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Liquid Chromatography-mass Spectrometry

Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC-MS) is an analytical technique that combines the separating power of liquid chromatography with the identifying and quantifying capability of mass spectrometry. Liquid chromatography first separates the components of a complex mixture as they pass through a column, and the…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 34× across the literature 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC-MS) is an analytical technique that combines the separating power of liquid chromatography with the identifying and quantifying capability of mass spectrometry. Liquid chromatography first separates the components of a complex mixture as they pass through a column, and the mass spectrometer then measures each component by its mass-to-charge ratio. Together these steps allow individual compounds to be identified and measured even at very low concentrations within complicated samples. LC-MS is widely used in pharmaceutical analysis, biochemistry, environmental monitoring, and food and safety testing. Within this journal's mass spectrometry scope, research applies LC-MS to a range of analytical problems. Reported work includes a review of liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry applications in food safety, the identification and quantification of an adulterant in a dietary supplement, and the use of LC-MS to characterize compounds and determine isotopic abundance ratios. These studies illustrate how coupling separation with mass measurement supports accurate detection, characterization, and quality assessment of substances. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry and its analytical applications.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 34 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Liquid Chromatography-mass Spectrometry, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Developments in Mass Spectrometry.

Journal editorial board
Jennifer Paola Pascali · Italy Fabrizio Dal Piaz · Italy Peiying Yang · United States

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