About this journal
Aims and scope
Instrumentation Science & Technology is an internationally acclaimed forum for fast publication of critical, peer reviewed manuscripts dealing with innovative instrument design and applications in chemistry, physics biotechnology and environmental science. Particular attention is given to state-of-the-art developments and their rapid communication to the scientific community.
Emphasis is on modern instrumental concepts, though not exclusively, including detectors, sensors, data acquisition and processing, instrument control, chromatography, electrochemistry, spectroscopy of all types, electrophoresis, radiometry, relaxation methods, thermal analysis, physical property measurements, surface physics, membrane technology, microcomputer design, chip-based processes, and more.
Readership includes everyone who uses instrumental techniques to conduct their research and development. They are chemists (organic, inorganic, physical, analytical, nuclear, quality control) biochemists, biotechnologists, engineers, and physicists in all of the instrumental disciplines mentioned above, in both the laboratory and chemical production environments. The journal is an important resource of instrument design and applications data.
Peer Review Policy
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor-in-Chief, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to rigorous and rapid peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized.
Publishing Ethics Statement
The Journal adheres to the highest standards of publishing ethics, with rigorous processes in place to ensure this is achieved. Taylor & Francis is a member of Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE) and utilizes Similarity Check via CrossRef for all journals. More information on our ethical standards and policies can be found here: http://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/ethics-for-authors/.
The Journal has an appeals and complaints policy which can be viewed here: https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/peer-review-appeals-and-complaints-from-authors/.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 31K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 1.3 (2023) Impact Factor
- 1.6 (2023) 5 year IF
- 3.5 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.560 (2023) SNIP
- 0.302 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 12 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 32 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 11 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 22% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editor-in-Chief
David Butcher
Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, North Carolina
Founding Editor
Jack Cazes
Editorial Board
He Cheng - China Spallation Neutron Source, Institute of High Energy Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dongguan, China
Phillipe Desevaux - Franche-Comté Électronique Mécanique Thermique et Optique—Sciences et Technologies Institute, Belfort, France
Damien Igoe - University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia
Bradley T. Jones - Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
George Karaiskakis - University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Rosario Morello - University "Mediterranea" of Reggio, Italy
Turghun Muhammad - Xinjiang University, Ürümqi, China
Joseph Sneddon - McNeese State University, LA, USA
Haolai Tian - China Spallation Neutron Source, Institute of High Energy Physics Chinese Academy of Science, Dongguan, China
Qi Wang - Northeastern University, Shenyang, China
Constantinos K. Zacharis - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki Greece
Yong Zhao - Northeastern University, China
Abstracting and indexing
• Chemical Abstracts Service
Chemical Abstracts Online
• EBSCOhost
GeoRef
Inspec
Various others
• Elsevier BV
Compendex
Scopus
• Genamics JournalSeek
• OCLC
ArticleFirst
Electronic Collections Online
• Ovid
GeoRef
Inspec
• ProQuest (various)
• Royal Society of Chemistry
Analytical Abstracts Online
• Clarivate Analytics
Biological Abstracts
BIOSIS Previews
Current Contents
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
Web of Science
Open access
Instrumentation Science & Technology is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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News, offers and calls for papers
News and offers
- Special rate of $95 for members of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy. Contact + 215-625-8900 or [email protected] to subscribe
6 issues per year
Currently known as:
- Instrumentation Science & Technology (1968 - current)
Incorporates
- Journal of Trace and Microprobe Techniques (1983 - 2003)
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