We are delighted to announce the latest impact factor for JAAS has increased to 3.466 according to the 2014 Journal Citation Reports ®.
We would like to thank all of our authors, referees, Editorial and Advisory Board members for their contributions to the success of JAAS.
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The ANAKON, a joint conference of German-speaking analytical chemists, organized by the German Chemical Society (GDCh) took place in Graz, Austria, from March 23 to March 26, 2015.
JAAS Editorial Board Member and Online Community Editor Professor Martín Resano (University of Zaragoza), was awarded the prestigious Bunsen-Kirchhoff Preiss for Analytical Spectroscopy for his work on the development of atomic spectrometric techniques.
In addition, during the opening session, JAAS Advisory Board member Professor Detlef Günther (ETH Zürich) was awarded with the Emich Badge (Emich-Plakette) of the ASAC, for merits in micro-and analytical chemistry and his research on LA-ICP-MS.
Well done Martín and Detlef, congratulations on your awards!
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| Professor Martín Resano being awarded the Bunsen-Kirchhoff Preiss | Professor Detlef Günther being awarded with the Emich Badge |
You can read some of the award winner’s papers below, which are free to access for the next few weeks.
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
Variable aperture extraction lens for ion beam investigation in inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry
Niko Kivel, Heiko-Dirk Potthast, Ines Günther-Leopold, Frank Vanhaecke and Detlef Günther
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2015, Advance Article
High-resolution continuum source graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry for direct analysis of solid samples and complex materials: a tutorial review
Martín Resano, Maite Aramendía and Miguel A. Belarra
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 2229-2250
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
Simultaneous determination of Co, Fe, Ni and Pb in carbon nanotubes by means of solid sampling high-resolution continuum source graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry
Martín Resano, Eduardo Bolea-Fernández, Engracia Mozas, María R. Flórez, Patricia Grinberg and Ralph E. Sturgeon
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2013, 28, 657-665
Comparison of 795 nm and 265 nm femtosecond and 193 nm nanosecond laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry for the quantitative multi-element analysis of glass materials
Masaki Ohata, Daniel Tabersky, Reto Glaus, Joachim Koch, Bodo Hattendorf and Detlef Günther
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 1345-1353
Direct determination of Cu isotope ratios in dried urine spots by means of fs-LA-MC-ICPMS. Potential to diagnose Wilson’s disease
Martín Resano, Maite Aramendía, Luis Rello, Mª Luisa Calvo, Sylvain Bérail and Christophe Pécheyran
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2013, 28, 98-106
Development and characterization of custom-engineered and compacted nanoparticles as calibration materials for quantification using LA-ICP-MS
Daniel Tabersky, Norman A. Luechinger, Michael Rossier, Eric Reusser, Kathrin Hametner, Beat Aeschlimann, Daniel A. Frick, Samuel C. Halim, Jay Thompson, Leonid Danyushevsky and Detlef Günther
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 955-962
We are delighted to announce we are welcoming nominations for the inaugural JAAS Emerging Investigator Lectureship. Launching to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the journal, the lectureship will be awarded annually from 2015 to recognise and support an emerging scientist working in the area of atomic spectrometry in the early stages of their independent career.
Lectureship details
The recipient of the lectureship will present their research at a relevant high-profile international meeting and receive a contribution of up to £2000 to cover associated travel and accommodation costs. They will be awarded a certificate and asked to contribute a Perspective or research article to JAAS.
Eligibility
The lectureship is open worldwide to researchers working in atomic spectrometry within scope of JAAS who are at an early stage of their independent career. Typically this will be within 10 years of completing their PhD, but appropriate consideration will be given to those who have taken a career break or followed a different study path.
Nominations
Nominations must be received by the Editorial Office by March 1st 2015; researchers cannot nominate themselves and members of the Editorial Board judging panel are not eligible to receive the lectureship.
Nominations must include:
• A letter of recommendation, including achievements and evidence of research independence of the nominee
• A brief biography of the nominee, including a summary of education and career
• A list of relevant publications, highlighting those of particular significance as judged by the nominator
Selection
The lectureship winner will be selected by the JAAS Editorial Board based on the originality, quality, impact and significance of the candidate’s research, as highlighted in their nomination. The winner will be selected at the spring Editorial Board meeting and the recipient announced shortly afterwards.
Submit a nomination
To make a nomination please send the Editorial Office a letter of recommendation, nominee biography and publication list no later than March 1st 2015.
JAAS Emerging Investigator Lectureship Nomination
Take a look at these new HOT articles just published in JAAS. These papers will be free to read for the next 4 weeks. Enjoy!
