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Separation and Purification Technology

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 1997

ISSN1383-5866eISSN1873-3794

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

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📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.564

H-Indexi

232

SNIPi

1.383

Total Worksi

29,794

Total Citationsi

915,975

2yr Mean Citednessi

7.98

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Separation and Purification Technology is dedicated to the dissemination of novel methods for separation and purification in chemical and environmental engineering for homogeneous solutions and heterogeneous mixtures. This includes the separation and/or purification of liquids, vapors, and gases, resource recycling, purification of biobased feedstocks/products, and carbon capture and separation, with the exception of methods intended for analytical purposes. The journal welcomes contributions related to bioseparations in biotechnology, pharmaceutical production, food processing, and environmental applications, as well as separation problems encountered in emerging technologies such as green technology, energy storage and conversion, and resource recovery and recycling.

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General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1997

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications29,794

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1383-5866 / 1873-3794

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

1.2k

62k

2019

1.6k

73k

2020

1.9k

81k

2021

2.4k

90k

2022

2.9k

77k

2023

4.8k

83k

2024

4.9k

33k

2025

2.9k

2.4k

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Analytical ChemistryQ1

Filtration and SeparationQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Engineering, Chemical

Scopus Categories

Analytical ChemistryFiltration and Separation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Membrane Separation TechnologiesAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesExtraction and Separation ProcessesAdvanced oxidation water treatmentMembrane Separation and Gas TransportMembrane-based Ion Separation TechniquesAdsorption and biosorption for pollutant removalCovalent Organic Framework ApplicationsCarbon Dioxide Capture TechnologiesCatalytic Processes in Materials Science

Frequently asked questions about Separation and Purification Technology

Is Separation and Purification Technology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Separation and Purification Technology: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Separation and Purification Technology?

Separation and Purification Technology is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 7.98.

Is Separation and Purification Technology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Separation and Purification Technology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.