Liquid Chromatography and Gas Chromatography, North America is a diamond open access journal. All articles published in the journal are made freely and permanently available online immediately upon publication.
The journal does not charge readers for access and does not charge authors any publication-related fees. There are no article processing charges, submission fees, peer-review fees, acceptance fees, page charges, figure charges, DOI registration fees, or online access fees.
Under the diamond open access model, authors can publish accepted research without financial barriers, while readers can access published articles without subscriptions, registration requirements, or paywalls.
Authors retain copyright of their published work. Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits reading, downloading, sharing, distribution, adaptation, and reuse in any medium or format, provided that proper credit is given to the original author(s), article, and journal.
Editorial decisions are based solely on scholarly quality, originality, methodological soundness, ethical compliance, peer-review evaluation, and relevance to the journal’s aims and scope. The journal does not accept payment in exchange for acceptance, accelerated review, or favorable editorial treatment.
Through its diamond open access policy, Liquid Chromatography and Gas Chromatography, North America supports equitable access to research in chromatography, separation science, analytical chemistry, and related laboratory sciences.