Analytical Methods Blog

Following the success of Peer Review Week in September 2016 (dedicated to reviewer recognition) during which we published a list of our top reviewers, we are delighted to announce that we will continue to recognise the contribution that our reviewers make to the journal by announcing our Outstanding Reviewers each year.

We would like to highlight the Outstanding Reviewers for Analytical Methods in 2016, as selected by the editorial team, for their significant contribution to the journal. The reviewers have been chosen based on the number, timeliness and quality of the reports completed over the last 12 months.

We would like to say a big thank you to those individuals listed here as well as to all of the reviewers that have supported the journal. Each Outstanding Reviewer will receive a certificate to give recognition for their significant contribution.

Dr Elias Blanco Gil, Universidad Autonoma De Madrid

Dr Lingxin Chen, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry

Dr Christopher Foster, Manchester Metropolitan University

Professor Bin Hu, Wuhan University

Dr Shu-Hui Huo, Nankai University

Dr Dingbin Liu, Nankai University

Professor Antonio Molina-Diaz, University of Jaén

Dr Edward Randviir, Manchester Metropolitan University

Dr Xueguang Shao, Nankai University

Dr He-Fang Wang, Nankai University

We would also like to thank the Analytical Methods board and the analytical science community for their continued support of the journal, as authors, reviewers and readers.


If you would like to become a reviewer for our journal, just email us with details of your research interests and an up-to-date CV or résumé.  You can find more details in our author and reviewer resource centre

For five years the Royal Society of Chemistry’s competition has supported start-ups and universities with getting their technologies to market. The competition now has a dedicated food & drink category and is accepting applications until 13 March 2017

The Emerging Technologies Competition is supporting innovation right across the food & drink sector – from smart ingredients and novel delivery technologies, to crop protection, food authenticity, security and traceability.

Winners will be supported by food & drink giants Unilever, Diageo and Mondeléz. This support is completely tailored to the needs of the winner; it may include strategy reviews, assisting with market research, product testing, supporting funding bids, or introductions to brand new networks.

They will also receive:

• Support with media coverage and publicity
• Financial mentoring from KPMG
• Business training from University of Cambridge’s Entrepreneurial Centre
• Intellectual property advice from Mewburn Ellis LLP
• £10,000 prize money

The competition has proved a fantastic springboard for entrepreneurial ideas. Winners have gone on to raise a combined total of over £25 million in investment and funding, and one has recently announced a £28 million trade sale. Competition entrants have their business ideas rigorously assessed by specialists from both industry and the public sector, meaning winning has been instrumental in demonstrating a technology’s worth to investors.

Renata Zioben, whose company Haemostatix was bought after winning in the competition in 2015, says:

“[Winning the competition] demonstrated to our share-holders that our product was regarded as highly innovative, and validated the technology for our acquirer.”

In addition, the competition has seen university groups spin out into promising businesses, and small businesses expand overseas, enter commercial contracts, conduct industrial scale trials and collectively double their number of employees.

The competition closes for applications 13 March. Find out more and enter here.

The competition is supporting innovation right across the food & drink sector. The category spans a broad range of topics, including:

Healthy food and nutrition | Food safety | Smart ingredients | Novel delivery technologies | Food and raw material authenticity, security and traceability | Clean label | Food ingredient stability and monitoring | Crop protection and agricultural productivity | Water quality | Sustainable practices in process efficiency and waste minimisation