: 12 issues per year
Indexed in Scopus and Web of Science
Chair: Heidi Goenaga-Infante
Scope
The Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry (JAAS) is the central journal for publishing innovative research on fundamentals, instrumentation, and methods in the determination, speciation and isotopic analysis of (trace) elements within all fields of application. This includes, but is not restricted to, the most recent progress, developments and achievements in all forms of atomic and elemental detection, isotope ratio determination, molecular analysis, plasma-based analysis and X-ray techniques.
The journal welcomes full papers, communications, technical notes, critical and tutorial review articles, editorials, and comments, in addition to the Atomic Spectrometry Updates (ASU) literature reviews that are prepared by an expert panel.
Submissions are welcome in the following areas, but note this list reflects the current scope and authors are strongly encouraged to contact the Editorial team if they believe that their work offers potentially new and emerging research relevant to the journal remit:
Fundamental studies in the following.
- New and existing sources for atomic emission, absorption, fluorescence and mass spectrometry and those that provide both atomic and molecular information
- Sample introduction techniques for solids, liquids, gases
- Improvements in sensitivity, selectivity, precision, accuracy and/or robustness
- Isotope ratio measurements, including techniques for improving precision and mass bias correction
- Single channel and multichannel simultaneous detection systems
- Chemometrics, statistics, calibration techniques and internal standardisation
- Theoretical and numerical modelling of fundamental processes related to all of the above methodologies
Novel or improved methodologies in areas of application including, but not limited to the following.
- Biosciences, including elemental, speciation and isotopic analysis in biological systems, immunoassays based on metal-labeled antibodies, bio-imaging, and nanoparticle toxicology
- Geochemistry
- Environmental science
- Materials science, including engineered nanoparticles and quantum dots
- Metrology, including reference materials
- Forensic analysis
- Food and agricultural sciences
- Energy
- Archaeometry
Molecular analysis.
- Molecular sources for elemental and isotopic analysis
- Atomic sources for molecular analysis
- Atomic and molecular techniques simultaneously used for complementary chemical information
All contributions are judged on originality and quality of scientific content, and appropriateness of length to content of new science.
Chair
Heidi Goenaga-Infante, LGC, UK
Editorial board members
Jörg Feldmann, University of Aberdeen, UK
Érico Marlon Moraes Flores, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil
Steve Hill, University of Plymouth, UK
Xiandeng Hou, Sichuan University, China
Björn Meermann, BAM, Germany
Jorge Pisonero, University of Oviedo, Spain
Frank Vanhaecke, University of Ghent, Belgium
Lu Yang, National Research Council Canada, Canada
Vassilia Zorba, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
Marco Aurelio Zezzi Arruda, UNICAMP, Brazil
Ramon Barnes, University Research Institute for Analytical Chemistry, USA
Matthieu Baudelet, University of Central Florida, USA
Annemie Bogaerts, University of Antwerp, Belgium
José Broekaert, University of Hamburg, Germany
Marta Costas-Rodríguez, Ghent University, Belgium
Carsten Engelhard, University of Siegen, Germany
Márcia Foster Mesko, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Brazil
Gerardo Gamez, Texas Tech University, USA
Detlef Günther, ETH-Zürich, Switzerland
Wei Hang, Xiamen University, China
George Havrilla, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Gary Hieftje, Indiana University, US
Takafumi Hirata, University of Tokyo, Japan
Bin Hu, Wuhan University, China
Zhaochu Hu, China University of Geosciences, China
Norbert Jakubowski, Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Germany
Gunda Koellensperger, University of Vienna, Austria
David Koppenaal, Pacific Northwest Laboratory, USA
Kerstin Leopold, University of Ulm, Germany
Kelvin Leung, Hong Kong Baptist University, China
Lara Lobo, University of Oviedo, Spain
Yi Lv, Sichuan University, China
R Kenneth Marcus, Clemson University, USA
Vincent Motto-Ros, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, France
Sohail Mushtaq, University of Bristol, UK
John Olesik, Ohio State University, USA