Determination of fluorine in plant materials via calcium mono-fluoride using high-resolution graphite furnace molecular absorption spectrometry with direct solid sample introduction
Aline R. Borges, Luciane L. François, Bernhard Welz, Eduardo Carasek and Maria Goreti R. Vale
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4JA00067F, Paper
Spectroscopic imaging: a spatial Odyssey
Freddy Adams
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4JA00050A, Perspective
Ethnic background and gender identification using electrothermal vaporization coupled to inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry for forensic analysis of human hair
Lily Huang and Diane Beauchemin
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4JA00071D, Paper
Development and characterization of custom-engineered and compacted nanoparticles as calibration materials for quantification using LA-ICP-MS
Daniel Tabersky, Norman A. Luechinger, Michael Rossier, Eric Reusser, Kathrin Hametner, Beat Aeschlimann, Daniel A. Frick, Samuel C. Halim, Jay Thompson, Leonid Danyushevsky and Detlef Günther
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014,29, 955-962
DOI: 10.1039/C4JA00054D, Paper
Compensation of inorganic acid interferences in ICP-OES and ICP-MS using a Flow Blurring® multinebulizer
Miguel Ángel Aguirre, Lucimar L. Fialho, Joaquim A. Nóbrega, Montserrat Hidalgo and Antonio Canals
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4JA00079J, Paper
LA-ICP-MS Pb–U dating of young zircons from the Kos–Nisyros volcanic centre, SE Aegean arc
M. Guillong, A. von Quadt, S. Sakata, I. Peytcheva and O. Bachmann
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014,29, 963-970
DOI: 10.1039/C4JA00009A, Paper
Old traces, read anew – ‘The Reading Hermit’ painting in the light of X-ray fluorescence
C. Seim, C. Laurenze-Landsberg, B. Schröder-Smeibidl, I. Mantouvalou, C. de Boer and B. Kanngießer
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3JA50301A, Paper
Welcome to this month’s bioanalytical highlights, keeping you up to date with latest developments in elemental analysis with a biological twist. All articles are free to read until June 30th.
The potential for a carbon stable isotope biomarker of dietary sugar intake
A. Hope Jahren, Joshua N. Bostic and Brenda M. Davy
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 795
A new closed-vessel conductively heated digestion system: fostering plant analysis by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy
Kelber Miranda, Edenir Rodrigues Pereira-Filho and José Anchieta Gomes Neto
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 825
Radiocesium accumulation in Egeria densa, a submerged plant – possible mechanism of cesium absorption
Hikaru Kowata, Yoshiyasu Nagakawa, Noboru Sakurai, Akiko Hokura, Yasuko Terada, Hiroshi Hasegawa and Emiko Harada
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 868
Speciation analysis of sugar phosphates via anion exchange chromatography combined with inductively coupled plasma dynamic reaction cell mass spectrometry – optimization for the analysis of yeast cell extracts
Dinh Binh Chu, Kristaps Klavins, Gunda Koellensperger and Stephan Hann
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 915
You 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.
Welcome to this month’s bioanalytical highlights, keeping you up to date with latest developments in elemental analysis with a biological twist. All articles are free to read until May 25th.
The emerging role of carbon isotope ratio determination in health research and medical diagnostics
Daniel E. Bütz, Shanon L. Casperson and Leah D. Whigham
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 594 DOI:10.1039/C3JA50327E
Changes in breath carbon isotope composition as a potential biomarker of inflammatory acute phase response in mechanically ventilated pediatric patients
Juan P. Boriosi, Dennis G. Maki, Rhonda A. Yngsdal-Krenz, Ellen R. Wald, Warren P. Porter, Mark E. Cook and Daniel E. Bütz
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 599 DOI:10.1039/C3JA50331C
The expired breath carbon delta value is a marker for the onset of sepsis in a swine model
Daniel E. Bütz, Samantha L. Morello, Jordan Sand, G. Neil Holland and Mark E. Cook
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 606 DOI:10.1039/C3JA50340B
Welcome to this month’s bioanalytical highlights, keeping you up to date with latest developments in elemental analysis with a biological twist. All articles are free to read until April 22nd.
