Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry is a journal whose aim is the rapid publication of original research results and ideas on all aspects of the science of gas-phase ions; it covers all the associated scientific disciplines. There is no formal limit on paper length (“rapid” is not synonymous with “brief”), but papers should be of a length that is commensurate with the importance and complexity of the results being reported. Contributions may be theoretical or practical in nature; they may deal with methods, techniques and applications, or with the interpretation of results; they may cover any area in science that depends directly on measurements made upon gaseous ions or that is associated with such measurements.In general, submissions that use conventional MS, GC/MS or LC/MS methods to catalogue or screen for components of extracts including Traditional Chinese Medicines are discouraged, except where the authors can clearly demonstrate that their contribution represents a significant extension of the capabilities or applications of mass spectrometry or new understanding of ion chemistry and related disciplines. In addition, articles reporting Stable Isotope analyses may only be published if they express novelty or significant developments in SI methodology.

《質(zhì)譜快速通訊》是一本以快速發(fā)表氣相離子科學(xué)各方面的原始研究成果和觀點(diǎn)為宗旨的雜志；它涵蓋了所有相關(guān)的科學(xué)學(xué)科。論文長(zhǎng)度沒(méi)有正式的限制(“快速”并不等同于“簡(jiǎn)要”)，但論文的長(zhǎng)度應(yīng)與所報(bào)告結(jié)果的重要性和復(fù)雜性相稱。貢獻(xiàn)可以是理論上的，也可以是實(shí)際的；它們可能涉及方法、技術(shù)和應(yīng)用，或解釋結(jié)果；它們可以涵蓋任何直接依賴于對(duì)氣態(tài)離子的測(cè)量或與此類測(cè)量相關(guān)的科學(xué)領(lǐng)域。一般來(lái)說(shuō)，不鼓勵(lì)使用傳統(tǒng)MS、GC/MS或LC/MS方法對(duì)包括傳統(tǒng)中藥在內(nèi)的提取物成分進(jìn)行目錄或篩選的提交，除非作者能夠清楚地證明其貢獻(xiàn)代表了質(zhì)譜或質(zhì)譜技術(shù)的能力或應(yīng)用的顯著擴(kuò)展。了解離子化學(xué)及相關(guān)學(xué)科。此外，報(bào)告穩(wěn)定同位素分析的文章只有在表達(dá)了國(guó)際單位制方法的新穎性或重大發(fā)展時(shí)才能發(fā)表。