Editorial

We are excited to announce the launch of TALANTA OPEN, a new Elsevier Gold Open Access journal that publishes original research papers, short communications, and reviews in all branches of pure and applied analytical chemistry.

At a time when the world is reeling from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, the importance of analytical science to humanity cannot be over-emphasized. Millions of tests, based on sound analytical science, are performed daily. Research into new approaches such as point-of-care diagnostic tests, rapid assays, and the community surveillance of new coronavirus outbreaks using viral biomarker analysis in wastewaters serve as examples that underline the value of analytical science in today's world.

Analytical science is an ever-expanding area that includes advances in nanotechnology, microfluidics, sensors, -omics, electroanalysis, spectrometry, separations, instrumentation, chemometrics and metrology. TALANTA OPEN welcomes submission of papers in all these areas.

Just as the nature of analytical science is changing, so the landscape of academic publishing is rapidly evolving. Many national research funding organisations now mandate that publicly funded research be freely accessible to all. TALANTA OPEN, which shares the same editorial standards as its sister journal, TALANTA, offers a vehicle for the Open Access publication of new and enhanced analytical chemical techniques and instrumentation.

We encourage you to submit your research to TALANTA OPEN, and hope that you will find the published articles both stimulating and useful.