Editorial · Issue 1
It‘s Time for Something Different.
Sampling Science and Technology (SST):
A New Home for TOS forum
You have just opened the inaugural issue of Sampling Science and Technology (SST), the new scientific magazine published by the International Pierre Gy Sampling Association (IPGSA). Welcome!
Why this new magazine?
The reason is very sad. In late April 2023, IPGSA’s Publisher since 2013, Ian Michael of IM Publications OPEN, unexpectedly passed away, succumbing to leukemia. This tragedy threw the fate of TOS forum and the regular SAMPLING column in Spectroscopy Europe into unknown territory as it quickly became clear that IPGSA could not expect a direct continuation of these outlets from our decade long publishing house. A tribute to Ian Michael and his invaluable support for the development of IPGSA can be found in this issue.
However, after ~20 years of organised work for the world sampling community, the time has also come for a revision of the scope and responsibilities of IPGSA, as set out in the article in this issue by Claudia Paoletti, IPGSA vice-president.
As part of this re-alignment, the Editor of both TOS Forum and the SAMPLING column decided to amalgamate these publication outlets into the new publication: Sampling Science and Technology (SST), which defines itself squarely in-between a [...]
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