GCMS and the Smell of Old Books

The newest -omics: Digging Into the Science of That Old-Book Smell in the New York Times and Material Degradomics: On the Smell of Old Books in Analytical Chemistry.

MIT Mandates Open Access to Research Publications

The MIT faculty has a adopted a policy that mandates open access to their scholarly publications. This follows similar moves by Harvard and Stanford (via).

RNA Biology to Require Wikipedia Publication

Starting in 2009, the journal RNA Biology will require that authors submitting to their RNA Families section also submit a Wikipedia page summarizing the work. Both will be peer reviewed. For example, Jones, et al. RNA Biology 6, 1-4 (2009) has a corresponding Wikipedia page SmY RNA (via).

Blog this Article

The on-line Journal of Chemical Physics has a "Blog this Article" button, for example:

Resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization and fragmentation of molecular beams: NO, I₂, benzene, and butadiene

J. Chem. Phys. 71, pp. 1359-1371 (1979)

http://link.aip.org/link/?JCPSA6/71/1359/1

Proteomics Clinical Applications

Wiley has launched a new proteomics journal, Proteomics - Clinical Applications aimed at "application of proteomics to the study of human disease and translation to the clinic." A quick browse of the first issue suggest that at least half of the articles will be in some way related to mass spectrometry. Fortunately there is RSS Feed to make it easier to stay up to date.

Spectroscopy Journal Impact Factors

2005 Impact Factor

1 - Mass Spectroscopy Rev. (13.27)
2 - Prog. NMR Spectroscopy (6.46)
3 - J. Anal. Atom. Spectrom. (3.64)
4 - J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectr. (3.63)
5 - J. Mass Spectrometry (3.57)
6 - Rapid Comm. Mass Spectr. (3.09)
7 - NMR in Biomedicine (2.47)
8 - J. Magnetic Resonance (2.42)
9 - Appl. Spectroso. Rev. (2.36)
10 - Spectrochim. Acta B (2.33)

Mass spectrometry is first and hits four of the top six spots (via).

Wiley Journal Newsfeeds

Wiley InterScience journals now have RSS newsfeeds (marked-up example):

Journal of Mass Spectrometry: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/rss/journal/6043

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/rss/journal/4849

Mass Spectrometry Reviews: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/rss/journal/49879