Journal History
| 2014 | The inaugural issue was released. Separations was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2016 | The journal’s name was changed from Chromatography to Separations. Separations was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) and the Web of Science. Separations started the Travel Award project. |
| 2017 | Separations announced the first edition of the Travel awards. |
| 2019 | Separations was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics). Separations announced the second edition of the Travel awards. Separations announced the first edition of the Best Paper awards. |
| 2020 | Separations announced the first edition of Outstanding Reviewer awards. Separations announced the first edition of Highly Cited Paper awards. The Central European Group of Separation Sciences became affiliated to Separations. Separations received its first Impact Factor (1.900). Separations adopted a monthly publication schedule. |
| 2021 | The Impact Factor increased to 2.777. Separations established the following sections:
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| 2022 | Separations received its 2021 Impact Factor (3.344), ranked 37/87 (Q2) in “Chemistry, Analytical”. Separations established the following sections:
Section "Environmental Analysis" was renamed as "Environmental Separations". |
| 2023 | Separations published its 1,000th paper. Separations established the following section:
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| 2024 | The year 2024 marked the 10th Anniversary of Separations. |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2014–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Frank L. Dorman |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2021–present | Section Editor-in-Cheif: Dr. Sascha Nowak for the section on Analysis of Energies Section Editor-in-Cheif: Prof. Dr. Javier Saurina for the section on Analysis of Food and Beverages Section Editor-in-Cheif: Dr. Paraskevas D. Tzanavaras for the section on Analysis of Natural Products and Pharmaceuticals Section Editor-in-Cheif: Prof. Dr. Ki Hyun Kim for the section on Purification Technology |
| 2022–present | Section Editor-in-Cheif: Prof. Dr. Victoria Samanidou for the section on Chromatographic Separations Section Editor-in-Cheif: Dr. Katelynn A. Perrault for the section on Forensics/Toxins |
| 2023–present | Section Editor-in-Cheif: Prof. Dr. Mohamed Khayet for the section on Materials in Separation Science Section Editor-in-Cheif: Dr. Dimosthenis Giokas for the section on Environmental Analysis Section Editor-in-Cheif: Prof. Dr. Yundong Wang for the section on Separation Engineering |
