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Yes, It's Still Analytical Chemistry! After 65 ground-breaking years, we're still breaking ground
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y now, you may have noticed The goal of the journal has always ι that the journal has undergone a been to deliver innovative ideas and prac "complete face lift. tical solutions that you can adapt to your Many long-time readers have wit own work. To this end, we constantly nessed first hand the continuing evolu strive to monitor the pulse of the analyti tion of the journal, which has its roots in cal community using a variety of meth the 19th century. Its title and content ods—attending scientific meetings, fol have changed with the times and needs lowing recent developments in the of the scientific community. Originally scientific literature, consulting with ex established as the Journal ofAnalytical perts in all areas, and talking with our Chemistry in 1887, it was renamed the readers. Journal ofAnalytical and Applied Chemis As part of this ongoing effort, last year try in 1891. It merged with the Journal of we embarked on a special project to make the American Chemical Society in 1893, the journal more responsive to your and was reborn as the Analytical Edition needs. We talked to several groups of an of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry alytical chemists to better understand in 1929. In January 1948 the journal was their views of the discipline, their jobs, officially named Analytical Chemistry. and how they use the journal. We found their candid comments insightful and During the past century, the field of thank everyone who participated. analytical chemistry has matured as its focus expanded from fulfilling the basic On the basis of our consultation with needs of analysts in industry to serving these groups and with other chemists the needs of modern scientists in the con across the various disciplines of measure stantly expanding global arena. Today's ment science, we have developed several analytical scientists face enormous chal new features and modified some of our lenges in fields as varied as biotechnol existing ones. Some of these appear in ogy, environmental science, and materi this issue; others will debut in the Janu als chemistry, to name just a few. ary 15 issue.
Analytical Chemistry, Vol. 66, No. 1, January 1, 1994
What's new
In This Issue (p. 11 A) helps you to understand the importance of the research papers. Each item includes the authors' names, a keyword title, a brief narrative that puts the article into perspective, and the page number for easy access. To facilitate finding the topics that interest you, we've grouped the items by subdisciplines, indicated by icons. Anafytical Currents (p. 21 A) will appear in every issue to provide timely information about new developments that have appeared in other journals. Full citations make it easy to follow up on items of particular interest. Software (debuting in the January 15 issue and appearing regularly in the second issue of each month) will provide critical evaluations by prominent scientists. Emphasis will be on a wide spectrum of analytically oriented software that runs on a variety of computer platforms. Short descriptions of recently released software will also be featured. Product Reviews (appearing nine times per year in the second issue of the month) objectively advise you on instru-
ments available from manufacturers in a particular area. Central to each staffwritten article is a table of features to help you compare and evaluate specific models offered by various manufacturers and make informed purchases.
New Products (p. 64 A and appearing in the first issue of each month) will feature expanded coverage of instrumentation. Short descriptions of additional new products, manufacturers' literature, and catalogs will round out this department.
What's improved
The end result
A single Table of Contents (p. 4 A) integrates the research and A-page sections to make it easier to find the information you need. News (p. 24 A) has expanded to include more late-breaking developments from chemistry and related fields, instrument industry happenings, and government information. We will continue to provide updates on activities of the Division of Analytical Chemistry, award information, and journal news. Meetings (p. 54 A and appearing in every issue) will continue to include meeting programs and listings; calls for papers; and short courses/workshops sponsored by societies, government, and academic or research institutions. To make the section more useful, we have grouped meetings by subdiscipline.
All of these features, both new and improved, are presented in our new graphic style, designed to enhance readability and make it easier to find what you need quickly. This format has also been implemented in AC Research (p. 1). We encourage you to let us know what you think about the "new" Analytical Chemistry. As always, we welcome your suggestions for A-page feature articles, books and software you would like to see reviewed, and new products you would like to see evaluated. As a final note, we would like to express our appreciation to all those involved in this project over the past year. We especially thank our art director, Peggy Corrigan. Without her enthusiasm and creativity, this evolutionary step would not have been possible.
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