The Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (usually abbreviated as J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom., often nicknamed "JASMS"), is a peer-reviewed scientific journal

Scientific journal

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 published since 1990, by Springer Science+Business Media

Springer Science+Business Media

- Selected publications :* Encyclopaedia of Mathematics* Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete * Graduate Texts in Mathematics * Grothendieck's Séminaire de géométrie algébrique...

 since 2011; prior to then it was published by Elsevier

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. The monthly journal is the official publication of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry

American Society for Mass Spectrometry

The American Society for Mass Spectrometry is a professional association based in the United States that supports the scientific field of mass spectrometry. As of 2007, the society had approximately 7000 members primarily from the US, but also from around the world...

 and publishes original research papers covering all aspects of mass spectrometry.

Michael L. Gross

Michael L. Gross (chemist)

Michael L. Gross is Professor of Chemistry, Medicine, and Immunology, at Washington University in St. Louis. He was formerly Professor of Chemistry at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln from 1968-1994....

 (Washington University in St. Louis

Washington University in St. Louis

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) has been Editor-in-Chief since inception of the journal. Associate editors are Veronica Bierbaum (University of Colorado at Boulder

University of Colorado at Boulder

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), Jennifer Brodbelt (University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas at Austin

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), Kelsey Cook (National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation

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), Joseph Loo (UCLA), Richard O'Hare (University of Melbourne

University of Melbourne

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), and Carol Robinson (University of Oxford

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). The managing editor is Joyce Neff (Washington University in St Louis).

Papers are freely available one year after publication. The journal is indexed on MEDLINE

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