| Analyst | |
| Cover: | CoverIssueAnalyst.jpg |
| Formernames: | The Analyst |
| Discipline: | Analytical chemistry |
| Editor: | Norman Dovichi |
| Abbreviation: | Analyst |
| Website: | http://pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/journalissues/an |
| Publisher: | Royal Society of Chemistry |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Impact: | 4.2 |
| Impact-Year: | 2022 |
| History: | 1877–present |
| Frequency: | Biweekly |
| Issn: | 0003-2654 |
| Eissn: | 1364-5528 |
| Coden: | ANALAO |
| Oclc: | 01481074 |
Analyst is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of analytical chemistry, bioanalysis, and detection science. It is published by the Royal Society of Chemistry and the editor-in-chief is Norman Dovichi (University of Notre Dame).[1] The journal was established in 1877 by the Society for Analytical Chemistry.
The journal is abstracted and indexed in MEDLINE and Analytical Abstracts. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 4.2.[2]
In 1999, the Royal Society of Chemistry closed the journal Analytical Communications because it felt that the material submitted to that journal would be best included in a new communications section of Analyst. Predecessor journals of Analytical Communications were Proceedings of the Society for Analytical Chemistry, 1964–1974; Proceedings of the Analytical Division of the Chemical Society, 1975–1979; Analytical Proceedings, 1980–1993; Analytical Proceedings including Analytical Communications, 1994–1995.