The ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY is a peer-reviewed journal started in 1962 for PerkinElmer by Dr. Walter Slavin and now is published by Atomic Spectroscopy Press Limited (ASPL), Hongkong, P.R. China. It is intended for the rapid publication of both original paper and reviews in the fields of AAS, AFS, XRF, LIBS, ICP-OES, ICP-MS, GD-MS, TIMS, SIMS, AMS, electron microscopy and energy spectroscopy related microbeam analysis techniques, and Synchrotron radiation related technology,etc. Manuscripts dealing with (i) fundamentals & instrumentation development, (ii) novel methodology development & applications, (iii) sample preparation related technology, and (iv) standard reference materials development, can be submitted for publication. All published papers can be downloaded freely from the journal official website (www.at-spectrosc.com), and authors are not required to pay any publication fees (or APC).