A number of
Journals or professional societies exist which cover the topics of
Near-Infrared and/or
Process Analysis Technologies. These are worth reading. Some of the more useful are:
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Magazine. Articles on process improvements, webinars, editorials and blogs, audio tracks; cutting edge articles on PAT and QbD. (
www.PharmaManufacturing.com and
www.KnowPharma.com)
Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy First and only refereed journal devoted to Near-Infrared, published in the UK, applications and theory of NIR are covered
NIR News Current topics in NIR, news articles, abstracts of published articles on NIR, columns by experts in spectroscopy, Chemometrics, andstatistics.
Spectroscopy Magazine Applied spectroscopy articles. Continuing series by Howard Mark and Jerry Workman named "Statistics in Spectroscopy" containing Chemometrics and Statistics for NIR projects; theory and applcations.
Society for Applied Spectroscopy All aspects or spectroscpy; local sections; sponsor conferences, premier journal
Applied Spectroscopy
Council for Near Infrared Spectroscopy Founded in 1986, the Council works to foster NIR; sponsors the IDRC (Chambersburg) conference [now the site of the Hirschfeld Award, sponsored by Buchi]; sponsors Birth Award for NIR research and publishes a newsletter, maintains an citation index of NIR publications.