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Asia-Pacific Winter Conference collection now published!

We are pleased to announce that the collection of papers from last year’s meeting is now available to read online.

This is a collection of papers showcasing some of the topical research presented at the 2015 Asia-Pacific Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, held in Xiamen, China, May 19-22, 2015.

Make sure to read the Introductory Editorial from Guest Editor and Conference Chairman Wei Hang.

You can access the online version of the collection here .

We hope you enjoy reading the collection!

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30th Anniversary Issue of JAAS now published!

In honour of the 30th anniversary year of JAAS, a special collection is now published to celebrate this significant milestone.

Guest Edited by Frank Vanhaecke, Detlef Günther, Gary Hieftje, Joe Caruso, Barry Sharp and Les Ebdon, this collection of papers celebrates the 30th anniversary of JAAS with topics spanning the breadth of analytical atomic spectrometry.

Make sure you read the special editorials:

JAAS – 30 years of manuscripts, citations, and scientific impact

JAAS Emerging Investigator Lectureship

Current trends: a perspective from 30 years of Atomic Spectrometry Updates

We hope you enjoy reading the collection!

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Call for papers: Themed issue on speciation analysis

You are invited to contribute to the upcoming JAAS themed issue showcasing the latest discoveries and developments in speciation analysis.

Guest Edited by Professor Gunda Koellensperger (University of Vienna, Austria) and Dr Heidi Goenaga-Infante (LGCGroup, London, UK) this upcoming themed issue will highlight the most outstanding work in the area of speciation analysis, and also provide some insight into the newly emerging work in this exciting area of research.

For your article to be considered for the speciation analysis themed issue we must receive your manuscript by March 1st 2016.

Communications, full papers and review articles are welcomed, if you are interested in submitting a paper for this themed issue please contact us to let us know.

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Join up with JAAS at the 6th Asia-Pacific Winter Conference in Xiamen, China

Will you be joining us in Xiamen later this month?

If so, on behalf of the organisers and JAAS Editorial Board, we would like to invite you to submit an article for a themed issue in JAAS, on your work presented at the conference.

The submission deadline for the issue will be 15th July 2015. Accepted papers will be published online as advanced articles as soon as they are ready. The issue will be published online and in print in early 2016. All authors will receive a PDF of their article and a print copy of this issue when it is published. There will be no upper limit on the number of papers published in the themed issue.

We welcome the submission of communications, full papers and technical notes for consideration in the issue, and all articles will be subject to the usual high standards of the journal through peer-review. If you are interested in writing a review article for the issue, then please do not hesitate to contact me by email. We will also have a JAAS 30th Anniversary Event on the Friday night, so please do come and speak to me!

Articles should be submitted through the JAAS website, and we kindly ask all authors to indicate in their covering letter that their article is for consideration in the APWC 2015 issue. Further details about what we have to look forward to can be found on the conference website.

2015 Asia-Pacific Winter Conference (2015 APWC), Xiamen, China
May 19-22, 2015

Take a look at some of the papers published in the themed issue from the 2012 Asia Pacific Winter Conference, held in Jeju Island, South Korea

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2015 European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry themed issue

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We are delighted to announce that once again, JAAS will be publishing a themed issue from the 2015 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry.

The submission deadline for the issue will be 10th April 2015, with the option of having your article published online as soon as it is accepted. The issue will be published online and in print in summer 2015. If you need any extra time to complete your manuscript, do let us know and we would be happy to discuss this with you.

We welcome the submission of communications, full papers and technical notes, and all articles will be subject to peer-review. If you are interested in writing a review article for the issue, please do not hesitate to contact me (jaas-rsc@rsc.org) or JAAS Editorial Board Chair, Frank Vanhaecke, to discuss a possible topic.

You can submit your article by uploading your manuscript through the journal website. Don’t forget to mention in your cover letter that you article is intended for the Winter Conference themed issue.

We look forward to reading your next article!

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Themed issue dedicated to Barry Sharp is now online

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We are delighted to announce that the JAAS themed issue dedicated to Barry Sharp is now online. The issue features papers in celebration of Barry Sharp’s significant contribution to analytical science over his career, click through to read the introduction by Les Ebdon.

In addition to his extensive scientific contributions, Barry played a key role in the birth of JAAS and as well as being a founding member of the Editorial Board went on to hold the post of JAAS Chair. We offer our sincerest thanks to Barry for all his involvement and support of the journal, which this year is celebrating it’s 30th anniversary.

Take a look at the full themed issue online


Development of a fast laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry cell for sub-μm scanning of layered materials
Stijn J. M. Van Malderen, Johannes T. van Elteren and Frank Vanhaecke
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2015, 30, 119-125
DOI: 10.1039/C4JA00137K

Laser-ablation sampling for inductively coupled plasma distance-of-flight mass spectrometry
Alexander Gundlach-Graham, Elise A. Dennis, Steven J. Ray, Christie G. Enke, Charles J. Barinaga, David W. Koppenaal and Gary M. Hieftje
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2015, 30, 139-147
DOI: 10.1039/C4JA00231H

Direct elemental analysis of honeys by atmospheric pressure glow discharge generated in contact with a flowing liquid cathode
Krzysztof Greda, Piotr Jamroz, Anna Dzimitrowicz and Pawel Pohl
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2015, 30, 154-161
DOI: 10.1039/C4JA00261J

C18-coated stir bar sorptive extraction combined with HPLC-ICP-MS for the speciation of butyltins in environmental samples
Xiangju Mao, Wenying Fan, Man He, Beibei Chen and Bin Hu
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2015, 30, 162-171
DOI: 10.1039/C4JA00294F

