Dear Colleagues,

It is our great pleasure to announce the winners of the Separations 2019 Highly Cited Paper Awards to recognize the most highly cited papers in the past two years. The prize started in August 2020 and has been awarded to two winners since then.

Two papers have been selected for these awards assessed by the Editorial Office of Separations from the papers published in 2017 and 2018. The paper citation data are based on citations in Web of Science in 2019.

Prize (with 20 citations in 2019, total 42 citations)
Recent Trends in Microextraction Techniques Employed in Analytical and Bioanalytical Sample Preparation
Abuzar Kabir, Marcello Locatelli and Halil Ibrahim Ulusoy
Separations. 2017, 4, 36; doi: 10.3390/separations4040036
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2297-8739/4/4/36


Prize (with 14 citations in 2019, total 24 citations)
Fabric Phase Sorptive Extraction Explained
Abuzar Kabir, Rodolfo Mesa, Jessica Jurmain and Kenneth G. Furton
Separations. 2017, 4, 21; doi: 10.3390/separations4020021
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2297-8739/4/2/21


These two outstanding papers are valuable contributions to Separations. On behalf of the Editorial Board and Editorial Office, we would like to congratulate these two teams for their excellent work. In recognition of their accomplishment, each team will be awarded 400 CHF and a certificate.