The Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL is dedicated to publishing basic and applied research in the analytical sciences related to foods, drugs, agriculture, and the environment. Emphasis is on research and development of precise, accurate, sensitive methods of analysis in the following areas:
Animal and Plant Nutrition, Health, and Safety, Section Editor: Nancy Thiex
The scope of this section includes sampling studies of agricultural commodities, ingredients, and products, and sample preparation of agricultural laboratory samples. Such studies should report error associated with specific protocols for specific materials and include a scholarly description of the study design for a specific analyte, analyte concentration, acceptable error, incorporation of sampling quality control.
Single-laboratory validation reports are published for new analytical methods for matrices such as grain, feed ingredients, forage, mixed feeds, fertilizers, blended fertilizers, soil amendments, pesticide formulations, animal tissues, soils, etc. Examples of analytes are nutrients, minerals, additives (e.g, drugs, antibiotics, vitamins) and contaminants or non-nutritive target analytes that are naturally occurring or adulterants. Generally, these methods are of importance for commerce (labeling or pricing) or for the purposes of animal health and food/feed safety.
The Journal also publishes studies comparing analytical methods and bias and new analytical techniques as applied to matrices and analytes described above. Modifications of analytical methods to improve method performance, or expansion of scope of currently validated methods. Review articles for any of the above topics. Manuscripts that are of significance in the regulation of commerce of materials, other than analytical method validation. These may discuss analytical tolerances, analytical error or data acceptance criteria, risk assessment, etc.
Dietary Supplements, and Food Chemical Contaminants, Section Editor: Paula Brown
Drug Formulations and Clinical Methods, Section Editors: Samir Wahab and Joe O. Boison
Food Biological Contaminants, and Microbiological Methods, Section Editor: Anthony D. Hitchins
Food Composition and Additives, and Infant Formula and Adult Nutritionals, Section Editor: Sarwar Gilani
Residues and Trace Elements, Section Editor: Alexander J. Krynitsky
Statistical Analysis and Chemometrics, Section Editor: George W. Latimer, Jr.
Veterinary Drug Residues, Section Editor: Joe O. Boison
The section will consider for publication, original research that is expected to have a definable impact on the advancement of science and technology, incorporating a significant component of innovative chemistry and/or molecular biology; reviews that comprehensively summarize information in a field in which the literature is scattered and/or treat published data or other information so as to provide a new approach or stimulate further research; and, presentations at symposia or selected topics comprising a series of manuscripts reporting or synthesizing original research that are presented in a symposium held at AOAC annual meetings or otherwise clustered around a single topic on drug residues.