As the incidence of drugs escalates in 21st century living, their detection and analysis have become increasingly important. Sport, the workplace, crime investigation, homeland security, the pharmaceutical industry and the environment are just some of the high profile arenas in which analytical testing has provided an important investigative tool for uncovering the presence of extraneous substances.
In addition to the usual publishing fare of primary research articles, case reports and letters, Drug Testing and Analysisoffers a unique combination of; ‘How to’ material such as ‘Tutorials’ and ‘Reviews’, Speculative pieces (‘Commentaries’ and ‘Perspectives', providing a broader scientific and social context to the aspects of analytical testing), ‘Annual banned substance reviews’ (delivering a critical evaluation of the methods used in the characterization of established and newly outlawed compounds).
Rather than focus on the application of a single technique, Drug Testing and Analysis employs a unique multidisciplinary approach to the field of controversial compound determination. Papers discussing chromatography, mass spectrometry, immunological approaches, 1D/2D gel electrophoresis, to name just a few select methods, are welcomed where their application is related to any of the six key topics listed below.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Prof. Mario Thevis
Professor for Preventive Doping Research
German Sport University Cologne
Institute of Biochemistry
Am Sportpark Müngersdorf 6
50933 Cologne
Germany
e-mail: m.thevis@biochem.dshs-koeln.de

ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Dr Simon Brandt
Liverpool John Moores University
James Parsons Building
Byrom Street
Liverpool, L3 3AF,
UK
e-mail: s.brandt@ljmu.ac.uk
Dr Adam Cawley
Racing NSW - Australian Racing Forensic Laboratory
Level 11, 51 Druitt Street
Sydney, NSW
Australia
e-mail: acawley@racingnsw.com
Dr Tiia Kuuranne
Swiss Laboratory for Doping Analyses
Ch. des Croisettes 22
CH-1066 Epalinges
Switzerland
e-mail: Tiia.Kuuranne@chuv.ch
Dr Ray Kazlauskas
National Measurement Institute, NMI
1 Suakin Street
AU - Sydney, NSW 2073
Australia
e-mail: ray.kazlauskas@measurement.gov.au
Prof. Mikael Hedeland
Uppsala University 
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, 
PO Box 547, SE-751 23 Uppsala
Sweden
e-mail: mikael.hedeland@ilk.uu.se



ADVISORY BOARD
Dr. Ronald Agius
LaborKrone
Germany
Dr. Samuel D. Banister
Stanford University
California, USA
Dr. Martin Bidlingmaier
Endocrine Laboratory, University of Munich
Germany
Prof. Francesco Botrè
Antidoping Laboratory
Rome, Italy
Prof. David Cowan
King's College
London, UK
Prof. Olaf H. Drummer
Monash University
Melbourne, Australia
Benjamin Dugas
Waters SAS
France
Dr. Bryan Finkle
NFL advisor, Partnership for Clean Competition
Montana, USA
Dr. Stefan Franz
ALB Clinics
Göppingen, Germany
Claire George
Concateno Cozart
Oxford, UK
Lindsay Hadfield
Concateno Medscreen Limited
London, UK
Prof. Peter Hemmersbach
Norwegian Doping Control Laboratory
Norway 
Dr. Harald John
Bundeswehr Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Munich, Germany
Dr. Andrew Kicman
King’s College London, UK
Prof. Hans Maurer
Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology
Saarland University, Germany
Dr. Thomas Moehring
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Bremen, Germany
Dr Rodny Montes de Oca Porto
Havana Antidoping Laboratory
Cuba
Dr. Christine Moore
Immunalysis Corporation
California, USA
Stephen Raymond Morley
Leicester Royal Infirmary
Leicester, UK
Dr. LJ Mostert
Van-Weel-Bethesda Hospital
The Netherlands
Prof. Dr. Frank Musshoff
Forensic Toxicological Center
Munich, Germany
Dr. Christian Reichel
Seibersdorf Labor
GmbH, Austria
Dr. Mathias Schaefer
University of Cologne
Cologne, Germany
Dr. Alain Verstraete
Ghent University Hospital
Ghent, Belgium
Dr. Terence S.M. Wan 
Racing Laboratory, HKJC 
Hong Kong, China
Dr. Adam Cawley
Racing NSW - Australian Racing Forensic Laboratory
Australia
Prof. Dr. Markus Meyer 
Saarland University 
Germany
Simon Elliot 
Elliott Forensic Consulting, UK and King's College
London, UK
Vincente Abbate 
King's College London
United Kingdom
Dr. Ludovic Bailly-Chouriberry
GIE LCH
France 
Ruri KIKURA-HANAJIRI
National Institute of Health Sciences (NIHS) 
Japan
Dr. Marc-Michael Blum
OPCW Laboratory
The Netherlands