About JMSACL

- Official Journal of MSACL
- Impact Factor 3.1 (2023)
- Open Access (CC BY)
- $0* APC for MSACL members.
- $2200 APC for non-members.
Journal information
- Launch Date: November 2016 as Clinical Mass Spectrometry. January 2021 as JMSACL.
- Peer Review Model: Single-blind. Authors cannot see reviewers, but reviewers can see authors.
- Publication Model: Published online only as a continuous annual volume throughout the calendar year. Articles are made available as soon as they are ready. Special thematic collections are continuously coordinated and populated.
- Licensing: All papers published in JMSACL are licensed under the Creative Commons open access license CC BY.
- Publishing Formats: The journal publishes articles online as HTML and PDF.
- Types of Papers
- Orignal Research
- Full and Mini-Reviews
- Short Reports (e.g., short original research, protocols, application notes, practical training, developed poster presentations)
- Case Studies
- Editorials
- Inspirational Profiles
- Indexed in:
- Current Contents - Clinical Medicine
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
- Embase
- Essential Science Indicators<
- Google Scholar
- PubMed Central (PMC)
- Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
- SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)
- Scopus
- SNIP
- Digital Archive: PubMed Central (PMC)
- Unique Article Identifiers: Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- Author Guide and Information: See Guide for Authors.
Journal Insights
- Impact Factor: 3.1 (2023)
- CiteScore: 4.3 (2023)
Journal Statistics
- Acceptance Rate: ~25% (trailing 12 months)
- Submission to Publication: 140 days (average)
Submission fee
- $0 for all submissions.
Publication fee
- $0 for MSACL members (first or corresponding author only).
- $2200 for non-members.
- Annual Memberships are not pro-rated.
Published in partnership with
- Janeway (manuscript management)
- Siliconchips Services (typesetting)