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Most popular papers of 2010

Last year was as busy as ever for JAAS and we’d like to say thank you to all our authors and referees for helping us a achieve a successful 2010!  We’re delighted with all the articles we published, but we were curious to find out what people were reading.

So here are a handful of the most popular articles of 2010 – all of them are free to access until the end of April.  Why do you think these particular papers were so well-read? Let us know by posting your comments below.

Fundamental studies on the ablation behaviour of Pb/U in NIST 610 and zircon 91500 using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry with respect to geochronology
Barbara K. Kuhn, Karin Birbaum, Yan Luo and Detlef Günther
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2010, 25, 21-27
DOI: 10.1039/B917261K

Technical Note: A fast sample preparation procedure for mercury speciation in hair samples by high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to ICP-MS
Samuel S. de Souza, Jairo L. Rodrigues, Vanessa C. de Oliveira Souza and Fernando Barbosa Jr.
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2010, 25, 79-83
DOI: 10.1039/B911696F

Communication: Development of direct atmospheric sampling for laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry
Robert Kovacs, Kohei Nishiguchi, Keisuke Utani and Detlef Günther
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2010, 25, 142-147
DOI: 10.1039/B924425E

Tutorial Review: Field-flow fractionation and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer coupling: History, development and applications
S. Dubascoux, I. Le Hécho, M. Hassellöv, F. Von Der Kammer, M. Potin Gautier and G. Lespes
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2010, 25, 613-623
DOI: 10.1039/B927500B

Technical Note: Quantification method for elemental bio-imaging by LA-ICP-MS using metal spiked PMMA films
Christine Austin, Dominic Hare, Tristan Rawling, Andrew M. McDonagh and Philip Doble
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2010, 25, 722-725
DOI: 10.1039/B911316A

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Most-read JAAS articles in January

The most popular JAAS articles in January

Read five of the most-read papers in January 2011 here:

Owen T. Butler, Warren Cairns, Jennifer M. Cook and Christine M. Davidson, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 250-286
DOI: 10.1039/C0JA90038A
 
Eliane Padua Oliveira, Lu Yang, Ralph E. Sturgeon, Ricardo Erthal Santelli, Marcos Almeida Bezerra, Scott N. Willie and Ramsés Capilla, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011
 
Søren Husted, Daniel P. Persson, Kristian H. Laursen, Thomas H. Hansen, Pai Pedas, Michaela Schiller, Josefine N. Hegelund and Jan K. Schjoerring, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 52-79
DOI: 10.1039/C0JA00058B
 
François R. Doucet, Gregg Lithgow, Rick Kosierb, Paul Bouchard and Mohamad Sabsabi, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 536-541
DOI: 10.1039/C0JA00199F
 
David N. Douglas, Jenna L. Crisp, Helen J. Reid and Barry L. Sharp, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JA00144A
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Issue 3 online

JAAS, 2011, 26(3):465-636

Issue 3 has just been published online, so head over to the JAAS homepage to take a look.  On this month’s cover, work by Thomas Pettke et al. to determine lead isotope ratios is highlighted.

They present an analytical protocol for measuring isotope ratios on minute analyte quantities by multiple-collector ICP-MS in fast transient signal mode.  They say that this has great potential for applications to geochemical, archaeological, environmental and possibly biochemical problems.

Quantification of transient signals in multiple collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry: accurate lead isotope ratio determination by laser ablation of individual fluid inclusions
Thomas Pettke, Felix Oberli, Andreas Audétat, Uwe Wiechert, Caroline R. Harris and Christoph A. Heinrich
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 475-492
DOI: 10.1039/C0JA00140F

Read the article for free for the next 6 weeks.

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European Winter Conference 2013

The next European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry will be held 10-15 February 2013 in Krakow, Poland.

Chair of the meeting will be JAAS Editorial Board member Joanna Szpunar from the Laboratory of Bio-Inorganic and Environmental Analytical Chemistry at CNRS, Pau, France.  She will be supported by Co-Chair Paweł Kościelniak from the Faculty of Chemistry at the Jagiellonian University, Krakow.

Krakow is known as one of the oldest and most beautiful cities in Central Europe, and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.  The EWCPS is being organised with the support of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Polish Society of Chemistry, the President of the City of Krakow and the Rector of the Jagiellonian University.

To find out more, visit www.chemia.uj.edu.pl/ewcps and keep an eye on JAAS News – we’ll give you more updates as we have them.

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Seen the cover of Issue 2?

JAAS, 2011, 26(2): 237 to 464

Featured on the cover of Issue 2 is a Technical Note by Davis and Long looking at measuring mercury species in blood.
The article will be free to access for 5 weeks, so do take a look and leave your comments back here on the blog.

Technical Note: Measurements of methylmercury, ethylmercury, and inorganic mercury species in a whole blood standard reference material: SRM 955c—Toxic Elements in Caprine Blood
W. Clay. Davis and Stephen E. Long
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 431-435
DOI: 10.1039/C0JA00175A

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ChemSpider connects chemistry and mass spec

Find Out How ChemSpider Connects Chemistry & Mass Spectrometry Online – Register Today…

Connecting chemistry and mass spectrometry on the internet in the very first Chemistry World live webinar on 31 January, discover the powerful combination of the modern mass spectrometry and the ChemSpider database of chemical structures in metabolomics research.

Dr Antony Williams of the RSC and Dr John Shockcor from Waters will be speaking on:

Connecting Chemistry and Mass Spectrometry on the Internet – ChemSpider
Monday 31 January 2011

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JAAS Anniversary Symposium videos online

The video of JAAS’ 25th Anniversary Symposium is now available online!

Find out which of our Advisory Board members likes simple and elegant solutions, who is learning to fly, how analytical science has developed in China in recent years and who it is that needs no introduction (and hear about some good science of course).  Take a look and do post your comments below.

You might also like to read our Editorial from Zhaochu Hu, China University of Geosciences, reporting on his experience of the symposium.

Editorial: A Successful JAAS 25th Anniversary Symposium
Zhaochu Hu
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JA90040K

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Most-read JAAS articles in December

The most popular JAAS articles in December

Read five of the most-read papers in December 2010 here:

E. Hywel Evans, John B. Dawson, Andrew Fisher, Steve J. Hill, W. John Price, Clare M. M. Smith, Karen L. Sutton and Julian F. Tyson, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2001, 16, 672-711
DOI: 10.1039/B103584N

Søren Husted, Daniel P. Persson, Kristian H. Laursen, Thomas H. Hansen, Pai Pedas, Michaela Schiller, Josefine N. Hegelund and Jan K. Schjoerring, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 52-79
DOI: 10.1039/C0JA00058B
 
Thomas Pettke, Felix Oberli, Andreas Audétat, Uwe Wiechert, Caroline R. Harris and Christoph A. Heinrich, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0JA00140F
 
Kevin Ashley, Ronnee N. Andrews, Laura Cavazos and Martine Demange, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2001, 16, 1147-1153
DOI: 10.1039/B102027G
 
Marilena D’Amato, Federica Aureli, Silvia Ciardullo, Andrea Raggi and Francesco Cubadda, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2011, 26, 207-213
DOI: 10.1039/C0JA00125B
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