Atomic spectrometry update: Review of advances in the analysis of clinical and biological materials, foods and beverages
Andrew Taylor, Martin P. Day, Sarah Hill, John Marshall, Marina Patriarca and Mark White
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 386 DOI:10.1039/C4JA90001D
The influence of menstrual blood loss and age on the isotopic composition of Cu, Fe and Zn in human whole blood
Lana Van Heghe, Olivier Deltombe, Joris Delanghe, Herman Depypere and Frank Vanhaecke
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 478 DOI:10.1039/C3JA50269D
The coordination core of Ag(I) N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes with anticancer properties as revealed by synchrotron radiation X-ray absorption spectroscopy
Marco Giorgetti, Giuliana Aquilanti, Maura Pellei and Valentina Gandin
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 491 DOI:10.1039/C3JA50242B
A simplified protocol for measurement of Ca isotopes in biological samples
Théo Tacail, Emmanuelle Albalat, Philippe Télouk and Vincent Balter
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 529 DOI:10.1039/C3JA50337B
An inter-laboratory comparison of high precision stable isotope ratio measurements for nanoparticle tracing in biological samples
Fiona Larner, Brian Gulson, Maxine McCall, Yalchin Oytam and Mark Rehkämper
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 471 DOI:10.1039/C3JA50322D
A critical overview of Cr speciation analysis based on high performance liquid chromatography and spectrometric techniques
Janez Ščančar and Radmila Milačič
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 427 DOI:10.1039/C3JA50198A
Rapid identification of phosphorus containing proteins in electrophoresis gel spots by Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy, LIBS
Nadir Aras and Şerife Yalçın
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 545 DOI:10.1039/C3JA50225B
The effect of paraformaldehyde fixation and sucrose cryoprotection on metal concentration in murine neurological tissue
Dominic J. Hare, Jessica L. George, Lisa Bray, Irene Volitakis, Angela Vais, Timothy M. Ryan, Robert A. Cherny, Ashley I. Bush, Colin L. Masters, Paul A. Adlard, Philip A. Doble and David I. Finkelstein
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 565 DOI:10.1039/C3JA50281C
Welcome to this month’s bioanalytical highlights, keeping you up to date with latest developments in elemental analysis with a biological twist. All articles are free to read until April 15th.
DOTA based metal labels for protein quantification: a review
Gunnar Schwarz, Larissa Mueller, Sebastian Beck and Michael W. Linscheid
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 221 DOI:10.1039/C3JA50277E
Current developments in clinical sample preconcentration prior to elemental analysis by atomic spectrometry: a comprehensive literature review
Tsz-Shan Lum, Yeuk-Ki Tsoi and Kelvin Sze-Yin Leung
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 234 DOI:10.1039/C3JA50316J
Analytical method for total chromium and nickel in urine using an inductively coupled plasma-universal cell technology-mass spectrometer (ICP-UCT-MS) in kinetic energy discrimination (KED) mode
C. Derrick Quarles, Deanna R. Jones, Jeffery M. Jarrett, Gulchekhra Shakirova, Yi Pan, Kathleen L. Caldwell and Robert L. Jones
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 297 DOI:10.1039/C3JA50272D
Evaluation of electrothermal vaporization as a sample introduction technique for the determination of trace elements in biological samples by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, following dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction
Juliano Carvalho Ramos and Daniel L. G. Borges
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 304 DOI:10.1039/C3JA50295C
Early detection of sepsis followed by immediate intervention is essential in the fight against sepsis. Researchers from the University of Wisconsin – Madison have recently described a technique for the analysis of exhaled breath carbon isotope delta values as a noninvasive diagnostic test in this fight.
Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) is a nonspecific response following events such as infection, trauma or surgery. SIRS is a major problem in the care of intensive care patients and has been reported to occur in 82 % of pediatric intensive care patients including the 23 % of patients admitted with sepsis. Sepsis is SIRS in the presence of an infection and is the most common cause of death in infants and children in the world. The US researchers showed a measurable difference between the exhaled breath carbon isotope delta values (BDVs i.e. 13CO2/12CO2 delta value) and the inflammatory acute phase response (APR) state of a pediatric patient. Whether the patient has no infection, trauma or surgery, the patient has trauma or post-operative status, active sepsis or shock.
Prof. Butz, University of Wisconsin-Madison highlights that “it has long been known that Carbon-13 behaves differently due to enzymatic fractionation. With the emergence of new carbon isotope sensing devices, such as cavity-ring down spectroscopy, measurement of the stable isotopes of carbon is much cheaper and more portable than has previously been possible.”
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In addition to discriminating patients for inflammatory APR state, the authors also suggest that the BDV could be used to monitor the changes in physiology during sepsis and septic shock due to changes in macronutrient oxidation. This opens up a bright future for BDVs in the clinic with “The potential for breath based measurements, such as the breath carbon delta value or BDV, making the intriguing case that noninvasive breath sampling can inform doctors and scientists about changes in the body’s metabolism. New instruments are being developed into medical devices that can be placed in the intensive care unit, emergency department, hospital ward, or clinic, and may be used by doctors to make determination about a patients nutritional, metabolic, or health status” adds Butz.
You can download the full article below, which is free to access until March 11th.
Changes in breath carbon isotope composition as a potential biomarker of inflammatory acute phase response in mechanically ventilated pediatric patients
Juan P. Boriosi, Dennis G. Maki, Rhonda A. Yngsdal-Krenz, Ellen R. Wald, Warren P. Porter, Mark E. Cook and Daniel E. Bütz
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C3JA50331C
