Liquid Chromatography and Gas Chromatography, North America is an academic journal dedicated to advancing research, innovation, and scholarly communication in chromatography, separation science, and analytical chemistry. The journal provides a specialized platform for the publication of high-quality research on liquid chromatography, gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, sample preparation, analytical instrumentation, method development, and applied laboratory science.
The aim of the journal is to support the development and dissemination of reliable analytical methods, improved separation technologies, validated laboratory procedures, and new scientific understanding in chromatographic analysis. The journal welcomes contributions that combine theoretical insight, experimental rigor, methodological advancement, and practical relevance to modern analytical science.
The scope of the journal includes, but is not limited to, the following areas:
Liquid chromatography, including HPLC, UHPLC, ion chromatography, size-exclusion chromatography, and chiral chromatography
Gas chromatography, including capillary GC, multidimensional GC, headspace GC, and thermal desorption methods
Mass spectrometry coupled with chromatographic techniques, including LC–MS, LC–MS/MS, GC–MS, and GC–MS/MS
Sample preparation, extraction methods, cleanup techniques, and automation in analytical workflows
Method development, optimization, validation, transfer, and robustness studies
Analytical instrumentation, detector technologies, columns, stationary phases, and separation materials
Pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, clinical, forensic, environmental, food, beverage, agricultural, and industrial analysis
Quality control, quality assurance, regulatory methods, laboratory standards, and analytical compliance
Chemometrics, data analysis, digital workflows, and computational approaches in chromatography
Green analytical chemistry, miniaturized methods, solvent reduction, and sustainable laboratory practices
Advances in chromatographic theory, retention mechanisms, selectivity, resolution, sensitivity, and reproducibility
The journal welcomes original research articles, review papers, technical studies, methodological papers, case studies, short communications, and application-focused studies. Submissions should present clear scientific value, sound methodology, reliable data, and relevance to the advancement of chromatography or analytical chemistry.
By bringing together fundamental research, applied method development, and laboratory-based innovation, Liquid Chromatography and Gas Chromatography, North America seeks to serve researchers, analytical chemists, laboratory scientists, method-development specialists, instrument scientists, quality-control professionals, and scholars working across separation science and related disciplines.