Journal of Developments in Mass Spectrometry

Aims and Scope

Journal of Developments in Mass Spectrometry (JDMS) is a peer-reviewed open access journal that focuses on all aspects of modern mass spectrometry. JDMS offers broad coverage of topics related to the development, application, and interpretation of mass spectrometry-related techniques, including proteomics, metabolomics, isotope ratio measurements, and other areas of chemical and biochemical research.

• JDMS provides a platform for researchers to present information on instrumentation, data analysis, sample preparation, ionization sources, and novel applications in mass spectrometry.
• Emphasizes novel and state-of-the-art technologies utilizing mass spectrometry in environmental genomics, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, biomolecules, and materials characterization.
• Scope includes fundamental principles, theory, and application of mass spectrometry in bioinformatics, biotechnology, environmental science, forensics, genetics, material sciences, nanotechnology, pharmaceuticals, sample preparation, instrumental development, modeling, interpretation, physics, chemistry, biology, and new technologies.
• Broadly covers mass spectrometry applications in biomarkers discovery, drug metabolism, food safety, quality control, biotechnology, complex structure elucidation, biosensing.
• Topics include hardware and software systems development, organic and inorganic mass spectrometry, tandem mass spectrometry, ion activation, ion trap memory analysis, non-targeted and targeted analysis, and hyphenated systems.
   

The Journal of Developments in Mass Spectrometry welcomes articles related to the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in mass spectrometry. It covers all aspects of the subject which include but are not limited to the following fields:

• Geology
• Biochemistry
• Volatile organic compounds
• Neurotoxicity
• Sputtering
• Data acquisition
• Laser ablation
• Biological molecules
• Medicinal Chemistry
• Chemical kinetics
• Mass spectrometry techniques
• Tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS)
• Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry
• Electrophoresis
• Electrospray ionization (ESI) mass spectrometry
• Time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometry
• Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) mass spectrometry
• Ion mobility mass spectrometry
• High-resolution mass spectrometry
• Quadrupole mass spectrometry
• Orbitrap mass spectrometry
• Hybrid mass spectrometry systems
• Quantitative mass spectrometry
• Lipidomics
• Glycomics
• Chromatography
• Sensitivity
• Mass spectrometry
• Crystallization
• Astrobiology
• Small molecule analysis
• Biomarker discovery
• Protein identification
• Protein characterization
• Post-translational modifications
• Protein-protein interactions
• Protein-ligand interactions
• Structural biology
• Drug discovery and development
• Pharmacokinetics
• Bioanalytical applications
• Clinical applications
• Forensic applications
• Environmental analysis
• Food analysis
• Agriculture and livestock analysis
• Quantitative analysis
• Metallomics
• Imaging mass spectrometry
• Inorganic mass spectrometry
• Ambient ionization mass spectrometry
• Mass spectrometry data processing and analysis
• Machine learning in mass spectrometry
• Big data in mass spectrometry
• Instrumentation and software developments
• Ionization mechanisms
• Fragmentation mechanisms
• Mass spectrometry imaging
• Ion mobility spectrometry
• Gas-phase chemistry in mass spectrometry
• Ion chemistry in mass spectrometry
• Isotope ratio mass spectrometry
• Mass spectrometry applications in archaeology
• Mass spectrometry applications in geology
• Mass spectrometry applications in space science