Lab on a Chip (journal)

Infobox Journal
title = Lab on a Chip


discipline = Miniaturisation
abbreviation = LOC
website = http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/lc/index.asp
publisher = Royal Society of Chemistry
country = United Kingdom
history = 2001 to present.
ISSN = 1473-0197
eISSN = 1473-0189

"Lab on a Chip" is a peer-reviewed scientific journal which publishes original (primary) research and review articles on any aspect of miniaturisation at the micro and nano scale. "Lab on a Chip" is published monthly by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), the managing editor is Harp Minhas and the chairman of the editorial board is Prof Andreas Manz.

"Lab on a Chip" was launched in 2001 and provides a unique forum for the rapidly developing miniaturisation community; it has become a leading journal in its field, with an impact factor of 5.821. [Journal Citation Reviews, 2007 ]

"Lab on a Chip" hosts another RSC publication, Chemical Technology. Includes online access to Molecular BioSystems.

ubject coverage

"Lab on a Chip" publishes research at the micro- and nano- scale across a variety of disciplines including chemistry, biology, bioengineering, physics, electronics, clinical science, chemical engineering and materials science.

Article types

"Lab on a Chip" contains peer-reviewed full research papers, technical notes, urgent communications, critical and tutial reviews and mini-reviews.

Audience/readership

Industrial and academic sectors, including: all areas of chemistry; pharmaceuticals; medicine; analytical science; synthesis; biotechnology; BioMEMS; physics; material science; bioengineering and electronics.

ee also

*List of scientific journals in chemistry
*List of scientific journals

References

External links

* [http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/lc/index.asp Lab on a Chip homepage]
* [http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/ RSC Publishing homepage]