Affiliated with the International Society of Clinical SpectroscopyClinical Spectroscopy is an open access peer-review journal focused on the translation of spectroscopy into the clinical environment to improve patient diagnosis and prognosis. The development of optical spectroscopic techniques and their cutting-edge applications to clinical and biomedical research are of interest to this Journal. Other topics of interest are Molecular Imaging and Computational methods to interpret optical and spectroscopic measurements.Emphasis will be on clinical based studies applying primarily optical spectroscopy, including vibrational and UV/Visible spectroscopy, although, other multimodal approaches incorporating mass spectrometry, proteomics, metabolomics, lipidomics coupled to optical based spectroscopic techniques are highly welcomed. Unless coupled to optical spectroscopy, manuscripts utilizing fluorescence spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), X-ray and gamma ray analysis will not be considered for publication.Clinical Spectroscopy offers authors rigorous peer review, rapid decisions, and high visibility.The editors welcome original research articles, short communications and reviews on topics including but not limited to spectroscopy applications in:• Diagnosis and sensing:- Biomedical Imaging, - Biosensing, - Point of care diagnostic, - Disease Detection.• Surgical guidance and in-vivo applications• Therapeutics monitoring and Drug Release• New Devices and Emerging Instrumentations and their miniaturization for clinical applications• Clinical Translation• Data Analysis- Data pretreatment, - Calibration, - Interpretation.
The Journal of Magnetic Resonance Open (JMRO), a companion title to the well-known Journal of Magnetic Resonance, is a Gold Open Access peer-reviewed journal that publishes a variety of research articles and reviews on Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Imaging. Editors welcome original scientific papers in all aspects of magnetic resonance, including nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) of solids and liquids, nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR), magnetic resonance magnetometry, electron spin/paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and in-vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy and imaging (MRS, MRI). Manuscripts dealing with the development of these methodologies, with related technologies and with their cutting-edge applications in all research areas (chemistry, biology, physics), are of particular interest to this Journal. Editors have tailored article types that JMRO accepts to six distinct kinds, believing that these will maximize the benefit resulting from the accessibility provided by Gold Open Access. We divide this kind of articles into Research, Concept, Idea, Protocol, Tutorial and Classroom papers.Research papers should include hard-core original results in the above fields. Authors are encouraged to provide a contextual description of their research emphasizing on their contribution into a broader context in an Introduction section, comprehensive Experimental and Results sections, and the implications of these to advance the field in a Discussion.Concept papers will be submissions that combine original research propositions or outlooks, with an overview of the state-of-the-art status in a given subfield. The idea of this class of articles is to fill back the kind of niche that papers in the "Advances in Magnetic Resonance" and in the "Concepts in Magnetic Resonance" series occupied with great success over several decades. We expect these to be relatively long accounts (5,000-10,000 words, ≡10 figures/tables), aimed at specialists that will appreciate new takes, alternative vistas and/or clarifications about concepts, techniques, algorithms and applications in magnetic resonance.Idea papers will be essays containing novel ideas at an early stage of development. This article type provides an opportunity to disclose breakthroughs early in their gestation -even before their full experimental validation or implications has been completed. Idea papers should be brief, aiming at ca. 2000 words and 4 figures and/or tables. Their format could be similar to regular papers, including an abstract and keywords section, with the length and detail of the remaining sections tailored in accordance to the novelty of the contribution.Protocol papers will be hands-on descriptions where facility managers, advanced students, postdocs and other experts from academia or industry, share their know-how about setting up and analysing magnetic resonance experiments. What we would like to target is the kind of accumulated knowledge that is essential for running a successful project, but which can rarely make it into a stand-alone publication. We trust to rely heavily on videos in addition to figures and recent text, to facilitate this transfer of knowledge.Tutorial papers are inspired by the pedagogical efforts we have witnessed in major magnetic resonance conferences (ENC, EUROMAR, ISMRM), and their idea is to present an introduction to either a theoretical or experimental subject in magnetic resonance. These papers should be directed to a learned but non-expert student / practitioner that is interested in the field, and of particular importance is that it be prepared with good pedagogical skills. Tutorial papers do not have to shy from recent or ongoing breakthroughs, but their emphasis would be better spent in clarity rather than comprehensiveness: explain the concepts, describe the protocols, give valuable practical information -help us nurture a new generation of scientists.Classroom papers will be submissions that are specifically meant to disseminate magnetic resonance teaching efforts, both in the classroom and in the lab, both at graduate and undergraduate levels. The idea here is to publish useful protocols, experiments, solved quizzes and problems, as well as evaluations/feedback from students, that will help us improve our training of the upcoming generation of magnetic resonance practitioners.
Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy, is intended for the rapid publication of both original work and reviews in the following fields: Atomic Emission (AES), Atomic Absorption (AAS) and Atomic Fluorescence (AFS) spectroscopy;Mass Spectrometry (MS) for inorganic analysis covering Spark Source (SS-MS), Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP-MS), Glow Discharge (GD-MS), and Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS).Laser induced atomic spectroscopy for inorganic analysis, including non-linear optical laser spectroscopy, covering Laser Enhanced Ionization (LEI), Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF), Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy (RIS) and Resonance Ionization Mass Spectrometry (RIMS); Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS); Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy (CRDS), Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (LA-ICP-AES) and Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS).X-ray spectrometry, X-ray Optics and Microanalysis, including X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF) and related techniques, in particular Total-reflection X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry (TXRF), and Synchrotron Radiation-excited Total reflection XRF (SR-TXRF).Manuscripts dealing with (i) fundamentals, (ii) methodology development, (iii)instrumentation, and (iv) applications, can be submitted for publication.The emphasis is on papers having a relationship with "spectrochemical analysis". The main subjects will include theoretical or experimental studies of the physical and chemical processes connected with the generation of atomic or mass spectra; the determination of atomic data; diagnostics for spectrochemical sources; the fundamentals, design or performance of complete instrumental systems, components of instruments, or devices used in any of the above stated fields of spectrometry; qualitative and quantitative analysis in the sense of complete analytical procedures using a single method or a combination of methods, or parts of complete procedures: sampling, sample preparation, sample introduction, detection, data acquisition and handling (including calibration and statistical evaluation); analytical performance and analytical figures of merit: limits of detection and limits of determination, selectivity, precision, accuracy, interferences.Authoritative and comprehensive review articles, dedicated to a particularly important topic or field of analysis, are published regularly. In addition, shorter, concise reviews or viewpoints focusing on the current status and future prospects of a field or topic particularly relevant to the development of a new analytical methodology or to a better understanding of its fundamental underlying principles are welcome. Tutorial reviews, illustrating in depth fundamental concepts in atomic spectroscopy and analytical atomic spectroscopy, are also published.Articles describing an application of a spectroscopic technique to analysis will also be considered. In this case, however, the spectroscopic flavor of the manuscript should be substantial: mere analytical recipes or papers emphasizing separation and pre-concentration techniques should not be submitted. Finally, to the editors' discretion, accelerated publication of short papers dealing with new important concepts, instrumental developments or applications will be considered.