Microscopy and Microanalysis

Microscopy and Microanalysis (commonly abbreviated as Microsc. Microanal.) is the shared journal of the Microscopy Society of America, the Microanalysis Society and the Microscopical Society of Canada, founded in February 1995 and issued bimonthly. It prints original research in microscopy, imaging and compositional analysis, with electron microscopy, fluorescence microscopy, atomic force microscopy and live-cell imaging among its regular subjects.《显微镜与显微分析》（Microscopy and Microanalysis，常用缩写为 Microsc. Microanal.）是美国显微镜学会（MSA）、微束分析学会（MAS）与加拿大显微学会的共同刊物，1995 年 2 月创刊，双月刊。刊物登显微镜、成像与成分分析方向的原创研究，电子显微镜、荧光显微镜、原子力显微镜与活细胞成像都是它的常客。

Scope

The journal casts itself as an international forum serving both biology and materials science. Its coverage includes:刊物的自我定位是「服务生物学与材料科学两方的国际论坛」。收文方向包括：

• Imaging techniques: methods and applications of electron microscopy, fluorescence and super-resolution microscopy, atomic force microscopy and live-cell imaging.成像技术： 电子显微镜、荧光与超分辨显微、原子力显微与活细胞成像的方法与应用。
• Compositional analysis: microanalysis, spectroscopy techniques and their quantitative use in materials.成分分析： 微区成分分析、能谱与波谱技术及其在材料中的定量应用。
• Instrument development: new microscopy principles, detectors and image processing algorithms, with validation.仪器进展： 新原理显微镜、探测器与图像处理算法的开发与验证。
• Applications across fields: studies of microstructure and composition in biological specimens and material systems, which form the bulk of what the journal prints.跨领域应用： 生物样品与材料体系的微结构与成分研究，是本刊稿件的主体。
• Other content: review articles, letters to the editor and book reviews, with supplements accompanying some volumes.其他内容： 综述、读者来信与书评；部分卷期附专题增刊。

History

• Founding (1995): the journal was founded in February 1995 and became the main outlet for the research papers of the Microscopy Society of America.创刊（1995年）： 刊物于 1995 年 2 月创刊，成为美国显微镜学会研究论文的主要发表出口。
• Change of publisher: Cambridge University Press published the journal through volume 29 in 2022, and Oxford University Press took over from volume 30 in 2023.出版方更替： 创刊起由剑桥大学出版社出版至第 29 卷（2022 年），2023 年（第 30 卷）起转由牛津大学出版社出版。
• Affiliated societies: beyond the three founding bodies the journal works with the microscopy societies of Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, the European Microbeam Analysis Society and bodies in Australia and Portugal, and keeps ties with the Royal Microscopical Society among others.附属学会： 除三大主办学会外，刊物还与墨西哥、巴西、委内瑞拉、欧洲微束分析、澳大利亚与葡萄牙等显微学会合作，并与英国皇家显微学会等保持协作。
• Two-track character: the journal serves biology and materials science in parallel, with editors appointed by discipline, a double structure uncommon among general instrumentation titles.学科特点： 刊物同时服务生物学与材料科学两侧，编委按学科分设，这种双轨结构在综合性仪器类刊物中并不常见。
• Metric trend: the impact factor has ranged between 2.9 and 4.1 in recent years and stood at 3.9 in 2025, first quartile in the Science Citation Index.指标走势： 影响因子近年落在 2.9 至 4.1 之间，2025 年为 3.9，在科学引文索引中列一区。

Editors

The journal pairs an editor-in-chief with subject editors, the editorial line arranged along the biological and materials science divide. No acceptance rate or review duration is published.刊物实行主编加分领域编辑的制度，编辑队伍按生物科学与材料科学两侧配置；出版方未公布录用比例与审稿时长。

• Editor-in-chief: John Mansfield, emeritus professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Michigan, long in charge of the microanalysis side.现任主编： 约翰·曼斯菲尔德（John Mansfield），密歇根大学材料科学与工程系荣休教授，长期负责显微分析一侧。
• Managing editor: A. B. Johnson of the MSA Publications editorial office handles administration and operations.执行编辑： 美国显微镜学会出版办公室的约翰逊（A. B. Johnson）负责行政与运营。
• Subject editors: biological applications are led by Jay Jerome of Vanderbilt University and colleagues, materials applications by Arun Devaraj of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and colleagues, and machine learning applications have an editor of their own.分领域编辑： 生物应用方向的编辑以范德堡大学的杰伊·杰罗姆（Jay Jerome）等人主持，材料应用方向由太平洋西北国家实验室的德瓦拉吉（Arun Devaraj）等人主持，机器学习应用另设专任编辑。
• Standing sections: the journal keeps editors for botanical studies, cultural heritage applications and micrographia, with further editors for special issues and proceedings.特色栏目： 刊物设植物研究、文化遗产与显微图艺等专门方向的编辑岗位，专题合辑与会议论文集另设编辑。