Announcements

In May, MDPI Romania held three author training sessions – one endorsing an external event and two stand-alone sessions.

The National Session of Scientific Student Communications took place at Technical University Cluj on 17 and 18 May 2024. MDPI Romania sponsored this event and contributed an author training session on the production of research papers and case study analyses. JRS Norbert Kiss gave a presentation called The World of Open Access to explain different open access publishing models and the benefits of open access publishing. His presentation highlighted the impact of open access publishing on scientific progress and innovation.

On 29 May 2024, MDPI Romania hosted an author training session for Ph.D. students, early career researchers, and professors at the Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy. In collaboration with Prof. Andreea Arsene, JRS Ioana Paunescu prepared two presentations: The Steps of the Publishing Process and Elaboration of a Peer Review Report. In her first presentation, she delved into MDPI’s history and mission, MDPI’s editorial process, and MDPI journals of various scopes that are accepting submissions. Her second presentation outlined the types of peer review, the contents of a peer review report by an MDPI reviewer, and the responsibilities of an MDPI reviewer.

MDPI Romania also hosted an author training session at the Iasi University of Life Sciences on 29 May 2024. JRSs Laurentiu Preda and Cosmin Artan gave four presentations: Efficient Writing of an ISI-Indexed Scientific Article, Benefits of Publishing in the Open Access Model, Various Methods of Open Access Publishing, and MDPI Guide for the Article Review Process. The first three presentations offered guidance on how to improve academic writing, the fourth focused on how to write peer review reports. A highly interactive discussion followed the presentations, during which the JRSs provided extensive answers to attendees’ questions.

MDPI is grateful for all the attendees, speakers, and organizers involved in these events. Through their enthusiasm and dedication, these events were great successes.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of Separations (ISSN: 2297-8739), a peer-reviewed open access journal on separation and purification science and technology in all areas of chemical, biological, physical science, and separation performance. With a current Impact Factor of 2.5 and a CiteScore of 3.0, the journal is covered in Scopus, SCIE (Web of Science), CAPlus / SciFinder, and other databases.

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to our readers, authors, anonymous peer reviewers, editors, and all contributors who have played pivotal roles in the journal's success over the years. Your support has been instrumental in reaching this significant milestone.

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Separations, we are planning commemorative events and the release of special content. We warmly invite you to join us in marking this occasion.

If you have any questions, suggestions, or recommendations, please do not hesitate to contact separations@mdpi.com.

Separations Editorial Office

Five new journals covering multiple subjects have launched their inaugural issue in June 2024. We are excited to be able to share with you the newest research rooted in the value of open access.

We would like to express our deepest appreciation to all the Editorial Board Members and each journal will ensure its high-quality output using excellent editorial and rigorous peer review processes, to ensure that the articles achieve high impact and visibility.

Please feel free to browse and discover more about the new journals below.

Journal	Founding Editor-in-Chief	Journal Topics (Selected)
	Prof. Dr. Marco Ranucci, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Italy | Editorial | view inaugural issue	anaesthetic medications; blood and fluid management; pain management; critical care; critical illness | view journal scope | submit an article
	Dr. Giovanni E. Cacciamani, University of Southern California, USA | Editorial | view inaugural issue	surgical/procedural complications; complications; perioperative adverse events; postoperative adverse events | view journal scope | submit an article
	Prof. Dr.  Gassan Hodaifa, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Spain | Editorial | view inaugural issue	laboratory management; laboratory safety; protective equipment; laboratory problems and challenges; laboratory Innovation | view journal scope | submit an article
	Prof. Dr. Jan S. Suchodolski, Texas A&M University, USA | Editorial | view inaugural issue	companion animals health and disease; veterinary care and nutrition; genetics and genomics; behavior and welfare; human-animal relations | view journal scope | submit an article
	Prof. Dr. Pierfrancesco De Paola, University of Naples Federico II, Italy | Editorial | view inaugural issue	real estate appraisal; economic and financial valuation of real estate projects; sustainable real estate; housing and urban economics | view journal scope | submit an article

We wish to thank everyone who has supported the development of open access publishing. You are welcome to send an application here, or contact the New Journal Committee (newjournal-committee@mdpi.com) if you would like to create more new journals.

Editor's Choice Articles are selected based on suggestions from Separations’ Academic Editors worldwide. The editors select a small number of recently published articles that they consider particularly interesting to our readers or important in their respective fields of research. You are welcome to read the updated 2023 Editor’s Choice Articles, a curated list of high-quality articles from Separations (ISSN: 2297-8739). The full list of Editor's Choice Articles can be viewed at the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/separations/editors_choice.

