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previously published in both semi Analytical Chemistry terial monthly issues. You'll notice differences, in the format of the table of con continues to evolve however, tents and "In This Issue" (now "In AC Re search") . The table of contents for the with a new monthly "AC Research" section has been moved to the beginning of that section, and the A-page format new "In AC Research" section will include
f the A-page section of this issue of the journal seems a bit larger than usual, there's a good reason. Begin ning with this issue, an expanded Apage section will be published in the first issue of the month, along with the re search section. The second issue of each month will contain only peer-reviewed re search articles. Many readers will recall that only a sections, particularly "In This Issue" and year ago the journal underwent a com "Analytical Currents." plete facelift. We developed several new When we asked what changes they sections ("In This Issue," "Analytical Cur would like to see made in future issues, rents," "Software," and "Product Review") many said that they would like a return to and modified some of the existing ones a monthly format. We heard much the ("News," "Meetings," and "New Prod same thing in our conversations with read ucts"). ers. So beginning with this issue, our two In an effort to find out whether the current A-page sections will be combined "new" Analytical Chemistry is meeting our into one monthly magazine section pub readers' needs, last summer we sent a lished as part of the first issue of the survey to a sample of our subscribers. We month. Because of concerns over speed of also talked with many readers at scien publication of the research articles pub tific meetings and over the telephone. lished in the "AC Research" section of the The results of the survey and our dis journal, that portion will remain semi cussions were encouraging. Readers over monthly, appearing on the 1st and 15th of each month. whelmingly endorsed the changes we made and said that the journal is now more Each monthly magazine section will useful than it was before. They thought it contain at least two contributed feature ar was easier to read, and they liked the new ticles as well as all of the staff-written ma
items for all research articles published in both semimonthly issues. Like its predecessor, "In AC Research" will help you understand the importance of the articles contained in the research section. Each item will continue to in clude the authors' names and a brief narra tive that puts the article in perspective. Items pertaining to articles in the current issue's "AC Research" section will contain page numbers. To help you easily locate articles of interest, we've added the com plete title and a unique article identifica tion number that can be used tofindthe article in the ACS's online full-text-andgraphics journals database, CJACS Plus. As always, our goal is to deliver innova tive ideas and practical solutions that you can adapt to your own work. Let us know what you think of our new monthly Apage format. Mary Warner
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