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Publishing frequency: 24 issues per year
Indexed in MEDLINE
Editor-in-chief: Aaron Wheeler
Time to first decision: 31 days**
Read and publish in our thematic collections
Organ-on-a-chip systems-translating concept into practice Thought leader: Michael Shuler (Cornell University, USA)
Organ-, body-, and disease-on-a-chip Thought leader: Michael Shuler (Cornell University, USA)
Droplet-based single-cell sequencing Thought leader: David Weitz (Harvard University, USA)
Personalised medicine: Liquid biopsy Thought leaders: Stefanie Jeffrey (Stanford University, USA) and Mehmet Toner (Massachusetts General Hospital)
Scope
Lab on a Chip provides a unique forum for the publication of significant and original work related to miniaturisation, at the micro- and nano-scale, of interest to a multidisciplinary readership. The journal seeks to publish work at the interface between physical technological advancements and high impact applications that are of direct interest to a broad audience.
The most important factor used to assess manuscripts that are submitted to Lab on a Chip is novelty. Papers should demonstrate novelty in both: (i) the device physics, engineering, and materials; and (ii) applications in biology, chemistry, medicine. Submissions that describe novelty in both device and application are most likely to be published. Outstanding papers featuring novelty in either the device or the application may also be published.
All manuscripts should be written such that they are accessible to scientists in all disciplines associated with the following subjects, across both academic and industrial sectors.
Novel micro- and nano-technologies and fundamental principles
- Micro- and nano-fabrication (including 3D printing, thin films)
- Micro- and nano-fluidics (in continuous and segmented multiphase flow, droplet microfluidics, new liquids)
- Micro- and nano-systems (sensor, actuator, reaction)
- Micro- and nano-separation technologies (molecular and cellular sorting)
- Micro- and nano-total analysis system (µTAS, nTAS)
- Digital microfluidics
- Sample preparation
- Imaging and detection
Significant biological, chemical, medical, environmental and energy applications
- Nucleic acid biotechnology and analysis (DNA and RNA sequencing, genotyping, gene manipulation)
- Protein analysis (proteomics and metabolomics for targeted and global analysis)
- Medical diagnostics (for example point of care and molecular)
- Medical devices and treatments (including implantable and wireless)
- Drug development (screening and delivery)
- Cells, tissues, organs on chip and integrated tissue engineering
- 3D cell culture
- Single cell analysis
- Cell and organism motility and interactions
- Systems and synthetic biology and medicine
- Energy, biofuels, fuel extraction
- Environmental and food monitoring for health and security
Editor-in-chief
Aaron Wheeler, University of Toronto, Canada
Associate editors
Yoon-Kyoung Cho, UNIST, South Korea
Petra Dittrich, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Hang Lu, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Jianhua Qin, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, China
Manabu Tokeshi, Hokkaido University, Japan
Joel Voldman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Editorial board members
Dino Di Carlo, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Piotr Garstecki, Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Xingyu Jiang, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
Esther Amstad, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
Yoshinobu Baba, Nagoya University, Japan
Jean-Christophe Baret, Université de Bordeaux, France
Holger Becker, Microfluidic ChipShop GmbH, Germany
Anja Boisen, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Oscar Ces, Imperial College London, UK
Stephanie Descroix, Institut Curie, France
Xudong Fan, University of Michigan, USA
Qun Fang, Zhejiang University, China
Albert Folch, University of Washington, USA
Martin A. M. Gijs, EPFL, Switzerland
Mark Gilligan, Dolomite, UK
Mei He, University of Kansas, USA
Amy Herr, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Tony Jun Huang, Duke University, USA
Yanyi Huang, Peking University, China
Daniel Irimia, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
David Issadore, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Nooli Jeon, Seoul National University, South Korea
Michelle Khine, University of California, Irvine, USA
Sunghoon Kwon, Seoul National University, South Korea
Wilbur Lam, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, USA
Abraham Lee, University of California, Irvine, USA
Gwo-Bin Lee, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Severine Le Gac, University of Twente, the Netherlands
Weihua Li, University of Wollongong, Australia
Xiujun Li, University of Texas at El Paso, USA
Chwee Teck Lim, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Ai Qun Liu, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Adrian Neild, Monash University, Australia
Nam-Trung Nguyen, Griffith University, Australia
Nicole Pamme, University of Hull, UK
Ian Papautsky, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Sámuel Sánchez, Institute of Bioengineering of Catalonia, Spain
Anderson Shum, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
David Sinton, University of Toronto, Canada
Shoji Takeuchi, University of Tokyo, Japan
Albert van den Berg, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Jeff Tza-Huei Wang, Johns Hopkins University, USA
David Weitz, Harvard University, USA
George Whitesides, Harvard University, USA
Hongkai Wu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
Chaoyong James Yang, Xiamen University, China
Po Ki Yuen, Corning Incorporated, New York, USA
Roland Zengerle, Hahn-Schickard, Germany
Weian Zhao, University of California, Irvine, USA
Philippa Ross, Executive Editor
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
Readership information
Lab on a Chip coverage is highly relevant to a variety of industrial and academic sectors, including the following.
- Pharmaceuticals
- Medicine
- Analytical science
- Synthetic chemistry
- Biotechnology
- Physics
- Materials science
- (Bio)engineering
- Electronics
µTAS abstracts
Lab on a Chip hosts µTAS abstracts, providing free access to current and archived content submitted to µTAS conferences. These abstracts will provide researchers with access to essential information; supporting current and future research on miniaturized systems for chemistry and life sciences.
Lab on a Chip & Dolomite Pioneers of Miniaturization Lectureship
This Lectureship recognises early to mid-career scientists, within 15 years of their PhD, who have made outstanding contributions to the understanding or development of miniaturised systems.
This award is presented annually. Nominations open in the spring, and close in early summer. The winner is announced in late summer.
Nominations are welcome from anyone (except students) and are to be sent to the Editorial Office. Nominations are made by completing a nomination form and a letter of recommendation. Self-nomination is not permitted.
The nominations are then shortlisted and the winner selected by a panel of judges coordinated by the Editor of Lab on a Chip.
The recipient of this award receives the opportunity to present at the annual MicroTAS Conference and a prize of $2,000.
The 2020 Pioneers of Miniaturization Lectureship Winner is Professor Wilbur Lam, Georgia Institute of Technology/Emory University, USA. To find out more about the 2020 Lectureship winner please visit our blog, and access the web collection here.
Subscription information
Lab on a Chip is part of the collection RSC Gold.
Online only 2021: ISSN 1473-0189, £1,552 / $2,786
*2019 Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate Analytics, 2020)
** Average time from receipt to first decision in 2020
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