Best Paper Award

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The Separations Best Paper Award is granted annually to highlight publications of high quality, scientific significance, and extensive influence. The evaluation committee members choose two articles of exceptional quality that were published in the journal in the previous year and announce them online by the end of June.

The Prizes:
– One research article and one review will be selected.
– Each winner will receive CHF 400, a certificate, and a voucher for free article processing, valid for one year.

Separations Best Paper Award

Winners announced

Eligibility and Requirements:

– All papers published in Separations will be eligible (both regular and Special Issue submissions).

Selection Criteria:

– Scientific merit and broad impact;
– Originality of the research objectives and/or the ideas presented;
– Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Citations and downloads.

Past Winners

Winner

Review
45 Citations
15,756 Views
25 Pages
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Green Extraction Techniques for the Determination of Active Ingredients in Tea: Current State, Challenges, and Future Perspectives
Ioulia Maria Koina,
Yiannis Sarigiannis and
Evroula Hapeshi
Separations2023, 10(2), 121;https://doi.org/10.3390/separations10020121
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9 February 2023
In recent years, the scientific community has turned its attention to the further study and application of green chemistry as well as to sustainable development in reducing the consumption of raw materials, solvents, and energy. The application of gr...
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Article
16 Citations
5,953 Views
19 Pages
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Screening the Efficacy of a Microbial Consortium of Bacteria and Fungi Isolated from Different Environmental Samples for the Degradation of LDPE/TPS Films
Dajana Kučić Grgić,
Martina Miloloža,
Vesna Ocelić Bulatović,
Šime Ukić,
Miroslav Slouf and
Veronika Gajdosova
Separations2023, 10(2), 79;https://doi.org/10.3390/separations10020079
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24 January 2023
In this study, a screening of the efficacy of a microbial consortium of bacteria and fungi isolated from activated sludge, river sediment, and compost for the degradation of LDPE/TPS was performed. According to the morphological and biochemical chara...
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Award Committee

Victoria Samanidou
Victoria Samanidou
Chairman
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
ABAlberto Barbiroli
Alberto Barbiroli
Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences - University of Milan
Grzegorz Boczkaj
Grzegorz Boczkaj
Gdansk University of Technology
Irene Panderi
Irene Panderi
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Pharmacy, Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Analysis.
Hongbo Gu
Hongbo Gu
Tongji University, China
Maria Ramos Payán
Maria Ramos Payán
University of Seville
Dimosthenis L. Giokas
Dimosthenis L. Giokas
University of Ioannina, Greece
Mohamed Khayet
Mohamed Khayet
University Complutense of Madrid
Paraskevas Tzanavaras
Paraskevas Tzanavaras
Chemistry Department, Aristotle University
Sascha Nowak
Sascha Nowak
University of Münster - MEET
Yundong Wang
Yundong Wang
Tsinghua University, China