Editorial: The Newly Launched International Journal of Analytical Mass Spectrometry and Chromatography

We are now launching the first issue of the first volume of the International Journal of Analytical Mass Spectrometry and Chromatography (IJAMSC). This newly launched journal is an open access journal, whose primary aim is to provide a platform for researchers and practitioners, worldwide, to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in all areas of Mass Spectrometry and Chromatography, as well as theoretical developments in all areas related to this dynamic and developing field of the sciences. We hope to become an example to other open access journals in Scientific Research Publishing, Inc., and to journals beyond the boundaries of our parent corporation. We aim to set an example as a progressive organization that helps authors to share their interests, results, and opinions with other researchers and with readers from the general public, industry, and government authorities. We also intend to cooperate with universities, research institutes, industry, and government authorities to promote progressive ideas and information, and to curb plagiarism, falsifications, and disinformation, such as the cases disclosed in [1]. We will resurrect important institutions of journalistic practice, such as a “Letters to the Editor” the section, which has been done away with by many publishers, such as those that follow the example of Elsevier; in the attempts to conceal mistakes and the disability of editors. The reason for the decision by one Elsevier journal to abolish its “Letters to the Editor” section is described in [1] on p. 184 as follows: “The chief editor of Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis (JPBA) Mr. Bezhan Chankvetadze when confronted with the “Letters to the Editor” regarding cases of plagiarism and inappropriate performance in review and editorial work, went so far as to abolish the “Letter to the Editor” section in the journal, thus removing this forum...”. The suggestion of direct corruption, in terms of “The close relationship the publisher, Elsevier, has with pharmaceutical companies”, is highlighted in the article “Elsevier published 6 fake journals”, which is posted online by Bob Grant: http://www.the-scientist.com/blog /display/55679/#ixzz0mmsPoMlS. In the article, the writer states: “Scientific publishing giant Elsevier put out a total of six publications between 2000 and 2005 that were sponsored by unnamed pharmaceutical companies and looked like peer reviewed medical journals, but did not disclose sponsorship, the company has admitted...”. Elsevier did not deny colluding with the pharmaceutical industry. For more detail about cases of inappropriate editorials and publications, see [1]. The above examples show that readers are not protected from disinformation by well-established publishers or high impact factor journals. We will do our best to present in our publications the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. It is our slogan. However, we will not prevent discussion or the expression of new ideas, facts, and contradictions, as only through discussion and argument can scientific facts be born and tested. IJAMSC welcomes papers relevant to the development and practice of sample preparation and specific derivatization for mass spectrometry (MS) and chromatography, and the connection of mass spectrometers to other analytical instrumentation for providing high accuracy measurements, such as in Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS), Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry with Supersonic Molecular Beams (GC-MS with SMB), High-Speed Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (HSGC-MS), Supercritical Fluid ChromatographyMass Spectrometry (SFC-MS), and Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS). We also welcome research using such instrumentation for molecular structure elucidation in organic and inorganic molecules. The use of MS equipment as a universal detector in multidetection systems for enhanced recording and elucidation of the detailed composition of natural substances is demanding; hence, both natural and synthetic samples will be of interest. This technique is described in the paper