1. “Removal of Azo Dyes from Wastewater through Heterogeneous Photocatalysis and Supercritical Water Oxidation”
by Vincenzo Vaiano and Iolanda De Marco
Separations 2023, 10(4), 230; https://doi.org/10.3390/separations10040230
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2297-8739/10/4/230
Cited by 22 | Viewed by 5403

2. “Potential of Advanced Oxidation as Pretreatment for Microplastics Biodegradation”
by Kristina Bule Možar, Martina Miloloža, Viktorija Martinjak, Matija Cvetnić, Hrvoje Kušić, Tomislav Bolanča, Dajana Kučić Grgić and Šime Ukić
Separations 2023, 10(2), 132; https://doi.org/10.3390/separations10020132
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2297-8739/10/2/132
Cited by 14 | Viewed by 4262

3. “Renewable Resource Biosorbents for Pollutant Removal from Aqueous Effluents in Column Mode”
by Lavinia Tofan and Daniela Suteu
Separations 2023, 10(2), 143; https://doi.org/10.3390/separations10020143
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2297-8739/10/2/143
Cited by 8 | Viewed by 2520

4. “Green-Engineered Barrier Creams with Montmorillonite-Chlorophyll Clays as Adsorbents for Benzene, Toluene, and Xylene”
by Meichen Wang and Timothy D. Phillips
Separations 2023, 10(4), 237; https://doi.org/10.3390/separations10040237
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2297-8739/10/4/237
Cited by 6 | Viewed by 3951

5. “Screening the Efficacy of a Microbial Consortium of Bacteria and Fungi Isolated from Different Environmental Samples for the Degradation of LDPE/TPS Films”
by Dajana Kučić Grgić, Martina Miloloža, Vesna Ocelić Bulatović, Šime Ukić, Miroslav Slouf and Veronika Gajdosova
Separations 2023, 10(2), 79; https://doi.org/10.3390/separations10020079
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2297-8739/10/2/79
Cited by 6 | Viewed by 3277

6. “Characterization of the Aroma Profile of Food Smoke at Controllable Pyrolysis Temperatures”
by Marina Rigling, Laura Höckmeier, Malte Leible, Kurt Herrmann, Monika Gibis, Jochen Weiss and Yanyan Zhang
Separations 2023, 10(3), 176; https://doi.org/10.3390/separations10030176
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2297-8739/10/3/176
Cited by 5 | Viewed by 2133

7. “Development and Validation of a Confirmatory Method for the Determination of 12 Coccidiostat Residues in Eggs and Muscle by Means of Liquid Chromatography Coupled to Hybrid High Resolution Mass Spectrometry”
by Federica Castellani, Matteo Ricci, Maria Novella Colagrande, Giampiero Scortichini and Giorgio Saluti
Separations 2023, 10(3), 202; https://doi.org/10.3390/separations10030202
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2297-8739/10/3/202
Cited by 5 | Viewed by 2011

8. “Comprehensive Metabolite Fingerprinting of Australian Black and Green Olives and Their Antioxidant and Pharmacokinetics Properties”
by Akhtar Ali, Farhad Ahmadi, Jeremy J. Cottrell and Frank R. Dunshea
Separations 2023, 10(6), 354; https://doi.org/10.3390/separations10060354
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2297-8739/10/6/354
Cited by 5 | Viewed by 2036

9. “Fluoride Removal from Water Sources by Adsorption on MOFs”
by Athanasia K. Tolkou and Anastasios I. Zouboulis
Separations 2023, 10(9), 467; https://doi.org/10.3390/separations10090467
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2297-8739/10/9/467
Cited by 5 | Viewed by 1844

10. “Innovative Solutions for Food Analysis: Microextraction Techniques in Lipid Peroxidation Product Detection”
by Jorge A. Custodio-Mendoza, Ana M. Ares-Fuentes and Antonia M. Carro
Separations 2023, 10(10), 531; https://doi.org/10.3390/separations10100531
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2297-8739/10/10/531
Cited by 5 | Viewed by 1926

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Separations 2022 Best Paper Award. All papers published between 1 January and 31 December 2022 in Separations (ISSN: 2297-8739) were considered for the award. After a thorough evaluation by the Award Committee comprising members of the Editorial Board and based on the originality and significance of the papers and the number of citations and downloads, two winners were selected.