Richard Ortega, CNRS, France
Christophe Pecheyran, University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour, France
Spiros Pergantis, University of Crete, Greece
Pawel Pohl, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
Steven Ray, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA
Mark Rehkamper, Imperial College London, UK
Martín Resano, University of Zaragoza, Spain
Patricia Smichowski, National Atomic Energy Commission, Argentina
Joanna Szpunar, CNRS EP 132, France
Ralph Sturgeon, National Research Council, Canada
José Luís Todolí, University of Alicante, Spain
Johannes van Elteren, National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia
J R Bacon, University of Strathclyde, UK
N Barlow, Sandwell General Hospital, UK
S Branch, Herbalife, UK
O Butler, Health & Safety Laboratory Buxton, UK
W R L Cairns, Institute for the Dynamics of Environmental Processes of the Italian CNR , Italy
S Carter, INEOS, UK
A Catchpole, The Scottish Trace Element and Micronutrient Diagnostic and Research Laboratory, UK
M R Cave, British Geological Survey, UK
O Cavoura, University of West Attica, Greece
R Clough, University of Plymouth, UK
J M Cook, British Geological Survey, UK
C M Davidson, University of Strathclyde, UK
M P Day, The Australian Wine Research Institute, Australia
L Ebdon, UK
H Evans, University of Plymouth, UK
A Fisher, University of Plymouth, UK
U Fittschen, Technical University of Clausthal, Germany
M Foulkes, University of Plymouth, UK
B Gibson, Intertek Sunbury, UK
C Harrington, SAS Trace Element Laboratory, Surrey Pathology Services, UK
S Hill, LGC, UK
S J Hill, University of Plymouth, UK
Y Madrid, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
N Martin, Charing Cross Hospital, UK
R Mertz-Kraus, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz , Germany
M Patriarca, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Italy
J Pisonero, University of Oviedo, Spain
B Russell, National Physical Laboratory, UK
M Sargent, LGC, UK
C M M Smith, St Ambrose High School, UK
A Taylor, Royal Surrey County Hospital, UK
R Taylor, University of Southampton, UK
J F Tyson, University of Massachusetts, USA
C Vanhoof, Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Beliguim
L Vincze, Ghent University, Beliguim
J Waack, Intertek Sunbury, UK
M White, Health & Safety Laboratory, UK
Philippa Ross, Executive Editor
Rebecca Brodie, Deputy Editor, ORCID 0000-0002-5253-2709
Amy Southall, Development Editor
Jack Busby, Editorial Production Manager
Kirsten Hall, Publishing Editor
Alice Smallwood, Publishing Editor
Ziva Whitelock, Publishing Editor
Keir Hollingsworth, Editorial Assistant
Andrea Whiteside, Publishing Assistant
Jeanne Andres, Publisher
JAAS Emerging Investigator Lectureship
This Lectureship recognises early career researchers, who have made a significant contribution in the area of atomic spectrometry, in their independent academic career.
This award is presented biennially. Nominations open in late summer and close in early spring.
Nominations are welcome from anyone and are to be sent to the Editorial Office with a brief biography, list of relevant publications and details explaining the achievements and evidence of research independence of the nominee. Self-nomination is not permitted.
The nominations are then shortlisted and the winner selected by the JAAS Editorial Board.
The recipient of this award receives: the opportunity to present at a relevant high-profile international meeting and a contribution of up to £2,000 to cover associated travel and accommodation costs. Also, a certificate and an invitation to contribute a primary research or review article to JAAS.
Latest recipient: George L. Donati, Wake Forest University, USA
Access the web collection here.
Readership information
Readership is cross-disciplinary and includes the following fields.
- Atomic spectrometry
- Mass spectrometry
- Biomedical and clinical science
- Pharmaceutical analysis
- Geochemistry and environmental science
- Toxicology
- Materials and nanoanalysis
- Forensics and archaeometry
The readership spans researchers in universities and related academic institutes, government and research organisations, industry, independent laboratories and consulting firms.
Subscription information
JAAS is part of collections RSC Gold and Analytical Science.
Online only 2021: ISSN 1364-5544 £2,211 / $3,011
*2019 Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate Analytics, 2020)
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