The Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL is published six times yearly, presenting fully-refereed manuscripts on chemical and microbiological analysis in various topic areas related to foods, drugs, agriculture, the environment, and more, including but not limited to the following: 

Original research on new analytical and statistical techniques and applications
Validation studies (single- and multi-laboratory collaborative studies) of novel methods
Studies leading to new methods and reference materials
Further studies with significant improvements to existing methods (e.g., technological advances, matrix extension)
Newly adopted AOAC-approved methods
The journal publishes investigations of food safety (chemical and microbiological) issues, e.g., occurrence of chemical contaminants at levels that could impact regulatory decisions. However, the journal will not publish results from routine analysis or surveys that have chemical residue levels of no regulatory concern. The journal also publishes reviews, symposium presentations, invited special sections which focus on methodology, nutritional, health and safety, and regulatory aspects of chemical contaminants in food and environment and major and minor components of food.

The topic areas that the journal publishes are described below. In addition to the specific scope under each topic area, papers can also include information on statistical and chemometric analysis, when and where applicable, to evaluate method performance parameters and to extend the possibilities of analytical techniques or provide re-interpretation of previously publishes data.