Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Journal of Analytical Toxicology (commonly abbreviated as J. Anal. Toxicol.) is the journal of the Society of Forensic Toxicologists, founded in January 1977 and issued nine times a year by Oxford University Press. It covers the identification, isolation and quantitation of potentially toxic substances and drugs, and serves as a standing outlet for methodological updates in forensic toxicology laboratories.《分析毒理学杂志》（Journal of Analytical Toxicology，常用缩写为 J. Anal. Toxicol.）是美国法医毒理学会（SOFT）的机关刊，1977 年 1 月创刊，每年出版 9 期，现由牛津大学出版社（OUP）发行。刊物关注可能与毒物有关的物质及药物的鉴定、分离与定量，是法医毒理学实验室方法更新的固定出口。

Scope

In the journal's own terms, the substances its papers address include:按官方口径，刊物所收文章描述的分析对象包括：

• Drugs of abuse: screening, confirmation and metabolite tracking for recreational and illicit drugs, new psychoactive substances included.滥用药物： 娱乐性与非法药物的筛查、确证与代谢物追踪，新精神活性物质亦在其列。
• Prescription drugs and pharmaceuticals: monitoring of therapeutic drug levels in blood, with metabolism and interaction studies.处方药与制药： 治疗药物的血药浓度监测、代谢与相互作用研究。
• Environmental and industrial toxicants: exposure assessment for pesticides, industrial chemicals and environmental toxins.环境与工业毒物： 农药、工业化学品与环境毒素的暴露评估。
• Known and emerging poisons: laboratory evidence on established and newly identified poisons, with detection methods for poisoning cases.已知与新兴毒物： 已确认毒物与新近识别毒物的实验室证据，刊物亦收录中毒案件的检测方法。
• Article types: research papers predominate, joined by Technical Notes, case reports and letters, which keep new methods in front of readers quickly.文章类型： 研究论文为主，另有技术短讯（Technical Notes）、病例报告与读者来信，保证新方法的及时呈现。

History

• Founding (1977): volume 1 appeared as a combined January and February issue, and the journal ran bimonthly at first.创刊（1977年）： 刊物于 1977 年 1、2 月以合刊形式出版第 1 卷，创刊时为双月刊。
• Publisher transition: Preston Publications carried the journal from 1977 to 2011, and Oxford University Press took over in 2012 without changing its standing as the Society's organ.出版方沿革： 1977 至 2011 年由（Preston Publications）出版，2012 年起转交牛津大学出版社，学会机关刊的身份未变。
• Frequency: seven issues a year from 1993 to 1999 and eight from 2000 to 2005, settling at nine from 2006, three double months plus six single months.刊期演变： 1993 至 1999 年为每年 7 期，2000 至 2005 年为每年 8 期，2006 年起定为每年 9 期，即三个双月加六个月刊。
• Change of editor: Bruce A. Goldberger ran the journal from 2001 to 2024 and became editor emeritus in 2025, with Dayong Lee and Frank T. Peters now sharing the chair.主编更替： 布鲁斯·戈德伯格（Bruce A. Goldberger）自 2001 年起主持刊物至 2024 年，2025 年起转任荣休主编；现由（Dayong Lee）与（Frank T. Peters）共同担任主编。
• Metric trend: the impact factor has moved between 2.3 and 2.7 in recent years and stood at 2.7 in 2025, ranking sixty-second of 110 titles in analytical chemistry.指标走势： 影响因子近年落在 2.3 至 2.7 之间，2025 年为 2.7，在分析化学类目的 110 种期刊中排第 62 位。
• Moving online: the journal is going online only, phasing out print, which suits its role of putting short methods in front of readers fast.形态变化： 刊物正转向仅在线出版，纸质版将逐步停止，这与其方法学短讯的快速发布定位相符。

Editors

The journal runs on two editors-in-chief with an editorial advisory board alongside. No acceptance rate or review duration is published.刊物实行双主编制并设编辑顾问委员会；出版方未公布录用比例与审稿时长。

• Editors-in-chief: Dayong Lee and Frank T. Peters share the chair, with Julie Weber-Roark of the Society's publications office as managing editor.现任主编： （Dayong Lee）与（Frank T. Peters）共同担任主编，学会出版办公室的（Julie Weber-Roark）任执行编辑。
• Board oversight: members of the editorial advisory board safeguard the quality of peer review, and what prints is mainly laboratory method and its application.编委把关： 编辑顾问委员会成员负责同行评审的质量把关，所刊稿件以实验室方法及其应用为主体。
• The Society: the Society of Forensic Toxicologists is an international learned body whose membership centres on toxicology laboratories and forensic institutions.学会背景： 美国法医毒理学会是法医毒理学领域的国际性学术团体，会员以毒理实验室与司法鉴定机构为主。
• Readership: practitioners in forensic toxicology laboratories, clinical toxicology and drug testing services, together with researchers in poison identification.读者对象： 法医毒理实验室、临床毒理与药物检测机构的从业人员，以及从事毒物鉴定的研究人员。