Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Published By:

Wiley

Listing Type:

Enhanced

*

p-ISSN:

1076-5174

e-ISSN:

1096-9888

Founding Year:

1966

Access Model:

Journal Abbreviation:

J Mass Spectrom

Peer Review:

Submission to First Decision:

33

days

Primary Language:

English

Impact Factor (

2025

):

2.1

Best Quartile:

Q2

Publication Frequency:

Monthly

Acceptance Rate:

55%

APC:

USD

4520

Editor-in-Chief

David Muddiman (North Carolina State University, North Carolina, USA)



Aims & Scope:

  • Fundamental and applied domains related to gaseous ions
  • Serve the scientific community by publishing studies on various aspects of mass spectrometry
  • All aspects of mass spectrometry
  • For example:
    • Ionization processes
    • Instrument design and development
    • Mechanisms and energetics of gaseous ion reactions
    • Spectroscopy of gaseous ions
    • Analysis of compounds of biological interest
    • Ion structure
    • Methodology development
    • Computer-related applications and developments
    • Applications to elemental analysis and inorganic chemistry
    • Environmental chemistry

Article Processing Charges (APC):

  • Articles with open access: USD 4,520
  • Articles with subscription: USD 0

Impact Factor (

2025

):

2.1

5-Year Impact Factor:

2

Best Quartile (

2025

):

Q2

(

JCR

)

Quartile Details:

  • Q2 in Spectroscopy (Rank: 18/44; JCR)
  • Q3 in Spectroscopy (Rank: 56/81; SCImago/Scopus)
  • Q3 in Spectroscopy (Rank: 21/43; Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Journal Citation Index (

2025

):

0.59

CiteScore (

2025

):

3

(

Scopus

)

h-index

(

2025

):

134

(

SCImago/Scopus

)

SJR (

2025

):

0.389

Submission to First Decision:

33

days

Submission to Acceptance:

113

days

Acceptance to Publication:

17

days


  • MEDLINE/PubMed (NLM)
  • Web of Science
  • Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
  • Scopus (Elsevier)
  • Embase (Elsevier)
  • CAS: Chemical Abstracts Service (ACS)
  • BIOSIS Previews (Clarivate)
  • COMPENDEX (Elsevier)

Editor-in-Chief

David Muddiman (North Carolina State University, North Carolina, USA)

Other Members:

Editor-in-Chief

  • David Muddiman (North Carolina State University, North Carolina, USA)

 

Editors

  • Julia Chamot-Rooke (Institut Pasteur, Paris, France)
  • Marcos Eberlin (Reviews Editor, State Univ. of Campinas, Brazil)
  • Laura Sanchez (Perspectives Editor, University of California Santa Cruz, California, USA)
  • Si Wu (Special Issues Editor, The University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA)
  • Yu Xia (Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)

 

Associate Advisory Board

  • Valentina Datri, Switzerland
  • Lubertus Bijlsma, Spain
  • Neha Garg, USA
  • Boone Prentice, USA
  • Kanako Sekimoto, Japan
  • Agnes Revesz, Hungary
  • Rosita Russo, Italy
  • Herana Kamal Seneviratne, USA

 

Advisory Board

  • Ruibing Chen (Tianjin University, China)
  • Ivan K. Chu (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
  • Valerie Gabelica (Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, France)
  • Elyssia Gallagher (Baylor University, USA)
  • Gianluca Giorgi (University of Siena, Italy)
  • Adam Hawkridge (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA)
  • Felix Hernández (University Jaume I, Spain)
  • Kenzo Hiraoka (Yamanashi University, Japan)
  • Dietmar Kuck (Bielefeld University, Germany)
  • Olivier Laprevote (Paris Descartes University, France)
  • Scott A. McLuckey (Purdue University, USA)
  • Charles Pineau (University of Rennes, France)
  • Mathias Schäfer (University Cologne, Germany)
  • Kevin L. Schey (Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Nashville)
  • Jean-Claude Tabet (University of Paris VI, France)
  • Mitsuo Takayama (Yokohama City University, Japan)
  • Pietro Traldi (CNR Padova, Italy)
  • Wei Xu (Beijing Institute of Technology, China)
  • Renato Zenobi (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology – ETH, Switzerland)

  • Letters or Commentaries on Nomenclature
    • Letters for a short report on a single or few terms
    • Commentaries for comprehensive proposals or discussions of terms for a new area
    • No abstracts
    • No restrictions on page length
    • Submissions to be addressed to Prof. Marcos Eberlin and/or Prof. Kermit Murray

 

  • Application Notes
    • Short articles
    • Focus on innovative applications from a laboratory technology or setting
    • Less than 4 journal pages (~3000 words) including illustrations (four)
    • Less than 30 references
    • Abstract: Less than 100 words long

 

  • Accelerated Communication
    • Regular research articles that require urgent dissemination among the community
    • Will receive priority refereeing and are fast-tracked

 

  • Special Features
    • Contact the Special Feature Editors for these

 

  • Research Articles
    • No formal limits on the page extent

 

  • Letters
    • Must not exceed 5 printed pages (~5000-6000 words)
    • Not more than 20 references
    • Abstract not required
    • No restriction on the number of figures; however, they must be accommodated within the 5-page limit.
      • A double-column, half-page figure = ~600 words
      • A single-column, quarter-page figure = ~250 words

 

  • Perspectives
    • Focus on the personal opinions on any field and how that field might evolve based on the latest research
    • Around 2000 words
    • 1–2 figures
    • Perspectives are generally invited; however, the Perspectives editor may also be contacted by the authors

Miscellaneous

  • Review Process: Single blind
  • Accepted manuscript file formats: Word and LaTex
    • Publisher provide a template for LaTex submissions
  • Language: Any English (consistently used)
  • Each heading on a separate line
  • SI units throughout the article
  • Font Style: Helvetica, Times, or Courier
  • Font Size: 12 points

 

Title Page

  • Title: Clear and concise
  • Short title: 70 characters, including spaces
  • Full names and affiliations of the authors
  • Corresponding author’s details
  • Present/Permanent address

 

Abstract

  • Unstructured
  • 250-word limit
  • Maximum of 5 keywords

 

Figures

  • Number and cite the figures sequentially
  • Accepted file formats: TIFF and EPS
    • Photos (Color and black and white) – 300 dpi
    • Drawings, graphs, etc. – 800 dpi
    • Combinations of drawings and photos – 500 dpi
  • Uploaded as separate files
  • Figure legends are to be added at the end of the main manuscript file

 

Tables

  • Editable text and not images
  • Number and cite the tables sequentially
  • Avoid vertical rules and shading in table cells
  • Placed on separate pages at the end of the manuscript (after the references)
  • Tables created in MS Excel must be uploaded separately

 

Citations

  • Superscript numbers
  • Citations must be sequential

 

Reference List

  • Arrange the references as per the citations.
  • Format:https://analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/10969888c/homepage/forauthors.html

Template File


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