ABSTRACT
Ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) and related mobility methods are now recognized as benecial and accepted within several communities, including analytical sciences, military establishments, security organizations, biomolecular researchers, clinicians, and pharmaceutical researchers. The developments in IMS today, including commercial, research, and other applications, are truly international, and this high level of activity is evident in the number of publications, which has risen sharply in the past 5 years and now surpasses 200 publications annually.
