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Aims and scope

The Journal of Analytical Science and Technology (JAST) is a fully open access peer-reviewed scientific journal published under the brand SpringerOpen. JAST was launched by Korea Basic Science Institute in 2010. JAST publishes original research and review articles on all aspects of analytical principles, techniques, methods, procedures, and equipment. JAST’s vision is to be an internationally influential and widely read analytical science journal. Our mission is to inform and stimulate researchers to make significant professional achievements in science. We aim to provide scientists, researchers, and students worldwide with unlimited access to the latest advances of the analytical sciences.

Benefits of publishing with SpringerOpen

High visibility

Journal of Analytical Science and Technology's open access policy allows maximum visibility of articles published in the journal as they are available to a wide, global audience. 

Speed of publication

Journal of Analytical Science and Technology offers a fast publication schedule whilst maintaining rigorous peer review; all articles must be submitted online, and peer review is managed fully electronically (articles are distributed in PDF form, which is automatically generated from the submitted files). Articles will be published with their final citation after acceptance, in both fully browsable web form, and as a formatted PDF; the article will then be available through Journal of Analytical Science and Technology and SpringerOpen.

Flexibility

Online publication in Journal of Analytical Science and Technology gives you the opportunity to publish large datasets, large numbers of color illustrations and moving pictures, to display data in a form that can be read directly by other software packages so as to allow readers to manipulate the data for themselves, and to create all relevant links (for example, to PubMed, to sequence and other databases, and to other articles).

Promotion and press coverage

Articles published in Journal of Analytical Science and Technology are included in article alerts and regular email updates. 
In addition, articles published in Journal of Analytical Science and Technology may be promoted by press releases to the general or scientific press. These activities increase the exposure and number of accesses for articles published in Journal of Analytical Science and Technology

Copyright

Authors of articles published in Journal of Analytical Science and Technology retain the copyright of their articles and are free to reproduce and disseminate their work (for further details, see the copyright and license agreement).

For further information about the advantages of publishing in a journal from SpringerOpen, please click here.

Open access

All articles published by the Journal of Analytical Science and Technology are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication, without subscription charges or registration barriers. Further information about open access can be found here.

As authors of articles published in the Journal of Analytical Science and Technology you are the copyright holders of your article and have granted to any third party, in advance and in perpetuity, the right to use, reproduce or disseminate your article, according to the SpringerOpen copyright and license agreement.

For those of you who are US government employees or are prevented from being copyright holders for similar reasons, SpringerOpen can accommodate non-standard copyright lines. Please contact us if further information is needed.

Article-processing charges

Open access publishing is not without costs. Journal of Analytical Science and Technology therefore levies an article-processing charge of £1690.00/$2290.00/€1990.00 for each article accepted for publication, plus VAT or local taxes where applicable.

If the corresponding author's institution participates in our open access membership program, some or all of the publication cost may be covered (more details available on the membership page). We routinely waive charges for authors from low-income countries. For other countries, article-processing charge waivers or discounts are granted on a case-by-case basis to authors with insufficient funds.

Authors who are not eligible to receive charge waivers or discounts may choose the first option of payment for the article processing charge,
“I accept responsibility for paying the APC on this article or believe that I am covered by a Springer Nature Open Access agreement”.
Korea Basic Science Institute- Springer Nature Open Access agreement supports authors who cannot cover the APC on accepted articles.
KBSI-Springer Nature Open Access agreement

Authors can request a waiver or discount during the submission process. For further details, see our article-processing charge page.

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Indexing services

The full text of all articles is deposited in digital archives around the world to guarantee long-term digital preservation. You can also access all articles published by BioMed Central on SpringerLink.We are working closely with relevant indexing services including PubMed Central and Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics) to ensure that articles published in Journal of Analytical Science and Technology will be available in their databases when appropriate.

  • Baidu
  • CLOCKSS
  • CNKI
  • CNPIEC
  • Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) - GoOA
  • Current Contents/Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences
  • DOAJ
  • Dimensions
  • EBSCO Academic Search
  • EBSCO Discovery Service
  • Gale
  • Google Scholar
  • INIS Atomindex
  • Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition
  • Naver
  • OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  • Portico
  • ProQuest Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database
  • ProQuest Agricultural & Environmental Science Database
  • ProQuest-ExLibris Primo
  • ProQuest-ExLibris Summon
  • SCImago
  • SCOPUS
  • Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
  • Semantic Scholar
  • TD Net Discovery Service
  • UGC-CARE List (India)
  • Wanfang

Peer-review policy

Peer-review is the system used to assess the quality of a manuscript before it is published. Independent researchers in the relevant research area assess submitted manuscripts for originality, validity and significance to help editors determine whether the manuscript should be published in their journal. You can read more about the peer-review process here.

Journal of Analytical Science and Technology operates a double-blind peer-review system, where the reviewers do not know the names or affiliations of the authors and the reviewer reports provided to the authors are anonymous.
Submitted manuscripts will generally be reviewed by two to three experts who will be asked to evaluate whether the manuscript is scientifically sound and coherent, whether it duplicates already published work, and whether or not the manuscript is sufficiently clear for publication. Reviewers will also be asked to indicate how interesting and significant the research is. The Editors will reach a decision based on these reports and, where necessary, they will consult with members of the Editorial Board.

Editorial policies

All manuscripts submitted to Journal of Analytical Science and Technology should adhere to SpringerOpen's editorial policies.

Once your article is accepted, it will be processed by production and published shortly afterwards. In some cases, articles may be held for a short period of time prior to publication. If you have any concerns or particular requirements please contact the Journal.

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Appeals and complaints

Authors who wish to appeal a rejection or make a complaint should follow the procedure outlined in the BMC Editorial Policies.

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