Description:
Talanta provides a forum for the publication of original research papers, preliminary communications, and critical reviews in
all branches of pure and applied
analytical chemistry. Papers are evaluated based on established guidelines, including the fundamental
nature of the study, scientific novelty, substantial improvement or advantage over existing technology or methods, and demonstrated analytical
applicability. Original research papers on fundamental studies, and novel
sensor and
instrumentation development, are especially
encouraged. Novel or improved applications in areas such as
clinical and
biological chemistry,
environmental analysis,
geochemistry, and
materials science and
engineering are welcome.
Analytical performance of methods should be
determined, including interference and matrix effects, and methods should be validated by comparison with a standard method, or analysis
of a certified reference material. The developed method should especially comprise information on selectivity, sensitivity, detection
limits, accuracy, and reliability. However, applying official validation or robustness studies to a routine method or technique does
not necessarily constitute novelty. Proper statistical treatment of the data should be provided. Relevant literature should be cited,
including related publications by the authors, and authors should discuss how their proposed methodology compares with previously reported
methods.
Since classical spectrophotometric measurements and applications (including derivative spectrophometry), fluorimetry, solvent
extraction, titrimetry, chemometrics, etc. are well established and are considered routine analytical methods, studies in such areas
should demonstrate a unique and substantial advantage over presently known systems. New reagents or systems should demonstrate clear
advantage, and their presentation should be comprehensive rather than generating a series of similar papers for several analytes or similar
reagents. Modifications of reagents should demonstrate significant improvements. Obvious application of known chemistries or methods
to established instrumental techniques are discouraged.
Application of established analytical approaches to relatively simple matrices
having no major interferences, such as pharmaceutical preparations, are discouraged unless considerable improvements over other methods
in the literature are demonstrated. Papers dealing with analytical data such as stability constants, pK
a values, etc. should
be submitted to more specific journals, unless novel analytical methodology is demonstrated, or important analytical data are provided
which could be useful in the development of analytical procedures.