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Optimizing GC-ICP-MS for ultra-trace quantification of PBDEs in natural water samples using species-specific isotope dilution
Adriana González-Gago, Daniel Pröfrock and Andreas Prange
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2015, 30, 180-190
DOI: 10.1039/C4JA00112E

Investigation of silver nanoparticles and plasma protein association using flow field-flow fractionation coupled with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (FlFFF-ICP-MS)
Panida Wimuktiwan, Juwadee Shiowatana and Atitaya Siripinyanond
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2015, 30, 245-253
DOI: 10.1039/C4JA00225C

An internal standardisation strategy for quantitative immunoassay tissue imaging using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
Daniel A. Frick, Charlotte Giesen, Teresa Hemmerle, Bernd Bodenmiller and Detlef Günther
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2015, 30, 254-259
DOI: 10.1039/C4JA00293H


Ultraviolet radiation combined with microwave-assisted wet digestion of Antarctic seaweeds for further determination of toxic elements by ICP-MS

Marcia F. Mesko, Rochele S. Picoloto, Lizângela R. Ferreira, Vanize C. Costa, Claudio M. P. Pereira, Pio Colepicolo, Edson I. Muller and Erico M. M. Flores
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2015, 30, 260-266
DOI: 10.1039/C4JA00264D


Direct analysis of dried blood spots by femtosecond-laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. Feasibility of split-flow laser ablation for simultaneous trace element and isotopic analysis

M. Aramendía, L. Rello, S. Bérail, A. Donnard, C. Pécheyran and M. Resano
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2015, 30, 296-309
DOI: 10.1039/C4JA00313F

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Call for papers: FFF- or SP- ICP-MS for nanomaterial analysis

Cover image of JAAS, Issue 5, 2014You are invited to contribute to the upcoming JAAS themed issue dedicated to the analysis of engineered and natural nanomaterials by field-flow fractionation (FFF-) or single particle (SP-) inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS).

For your article to be considered for this themed issue we must receive your manuscript by November 7th 2014.

Guest Edited by Björn Meermann and Francisco Laborda, the themed issue will showcase the current state-of-the-art of ICP-MS, either in combination with field-flow fractionation or in single particle mode, for the analysis of engineered and natural nanomaterials. The themed issue is open to both fundamental studies and applications covering all areas of associated research (e.g., environment, material sciences, biosciences, toxicology, ecotoxicology).

Please contact us if you are interested in contributing to the themed issue, which welcomes review articles, original research papers and communications.

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2014 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry themed issue

We are delighted to say that once again, JAAS will be publishing a themed issue from the 2014 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry. 

The submission deadline for the issue will be 17th February 2014, with the option of having your article published online as soon as it is accepted. The issue will be published online and in print in summer 2014. If you need any extra time to complete your manuscript, do let us know and we would be happy to discuss this with you.

We welcome the submission of communications, full papers and technical notes, and all articles will be subject to peer-review. If you are interested in writing a review article for the issue, please do not hesitate to contact me (jaas-rsc@rsc.org) or JAAS Editorial Board Chair, Frank Vanhaecke, to discuss a possible topic.

You can submit your article by uploading your manuscript through the journal website. Don’t forget to mention in your cover letter that you article is intended for the Winter Conference themed issue.

We look forward to reading your next article!

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Elemental Imaging Themed Issue: submissions still open

Soon we will be publishing a themed issue on Elemental Imaging in the field of analytical atomic spectrometry. The aim is to highlight imaging techniques and methods, including a mixture of both fundamental advances and exciting new applications.

Guest edited by:
Jorge Pisonero, University of Oviedo
Vincent Smentkowski, General Electric Global Research
Nerea Bordel, University of Oviedo

The submission deadline for the forthcoming themed issue of JAAS on Elemental Imaging was February 8th. We are still currently accepting submissions for this issue.

If you work in the field of elemental imaging submit your work today!

All articles will be peer-reviewed, and to be suitable for publication, must meet the usual quality and significance standards of the journal.  Please indicate in your covering letter that your article is to be considered for the Elemental Imaging theme. Email jaas-rsc@rsc.org for more information.

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European Winter Conference – JAAS themed issue

European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry
Kraków, Poland, 10-15 February 2013

Happy New Year everyone! As it is now the new year, then that must mean the next Winter Conference is just round the corner, and I’m definitely looking forward to my first visit to Poland and the beautiful city of Kraków.

As regular readers of JAAS will know, the journal publishes a themed issue from the Winter Conference each year, and this year is no different. On behalf of the organisers and the JAAS Editorial Board, I would therefore like to invite you to submit an article for a themed issue in JAAS, on your work presented at the conference.

The submission deadline for the issue will be 1st April 2013, and the issue will be published online, and in print, in summer of 2013. All authors will receive a PDF of their article and a print copy of this issue when it is published. We welcome the submission of communications, full papers and technical notes for consideration in the issue, and all articles will be subject to the usual high standards of the journal through peer-review. If you are interested in writing a review article for the issue, then please do not hesitate to contact me by email.

Articles should be submitted through the JAAS website, and we kindly ask all authors to indicate in their covering letter that their article is for consideration in the EWC 2013 issue. We will also have an Exhibition stand at the conference, so if you have any questions or would like to dicsuss this further, please do drop by and see me!

We will also be offering a JAAS Poster Prize of a personal electronic subscription to the journal, and one of the newly designed i-pod Nanos (so if you are presenting a poster, this could be yours!)

Further details about what we have to look forward to can be found on the conference website – but the Gala Dinner in the Wieliczka Salt Mine looks fantastic!

I look forward to seeing you in Kraków!

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