Separations 2021 Highly Cited Paper Award—Winners Announced

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Separations 2021 Highly Cited Paper Award. All papers published between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2020 in Separations (ISSN: 2297-8739) were considered for the award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, the two winning papers, which were nominated by the Associate Editor, Prof. Dr. Victoria Samanidou, have been selected.

“Recent Advances in Hydrophobic Deep Eutectic Solvents for Extraction”
by Amos K. Dwamena
Separations 2019, 6(1), 9; doi:10.3390/separations6010009
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2297-8739/6/1/9

“Metal–Organic Frameworks as Key Materials for Solid-Phase Microextraction Devices—A Review”
by Adrián Gutiérrez-Serpa, Idaira Pacheco-Fernández, Jorge Pasán and Verónica Pino
Separations 2019, 6(4), 47; doi:10.3390/separations6040047
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2297-8739/6/4/47

Each winner (corresponding author) will receive a prize of CHF 400 and an electronic certificate.

On behalf of the assessment committee, we would like to congratulate the winners on their accomplishments. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all the nominated research groups of the above exceptional papers for their contributions to Separations and the Award Committee for voting and helping with this award.

Prof. Dr. Javier Saurina
Section Editor-in-Chief