Each winner will receive CHF 400 and the opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in Separations in 2024 following peer review.

Article:
“Determination of Selenomethionine, Selenocystine, and Methylselenocysteine in Egg Sample by High Performance Liquid Chromatography—Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry”
by Yue Zhao, Min Wang, Mengrui Yang, Jian Zhou and Tongtong Wang
Separations 2022, 9(2), 21; https://doi.org/10.3390/separations9020021
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2297-8739/9/2/21

Review:
“Separation and Recycling Potential of Rare Earth Elements from Energy Systems: Feed and Economic Viability Review”
by Ajay B. Patil, Viktoria Paetzel, Rudolf P. W. J. Struis and Christian Ludwig
Separations 2022, 9(3), 56; https://doi.org/10.3390/separations9030056
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2297-8739/9/3/56

Please join us in congratulating the winners of the Separations 2022 Best Paper Award. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our authors for their continued support.

Separations Editorial Office

MDPI is pleased to announce the inclusion of 237 journals in the 2024 release of the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) and share the key results (see above).

This year, journals covered in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) received category ranks together with journals in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI). Overall, 139 MDPI journals indexed in ESCI are included in the new unified rankings for the first time.

Enhanced Comparability of Data

According to Clarivate, "the creation of unified category rankings [provides] a simpler and more complete category view for the evaluation of journal performance. [...] The category-first approach simplifies journal performance assessment with a holistic view of all journals in each subject category."

We are thrilled to announce that 72% of our ranked MDPI journals (171 of 237) are above average, in Q1 or Q2. Twenty-nine of our journals received their first Impact Factor this year, accounting for more than 5% of the journals accepted into the Web of Science last year.

MDPI Journals Ranked in JCR

The following data includes all MDPI journals indexed in SCIE, SSCI, ESCI and AHCI.

Source: 2023 Journal Impact Factors, Journal Citation Reports ^TM (Clarivate, 2024)

About MDPI

A pioneer in scholarly, open access publishing, MDPI has supported academic communities since 1996. MDPI is leading the transition to open science by making more research free and accessible to everyone. Over 3.5 million researchers have entrusted MDPI with publishing their scientific discoveries. MDPI’s editorial process is bolstered by a network of dedicated reviewers, a team of 6000 professional, well-trained staff members, and an in-house article submission platform that was designed to ensure efficient processes within its 440 fully open access titles.

Conference: ACS Fall 2024
Organization: American Chemical Society
Date: 18–22 August 2024
Place: Colorado Convention Center, 700 14th St, Denver, CO 80202
Booth ID: 1420

A variety of MDPI journals will be attending ACS Fall 2024 as exhibitors, an exciting event being held in Denver, USA, from 18 to 22 August 2024.

ACS Meetings & Expositions are where chemistry professionals meet to exchange ideas and advance scientific and technical knowledge. By attracting thousands of chemical professionals, the meetings provide excellent opportunities for peers to engage with each other and share their passion for chemistry, connecting with one of the world's largest scientific societies and helping to advance careers in this ever-changing global economy.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Molecules;
• Nanomaterials;
• Separations;
• Organics;
• Molbank;
• AppliedChem;
• Chemistry;
• Batteries;
• Fibers;
• Crystals;
• Polymers;
• Colorants;
• Analytica;
• Coatings;
• Symmetry;
• Liquids;
• Reactions.

If you are attending this conference, please feel free to start a conversation with us at our booth #1420. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you may have.

We are pleased to inform you that Separations (ISSN: 2297-8739) has received an increased CiteScore of 3.0.

CiteScore provides transparent metrics that enable well-informed publishing strategy, library collection development, and the benchmarking of journal performance. It is now a standard citation metric alongside SNIP and SJR that gives an up-to-date view of a journal’s impact.

The 2023 CiteScore provides an assessment of the scientific influence of journals in the 2020 to 2023 period.

This is a reflection of the excellent performance, support, and dedication of all journal editors, reviewers, authors, and readers.

For more journal statistics, please visit https://www.mdpi.com/journal/Separations/stats.

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the journal.

Separations Editorial Office

On UNESCO’s 2024 Oceans Day, MDPI encourages the scientific community to increase the accessibility of ocean research to accelerate ocean conservation.

