XRS covers the theory and application of X-Ray Spectrometry using electron, x-ray photon, proton, γ and γ-x sources. XRS focuses on advances in techniques, methods and equipment including data handling methods, wavelength and energy dispersion systems. Topics include but are not confined to the following: 

Environmental analysis and monitoring
Art and archaeological studies
Mineralogy
Forensics
Geology
Surface science and materials analysis
Biomedical and pharmaceutical applications
Industrial applications
Macro X-ray Flourescence (MA-XRF)
Micro-X-ray Fluorescence (μ-XRF)
Novel methods in X-Ray generation and detection
Applications of handheld and portable XRF spectrometers
X-ray absorption and emission spectroscopy
Particle-Induced X-ray Emission

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Professor Johan Boman
University of Gothenburg
Department of Chemistry & Molecular Biology
Kemivägen 10
Göteborg
Sweden
e-mail: johan.boman@chem.gu.se


ASSOCIATE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Professor Liqiang Luo
National Research Center of Geoanalysis
26 Baiwanzhuang Street
Beijing
100037 P. R. China
e-mail: luoliqiang@cags.ac.cn

ASSOCIATE EDITORS
North America
Professor J. L. Campbell
Department of Physics
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
e-mail: icampbel@uoguelph.ca
South America
Professor H. J. Sánchez
Facultad de Matemática Astronomía y Física
Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
5000 Córdoba, Argentina
e-mail: jsan@famf.unc.edu.ar
Japan
Professor J. Kawai
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku
Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
e-mail: kawai.jun.3x@kyoto-u.ac.jp
China
Dr Y. Shen
National Research Center of Geoanalysis
26 Baiwanzhuang Street
Beijing
100037 P. R. China
e-mail:always1204@163.com
Australasia (except China and Japan)
Professor D. D. Cohen
Building 53
ANSTO
PMB1, MENAI, NSW, 2234, Australia
e-mail: dcz@ansto.gov.au
Europe
Dr A. Markowicz
Neurissgasse 6A
A-2325 Himberg
Austria
e-mail: markowicza426@gmail.com
NEWS EDITOR

Professor K. Sakurai
National Institute for Materials Science
1-2-1, Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki
305-0047 Japan
e-mail: sakurai@yuhgiri.nims.go.jp, sakurai@pas.tsukuba.ac.jp

EDITORIAL BOARD
Professor M. L. Carvalho
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
Professor S. Dabagov
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Rome, Italy
Professor J.-C. Dousse
University of Fribourg
Fribourg, Switzerland
Professor J. E. Fernandez
Department of Industrial Engineering (DIN)
Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna
Bologna, Italy
Professor U. Fittschen
TU Clausthal University
Germany
Professor Y. Gohshi
National Institute for Environmental Studies
Tsukuba, Japan
Dr P. Hoffman
Technical University Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Germany
Dr Y. Y. Huang
Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. R. China
Dr M. Jaksic
Rudjer Boskovic Institite
Zagreb, Croatia
Dr A. Karydas
Institute of Nuclear Physics
Athens, Greece
Dr M. Kavčič
Jozef Stefan Institute
Department for Low and Medium Energy Physics
Slovenia
Professor M. W. Lankosz
AGH - University of Science and Technology
Krakow, Poland
Professor R. T. Lopes
Laboratório de Instrumentação Nuclear - COPPE/UFRJ
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dr M. Mantler
Vienna University of Technology
Austria
Professor J. Miranda
Institute of Physics, National Autonomous University of Mexico
Mexico
Dr N. L. Misra
Fuel Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
Mumbai, India
Dr S. Piorek
Niton Corp.
Belle Mead, USA
Dr W. Przybylowicz
Themba Labs
Somerset West, South Africa
Dr I. Queralt
IDAEA Spanish Council for Scientific Research - CSIC, Barcelona, Spain.
Dr A. Revenko
Institute of the Earth's Crust
Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Irkutsk, Russia
Professor C.-U. Ro
Inha University
Incheon, Korea
Dr Francesco Paolo Romano
IBAM-CNR & LNS-INFN
Italy
Professor Schmeling
Loyola University Chicago
USA
Dr J. R. Sieber
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, USA
Professor C. Streli
Atominstitut
Vienna, Austria
Professor K. Tsuji
Osaka City University
Osaka, Japan
Dr D. S. Urch
University of London
London, UK
Professor R. Van Grieken
University of Antwerp
Belgium
Professor C. Vazquez
Argentinean Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dr B. Vrebos
PANalytical B.V.
Almelo, The Netherlands
Dr B. Vrebos
PANalytical B.V.
Almelo, The Netherlands
Dr X. Zhan
National Research Center of Geoanalysis
P. R. China
Dr S. Zhuo
Shanghai Institute of Ceramics
Shanghai, P. R. China