Aims & Scope

Separation sciences, in all their various forms such as chromatography, field-flow fractionation, and electrophoresis, provide some of the most powerful techniques in analytical chemistry and are applied within a number of important application areas, including archaeology, biotechnology, clinical, environmental, food, medical, petroleum, pharmaceutical, polymer and biopolymer research.

Beyond serving analytical purposes, separation techniques are also used for preparative and process-scale applications.

The scope and power of separation sciences is significantly extended by combination with spectroscopic detection methods (e.g., laser-based approaches, nuclear-magnetic resonance, Raman, chemiluminescence) and particularly, mass spectrometry, to create hyphenated techniques.

In addition to exciting new developments in chromatography, such as ultra high-pressure systems, multidimensional separations, and high-temperature approaches, there have also been great advances in hybrid methods combining chromatography and electro-based separations, especially on the micro- and nanoscale.

Integrated biological procedures (e.g., enzymatic, immunological, receptor-based assays) can also be part of the overall analytical process.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year Value
2025 1.3
2024 1.20

Journal Rank

Year Value
2024 17394

Journal Citation Indicator

Year Value
2024 369

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year Value
2024 0.278

Quartile

Year Value
2024 Q3

h-index

Year Value
2024 75

Impact Factor Trend


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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology and Chemistry, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.


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Quick Facts

Current Factor
1.3
First Published: 2025

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

SJR
0.278
First Published: 2024

Quartile

Current Quartile
Q3
First Published: 2024

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