Basel, Switzerland, June 7, 2024: MDPI, a leading open access (OA) publisher, is proud to announce its active support for World Oceans Day 2024, celebrated under UNESCO’s Ocean Decade framework. MDPI’s CEO, Stefan Tochev hopes that “the latest ocean research can be made freely accessible to help empower scientists and communities at large to save our oceans,” under UNESCO’s Ocean Decade until 2030.

Open Access: A Catalyst for Ocean Action

MDPI’s presence at the UNESCO Ocean Decade Conference 2024 highlights our unwavering commitment to using OA to advance ocean science, support research communities, and promote sustainable ocean management.

"Our involvement in the UNESCO Ocean Decade Conference underscores MDPI's commitment to the underfunded Ocean SDG. By promoting OA to scientific articles and books on SDGs, we aim to inspire critical actions," said Tochev. "Our initiatives, like the World Sustainability Award and Emerging Sustainability Award, further demonstrate our dedication to advancing sustainability.”

Showcasing MDPI’s Contributions to Ocean Research

Over the past three years, MDPI has published 30,000 papers focused on ocean research and related topics. Key MDPI journals contributing to this body of work include:

• Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (4.9k papers)
• Remote Sensing (2.6k papers)
• Sustainability (2k papers)
• International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS) (1.7k papers)
• Marine Drugs (1.5k papers)
• Water (1.5k papers)

These publications highlight MDPI’s contributions to ocean science, reinforcing our role in the broader sustainability agenda by promoting blue innovation and economy.

Additionally, MDPI has launched Oceans, an international, peer-reviewed forum specifically aimed at publishing studies related to all branches of oceanography with an emphasis on the functioning of the ocean and the sustainable use of its resources and ecosystem services.

Affirming MDPI’s Commitment to Ocean Science

MDPI’s commitment to OA is pivotal in addressing critical global challenges, from climate change to ocean sustainability. Our efforts resonate with Outcome 4 of the UNESCO Ocean Decade action roadmap: an accessible ocean with open and equitable access to data, information, technology, and innovation. By aligning with UNESCO’s goals, MDPI continues to contribute to shaping a sustainable future for our oceans, reinforcing our position as a forward-thinking publisher dedicated to environmental stewardship and scientific excellence.

For more information, contact Rui Duarte at rui.duarte@mdpi.com or +41764313242.

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95% of authors rate MDPI’s publication process as excellent or good, setting a new benchmark in scientific publishing – reveals 2023 Annual Report. 

Basel, Switzerland, June 4, 2024: MDPI, the leading open access (OA) publisher, proudly announces the release of its 2023 Annual Report, detailing remarkable achievements and reaffirming its leadership in advancing OA publishing. In 2023, MDPI received 655,065 submissions, of which 285,244 articles were published. The company now commands a 17% market share in gold open access articles, with a median publication time of six weeks.

Stefan Tochev, MDPI's CEO, stated, "As a pioneer in open access publishing, MDPI has long been a game-changer in the scholarly community, serving millions of authors around the world to ensure the latest research is freely available. Reflecting on our incredible journey at MDPI, 2023 has been marked by growth in paper submissions, ambitious projects and initiatives aimed at improving our internal processes and delivering top-notch services to our scientists."

MDPI's 2023 Annual Report highlights several key achievements:

• 17% market share in gold open access articles across all disciplines.
• Record satisfaction rates: 95% of authors, 82% of reviewers, and 85% of guest editors.
• Enhanced editorial standards and feedback processes.
• Increased reach and impact with 54 new MDPI journal inclusions in Scopus, 29 in Web of Science, and 77 in DOAJ.

MDPI’s unwavering commitment to advancing OA has transformed the landscape of scholarly publishing, making high-quality research freely accessible to the global scientific community. The continuous improvement in our editorial standards and feedback processes underscores MDPI’s dedication to ensuring academic integrity and excellence.

Global Reach and Collaboration

MDPI’s global footprint continues to expand, with authors from diverse regions: 37% from Asia/Pacific, 36% from Europe, 15% from the Americas, and 12% from other parts of the world. The company’s fully OA platform attracted nearly 14 million monthly visitors in 2023, reflecting its widespread influence in the scientific community.

Commitment to Partnerships

With over 800 institutional partners, MDPI continues to demonstrate its dedication to providing reliable and collaborative publishing services. The introduction of a transparent flat-fee model highlights MDPI's ongoing efforts to enhance affordability and support to the academic community. For more details read our 2023 Annual Report.

For more information, contact Rui Duarte at rui.duarte@mdpi.com or +41764313242.

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