springer.com springeronline.com Christina Dyllick Managing Editor

springer.com springeronline.com Christina Dyllick Managing Editor

ABC History Oldest existing journal of analytical chemistry First publication in December 15, 1861 Name changes Zeitschrift für analytische Chemie (1861) Fresenius Zeitschrift für Analytische Chemie Fresenius Journal of Analytical Chemistry (1990) (2002) Language changes 1861 1950s: German 1950s 1990: German and English 1990 present: English Merger of three distinguished European journals in 2002 Fresenius Journal of Analytical Chemistry (German) Analusis (French) Química Analítica (Spanish) 2

Societies and Editors Owner and supporting societies: 3

International Advisory Board E.A. Arriaga, USA Y. Baba, Japan A. Baeumner, USA F. Baldini, Italy D. Barceló, Spain J.A.C. Broekaert, Germany B. Buszewski, Poland C. Cámara, Spain M. Careri, Italy R. Cela Torrijos, Spain A. Colmsjö, Sweden S.K. Deo, USA O. Donard, France H. Emons, Belgium Q. Fang, China, Institute of J. Microanalytical Feldmann, United Systems, Kingdom Zhejiang J. Fetzer, University USA W. Giger, Switzerland M.-F. Grenier-Loustalot, France P.R. Griffiths, USA D. Günther, Switzerland K. Hamase, Japan T. Hasegawa, Japan H. Hintelmann, Canada J. Hoheisel, Germany N. Jakubowski, Germany B. Karlberg, Sweden U. Karst, Germany T. Kitamori, Japan E.H. Korte, Germany R. Krska, Austria A. Kuhn, France O O. Laprevote, France C. Larive, USA W. Lindner, Austria B. Liu, B. Liu, China China, Department H. Liu, China, of Chemistry, Department R. FudanUniversity Lobinski, of Chemistry, France Peking L. Locascio, University USA A. Manz, Germany R.K. Marcus, USA V.L. McGuffin, USA D.S. Moore, USA M.C. Moreno Bondi, Spain H.H. Maurer, Germany B. Mizaikoff, Germany R. Nießner, Germany S.V. Olesik, USA U. Panne, Germany C. Rolando, France J. Ruiz Encinar, Spain L. Sabbatini, Italy R. Salzer, Germany F.W. Scheller, Germany A.M. Stalcup, USA A.M. Striegel, USA R. Sturgeon, Canada T. Takeuchi, Japan W. Tan, USA R. Turle, Canada M. Valcárcel Cases, Spain F. Vanhaecke, Belgium Y. Zhang, China, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science 4

Aims and Scope s mission: Fast publication of high-quality research articles on fundamental and applied topics of analytical and bioanalytical science Scope encompassing entire range of analytical and bioanalytical research encouraging multidisciplinary solutions to problems in this field The Editors encourage submissions on instrumental developments (e.g. for analytical proteomics) analytical characterization (e.g. of nanomaterials ) development of methods (e.g. for medicinal diagnostics) innovative applications strategies for problem solving multidisciplinary approaches 5

Journal Development Publication times (months) 6 5 4 Acceptance to online publication Submission to acceptance Rejection rate Rates 3 70% 2 60% 1 Submissions 50% 40% 30% 0 * 2000 1800 1600 20% 10% 1400 1200 0% * 1000 800 600 400 200 0 * * Projection based on figures for Jan Jul 2009 6

Geographical Distribution of Submissions 2002-2008 400 350 300 250 200 China Germany Spain USA Japan Italy India France Iran Austria Geographical distribution of submissions 150 100 50 0 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 7

Institutional Distribution of Published Papers 2002 2009 * CHINESE ACAD SCI CSIC UNIV TUBINGEN UNIV OVIEDO NATL INST STAND & TECHNOL CNRS FETZPAHS CONSULTING TECH UNIV MUNICH NATL RES COUNCIL CANADA UNIV VALENCIA 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 * Jan 01 July 19, 2009 8

Impact Factor Rank 9 out of 70 analytical chemistry journals ABC Impact Factor 2003-2008 3,5 3 2,5 2 1,5 1 0,5 0 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 ANAL BIOANAL CHEM 2.867 3.328 654 9

Successf ul Full-Text Article Requests ABC Full Article Downloads 80.000 70.000 60.000 50.000 40.000 30.000 20.000 2007 2008 2009 10.000 Jan Feb Mar Apr Mai Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Full-text requests up 17% to 576 thousand in 2008! Position of ABC among 2185 Springer ejournals in 2008: Overall 6 Natural sciences 5 10

ABC Full Article Downloads by Geography Full-Text Article Requests by Geography: Jan-Aug 2008 Top 3 North America USA 16% Canada 3% Mexico 0% Top 5 Asia-Pacific China 18% Japan 4% South Korea 2% India 2% Taiwan 2% Top 5 Europe Germany 5% Spain 3% UK 3% France 3% Italy 2% 11

Online Submission and Peer Review Speed Authors receive the results of peer review and editor s decision within 29 days Ease High manuscript flow High satisfaction among authors, editors and reviewers Efficiency Congratulations on a very user-friendly electronic No submission filing system Many automatically generated letters All Thank manuscripts you... This and correspondence is the only journal can that be I viewed review online by for that lets me know the outcome for a particular authorized parties manuscript. International No filing group of 7 editors, no Editor-in-Chief Many automatically generated letters All manuscripts and correspondence can be viewed online by authorized No filing parties International Many automatically group of generated 7 editors, letters no Editor-in-Chief Efficiency Efficiency All manuscripts and correspondence can be viewed online by authorized parties International group of 7 editors, no Editor-in-Chief 12

Special Features Trends Short overview, bird s-eye view of new and/or high-priority areas Analytical Challenge Unique quiz series that brings out the detective in the scientist Perfect for teachers of analytical chemistry Focused special issues Thanks very much for publishing your recent Spectroscopy Challenge articles they will be perfect for my organic Journal spectroscopy issues or class. smaller Since collections my institution of papers subscribes spotlighting to topics of special analytical Analytical and and bioanalytical Bioanalytical interest Chemistry (40% the of students published will pages) be able to look up the problems and try them out on their own, and we can discuss them in class. Focused special issues Andrew Taton, University of Minnesota Journal issues or smaller collections of papers spotlighting topics of special analytical and bioanalytical interest (50% of published pages) 13

Special Features Building a professional career Essays for young scientists on issues related to career management ABC s of teaching analytical science Educational column Further attractive features Papers in forefront (accelerated publication) Critical reviews Editorials Feature articles Tributes Industry news Conference highlights Books and Software in Review 14

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