Analytical Methods Blog

Issue 17 is our themed issue on Emerging Investigators, featuring papers from some of the rising stars of analytical science. The aim of this issue was to highlight some of the outstanding young analytical scientists of today, and in doing so capture newly emerging high-impact areas of research – once you’ve taken a look at the papers, we hope you’ll agree that we’ve succeeded in doing this!

The issue is introduced in an Editorial from the Guest Editors: Lane Baker of Indiana University and Ryan Bailey of the University of Illinois.

Lane Baker and Ryan Bailey

Emerging investigators 2015
Anal. Methods, 2015, 7, 6936-6936
DOI: 10.1039/C5AY90061A

We’d like to thank Lane and Ryan for all their work, and all the authors for giving us such a great collection of papers. You can find out more about all of our Emerging Investigators in our profile piece:

Contributors to the emerging investigators issue
Anal. Methods, 2015, 7, 6937-6946
DOI: 10.1039/C5AY90060C

Check out the rest of the issue here: http://rsc.li/1NJPGDE

We hope that you enjoy this themed issue – please let us know your thoughts by leaving a comment below.

You are invited to contribute to the joint Analyst and Analytical Methods themed collection showcasing the latest discoveries and developments in food authenticity and integrity; including the analysis and detection of food fraud, contamination, adulteration and spoilage.

For your article to be considered for the themed collection we must receive your manuscript by 13 July 2015.

Guest Edited by Professor Roy Goodacre and Dr David Ellis at The University of Manchester, this upcoming collection will showcase the latest developments on food analysis by leading researchers from academia, industry and government departments.

As you are no doubt aware the recent horsemeat scandal throughout Europe rocked the food industry and this precipitated the recent Elliott review. History across the globe reminds that our food is under constant threat from adulteration and previous examples include: melamine in milk, dioxins in pork, and microbial pathogens. Adulteration, contamination and spoilage of food has therefore always been an international problem and there is a constant requirement for analytical methods to be developed in order to assess the food we, our companion animals and veterinary animals consume.

Submissions are welcome to both Analyst and Analytical Methods for the themed collection which will include research and reviews across the fundamental and applied analytical sciences.

Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you are interested in submitting a Communication, full paper or review article for the collection, or if you would like more information about the journals or themed collection

Ahmadrajia and Killard, Anal. Methods, 2013,5, 3612-3625

We are delighted to announce a new Themed Issue of Analytical Methods on

 Clinical Diagnostics

The aim of this issue is to highlight important developments and novel applications in spectroscopy, chromatography and metabolomics for clinical diagnostics through the evaluation of analytical data. Guest Edited by Salvador Garrigues and Miguel de la Guardia from the University of Valencia, Spain.

Submission Deadline: 15^th December 2013

 Both Communications and Full Papers can be submitted for consideration; if you would like to contribute a review-type article, we would be happy to discuss with you.
Please indicate in your covering letter that your article is to be considered for the Clinical Diagnostics themed issue. For more information email us at METHODS-RSC@rsc.org