NIR Spectroscopy

NIR Publications is the imprint of IM Publications that specialises in the publishing of periodicals, books and electronic products in NIR spectroscopy and chemometrics.

We publish the peer-review Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy, the international newsletter NIR news, a number of books (we also sell a comprehensive list of books on NIR from other publishers around the world) and a CD-ROM version of the Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy.

NIR Spectroscopy is widely applied in areas including food and agriculture, pharmaceuticals (where it is an important component of the PAT initiative), medicine, environment and throughout general industry. For an overview of the myriad applications of NIR, see our “Celebration of NIR Spectroscopy” issue below.

Need NIR Help?

If you have any questions about NIR or chemometrics, the NIR Discussion Forum is the place to go. A number of NIR experts are regular visitors and are willing to help you with your NIR problem.

Wavelength/wavenumber converter

Need a one-click way to convert between nm and cm^–1? Try our easy converter.

NIR bookshop

Our bookshop has a comprehensive list of books on NIR and chemometrics, most of which are available from stock. If we don't have it, we can almost certainly get it for you.

Coming soon...

Our latest book on NIR spectroscopy covers the important, emerging application for NIR of breast cancer. It provides a fascinating insight into the disease from both a Western and a Chinese medical point of view. Human Breast Cancer Identification by Near Infrared Spectroscopy and Radiorespirometry by Shou He Yan and Joëlle Wallon will be published in early 2009.

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A Celebration of Near Infrared Spectroscopy

A Special Issue of NIR news is available for free download. Entitled “A Celebration of Near Infrared Spectroscopy”, it aims to show the wide range of applications of NIR spectroscopy and how it is becoming an ever more important part of everybody's life.

A number of references from NIR Publications' products have also been made freely available and there are links to them from the special issue.

Software Archive

Visit the Software Archive for a growing list of programs and utilities, and contribute yourself!