Membranes

Membranes is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal covering the broad aspects of the science and technology of both biological and non-biological membranes, published monthly online by MDPI. The Membrane Society of Australasia (MSA) and Polish Membrane Society (PTMem) are affiliated with Membranes and their members receive discounts on the article processing charges. 

• Open Access— free for readers, with article processing charges (APC) paid by authors or their institutions.
• High Visibility: indexed within Scopus, SCIE (Web of Science), Ei Compendex, PubMed, PMC, CAPlus / SciFinder, Inspec, and other databases.
• Journal Rank: JCR - Q2 (Polymer Science) / CiteScore - Q1 (Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous))
• Rapid Publication: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision is provided to authors approximately 14.9 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 7.9 days (median values for papers published in this journal in the first half of 2026).
• Recognition of Reviewers: Reviewers whose reports are timely and of high quality receive an APC discount voucher for a future publication in an MDPI journal. Become a reviewer.
• Journal Cluster of Polymer and Macromolecular Science: Polymers, Membranes, Gels, Polysaccharides, Textiles, Macromol, Microplastics and Adhesives.