All first authors of accepted manuscripts who are also SOFT members will be eligible for this prestigious award.Ĭompleted manuscripts must be submitted through the JAT Scholar One portal. The EDIT Award recognizes scientific design and impact on the field of forensic toxicology. Important dates for submission are listed below.Īn additional perk of submitting your paper for the Special Issue is consideration for the 2021 Experimental Design and Impact on Toxicology (EDIT) Award. Over the next few months, I encourage you to complete and submit your highly important toxicology manuscripts for publication in the Special Issue (or accept my kind request to review the manuscripts received). Fortunately for some, this adjustment may have led to more time for writing papers or completing previously drafted manuscripts (and even time to serve as a peer-reviewer!).
The SOFT Special Issue provides a unique platform for publication of these important data, as this issue coincides with our Annual Meeting to be held in Nashville, Tennessee, in September 2021.įor many of us, so much has changed in 2020, from online conferences to limited travel and personal interactions. Publication of analytical methods, case reports, research findings, and more are necessary for both the advancement of our field and the understanding or interpretation of toxicological findings. As Guest Editor, I intend to uphold the long-standing traditions and quality of JAT by compiling the great work from our submitting scientists to create an outstanding 2021 SOFT Special Issue.ĭissemination and information sharing are critical endeavors in forensic toxicology and its related disciplines. The incoming SOFT President has the privilege of selecting a Guest Editor for this issue, and I am honored that Amy Miles selected me for this role. The Journal of Analytical Toxicology 2021 SOFT Special Issue.Įach year, the Journal of Analytical Toxicology (JAT) proudly dedicates a Special Issue to the Society of Forensic Toxicologists (SOFT). It also contains information about known and recently identified poisons. The articles published in the Journal of Analytical Toxicology describe the chemical analysis of prescription drugs, drugs of abuse, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, industrial chemicals, and environmental toxins.
Timely presentation of the latest toxicology developments is ensured through Technical Notes, Case Reports, and Letters to the Editor. The peer-review process provided by the distinguished members of the Editorial Advisory Board ensures the high-quality and integrity of articles published in the Journal.
Since its inception in 1977, the Journal of Analytical Toxicology has striven to present state-of-the-art techniques used in toxicology labs. Furthermore, that forensic toxicology laboratories use a consistent protocol for selecting tests, and that any deviations are documented and justified.The Journal of Analytical Toxicology is an international toxicology journal devoted to the timely dissemination of scientific communications concerning potentially toxic substances and drug identification, isolation, and quantitation. Based on the results that examiners analyzing case data may have biases if they are given access to case context, we propose that examiners analysing presumptive test data are blind to irrelevant contextual information. In the second experiment, participants (n = 53) were biased in their choice of tests, for example, the age of the deceased impacted testing strategy: for older people, medicinal drugs were commonly chosen, whereas for younger people drugs of abuse were selected. In the first experiment, participants (n = 58) were affected by irrelevant case information when analysing data from an immunoassay test for opiate-type drugs. The impact of cognitive bias on decisions in forensic science has been demonstrated in numerous disciplines such as DNA and fingerprints, but has not been empirically investigated in the more objective domains, such as forensic toxicology.