Call for Papers: Recent Advances in Lipids and Lipidomics by Mass Spectrometry

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (JASMS) is welcoming submissions for an upcoming Special Issue on Recent Advances in Lipids and Lipidomics by MS, to coincide with the ASMS 2027 Winter Conference of the same theme.

Building on the conference’s exploration of cutting-edge mass spectrometry for lipid analysis, this Special Issue will highlight advances that expand the depth, scale, and impact of lipid and lipidomics research. We invite original articles describing innovative instrumentation, analytical methods, informatics, and applications that improve lipid identification, quantification, structural characterization, and spatial or metabolic analysis, with particular interest in work that connects technological innovation to important biological, environmental, clinical, or pharmaceutical questions.

For readers, this Special Issue will be an easily identifiable source of high-quality papers describing advances in lipidomics using MS. For authors, the Special Issue will provide a venue of increased visibility for their work.

Submissions may address, but are not limited to, the following focus areas:

• Advances in mass spectrometry instrumentation for lipid analysis
• GC-MS, LC-MS, direct-infusion, and imaging mass spectrometry workflows
• Ion mobility, tandem mass spectrometry, and gas-phase ion chemistry
• Improved lipid identification, quantification, structural elucidation, and limits of detection
• Computational lipidomics, informatics, and multi-omics data integration
• Lipid metabolism and molecular pathology
• Environmental, clinical, and pharmaceutical applications of lipidomics
• Emerging methods that increase throughput, coverage, reproducibility, or biological insight

Organizing Editors

Prof. Ryan R. Julian, Associate Editor, JASMS
University of California, Riverside, United States

Prof. Stephen Blanksby, Guest Editor
Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Prof. Stephanie Cologna, Guest Editor
University of Illinois Chicago, United States

Prof. Boone Prentice, Guest Editor
University of Florida, United States

Submission Information

We welcome submissions for this Special Issue through June 30, 2027.

Attendance at the 2027 Winter Conference is not required for contribution to this Special Issue.

Papers accepted for publication for this Special Issue will be available ASAP (as soon as publishable) online. After all submissions have been published, they will then be compiled online on a dedicated landing page to form the Special Issue. Manuscripts submitted for consideration will undergo the full rigorous peer review process expected from ACS journals. For more information on submission requirements, please review the journal’s Author Guidelines.

Open Access: There are diverse open access options for publications in American Chemical Society journals. Please visit our Open Science Resource Center for more information.

How to Submit

• Log in to the ACS Publishing Center.
• Select your manuscript type; upload your manuscript and related files.
• Review the title and abstract fields to confirm any pre-populated information has transferred correctly.
• Under “Special Issue Selection,” select Recent Advances in Lipids and Lipidomics by Mass Spectrometry.
• Confirm all other information is correct.
• Submit your article.

If you have any general questions regarding submission to this Special Issue, please contact John K. Sanders at managing.editor@jasms.acs.org