Mass Spectrometry is a peer-reviewed, open access journal publishing articles in all areas of mass spectrometry. Published continuously online, the journal is fully indexed in J-STAGE and PubMed Central.
Mass Spectrometry welcomes submissions from around the world.
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Mass Spectrometry is an academic journal on both fundamentals and applications of mass spectrometry, owned and published by the Mass Spectrometry Society of Japan (MSSJ).
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Latest articles
Original ArticleMarch 5, 2026
Enantioselective Determination of Carnitine Enantiomers in Food and Supplement Samples by Chiral Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry
Aogu Furusho, Yutaro Nakayama, Hiroki Mizuno, Eiji Sugiyama, Kenji Kojima, Kenichiro Todoroki
Carnitine (CAR) is an essential compound for animals and plays several physiological roles related to energy production. These functions are possessed by only the L-forms, while the D-forms are known to inhibit the uptake of the L-forms, thus causing a CAR deficiency.
Original ArticleFebruary 19, 2026
Interpretation of α-Pinene Mass Spectra in APCI-Like Ambient Mass Spectrometry Using GC-Coupled Atmospheric Pressure Corona Discharge Ionization
Ren Ishihara, Daisuke Fukuyama, Kanako Sekimoto
Ambient mass spectrometry (AMS) enables real-time analysis without sample preparation, yet atmospheric pressure corona discharge ionization (APCI)-like ion sources can oxidize analytes in-source, obscuring spectral interpretation.
Original ArticleFebruary 10, 2026
Evaluation of LC/MS Methods for Hydrophilic Metabolites to Enable Integration of Human Blood Metabolome Data
Yuri Imado, Masatomo Takahashi, Yuki Soma, Shunsuke Aburaya, Kohta Nakatani, Taizo Hanai, Takeshi Bamba, Yoshihiro Izumi
Information on candidate biomarker metabolites identified in recent disease biomarker discovery research is expected to play a key role in the future of personalized and precision medicine.
Featured articles
Original ArticleJuly 17, 2024
Direct ESI-MS of Ionic Liquids Using High-Pressure Electrospray From Large-Bore Emitters Made of Micropipette Tips
Takeshi Matsuda, Lee Chuin Chen
Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry of neat undiluted ionic liquid (IL) and the analysis of protein with the doping of IL were performed using high-pressure electrospray. The use of disposable micropipette tips as emitters eased the handling of viscous and easy-to-clog samples and improved the reproducibility of the measurement.
Original ArticleDecember 29, 2024
Atmospheric Pressure Mass Spectrometry Imaging Using Electrospray-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization with Gas Transportation through a Heated Tube and Minimal Sample Preparation
Riku Hirotani, Yuto Miyoshi, Varun Sendilraj, Hisanao Hazama
Mass spectrometry (MS) is a valuable tool that enables label-free analysis and the ability to measure multiple molecules. The atmospheric pressure MS imaging (MSI) method usually requires tedious sample preparation.
Original ArticleApril 11, 2023
Comprehensive Membrane N-Glycoproteomics Using Human Breast Cancer Cell Line Pairs
Daisuke Takakura, Haruka Yoshida, Shoko Ohashi, Nana Kawasaki
Aberrant glycosylation of membrane proteins is a hallmark of cancer and a useful molecular marker for the diagnosis of breast cancer (BC). However, the molecular mechanisms by which altered glycosylation affects the malignant transformations associated with BC are poorly understood. Accordingly, we performed comparative
