Separations 2023, 10(2), 121; https://doi.org/10.3390/separations10020121 - 9 Feb 2023
Best Paper Award
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 the year before the previous year and announce them online by the end of June.
The Prize
– One research article and one review will be selected.
– Each winner will receive CHF 400, a certificate, and a voucher to waive the Article Processing Charge (APC) for one submission to the journal (subject to peer review)—valid for one year.
Separations Best Paper Award
Winner announcement: 30 June 2026
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
Year:
Winner
Green Extraction Techniques for the Determination of Active Ingredients in Tea: Current State, Challenges, and Future Perspectives
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Victoria Samanidou
Chairperson
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Prof. Dr. Hongbo Gu
Tongji University, China
Dr. Dimosthenis L. Giokas
University of Ioannina, Greece
Prof. Dr. Yundong Wang
Tsinghua University, China
Winner
Separation and Recycling Potential of Rare Earth Elements from Energy Systems: Feed and Economic Viability Review
Separations 2022, 9(3), 56; https://doi.org/10.3390/separations9030056 - 24 Feb 2022
Award Committee
Dr. Frank L. Dorman
Chairperson
Penn State University
Prof. Yundong Wang
Prof. Dr. Paraskevas Tzanavaras
Chemistry Department, Aristotle University
Prof. Dr. Victoria Samanidou
University of Thessaloniki
Winner
Metal-Organic Frameworks in Bioanalysis: Extraction of Small Organic Molecules
Separations 2021, 8(5), 60; https://doi.org/10.3390/separations8050060 - 4 May 2021
