Journal profile · Chemistry, Analytical
Separation and Purification Reviews
ISSN 1542-2119 · eISSN 1542-2127 · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Semiannual · Founded 2003
Separation and Purification Reviews: CAS Zone 2 · Engineering (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 7.14; JCR Q1 (journal website); subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; median 181 days to acceptance (56 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: moderate; 26 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Separation and Purification Reviews is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. and is in Zone 2 of Engineering in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Membrane Separation Technologies, Extraction and Separation Processes and Membrane Separation and Gas Transport, together about 33.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Separation & Purification Reviews provides comprehensive summaries and interdisciplinary viewpoints of significant developments in all areas of separation and purification, including innovative methods, apparatus, theories, and applications. The journal presents reviews that cover a large amount of scientific/technical information in a concise and organized manner on topics such as adsorption, centrifugation, chromatography, crystallization, distillation, extraction, filtration, ion exchange, membrane separations of solid, liquid or gaseous materials. The appropriate content of review manuscripts is described in: Berthod, A. (2009) "So What? or Required content of a review article." Sep. Purif. Rev. 38:203-206. PEER REVIEW All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is single anonymized.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Chemistry, Analytical
Editor-in-chief Alain Berthod InstitutPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Membrane Separation TechnologiesEnvironmental Science15%
- Extraction and Separation ProcessesEngineering9.8%
- Membrane Separation and Gas TransportEngineering8.3%
- Analytical Chemistry and ChromatographyChemistry8%
- Membrane-based Ion Separation TechniquesEngineering8%
- Analytical chemistry methods developmentChemistry5.6%
- Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removalEnvironmental Science4.4%
- Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis ApplicationsEngineering3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Analytical | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Applied | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Engineering, Chemical | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Applied | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Analytical | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Engineering, Chemical | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Engineering Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Engineering | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Analytical | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Applied | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Engineering, Chemical | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q1 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexWeb of ScienceINSPECCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, OCLC, EBSCOhost (various), Elsevier BV Chimica, Genamics JournalSeek, OCLC ArticleFirst Electronic Collections Online, ProQuest (various), Royal Society of Chemistry Analytical Abstracts (Online), World Ceramic Abstracts (Online)
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 7.14LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 7.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 6.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 16.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 16.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.11LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 1.11Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.43LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.43Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 42LetPub ·
- h-index
- 75OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 286OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 7.53OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 2.82%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 27LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 69,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 366 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24 | 3 | 19 |
| 2025 | 26 | 3 | 150 |
| 2024 | 29 | 1 | 426 |
| 2023 | 17 | 4 | 375 |
| 2022 | 28 | 3 | 664 |
| 2021 | 24 | 2 | 981 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
181 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 120 days – 276 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 18 days (56 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 199 days
- Sample
- 56 articles with submission and acceptance dates (59 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- ModerateLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 16%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 2 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 87 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 14 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Separation & Purification Reviews is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discovera…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review PEER REVIEW
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is single anonymized. Model summary
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is single anonymized.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Semiannual
- Founded
- 2003
- ISSN
- 1542-2119
- Electronic ISSN
- 1542-2127
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 55, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Separation and Purification Reviews
What CAS zone is Separation and Purification Reviews in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Separation and Purification Reviews is in Zone 2 of Engineering, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Chemistry, Analytical / Chemistry, Applied / Engineering, Chemical. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Engineering. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Separation and Purification Reviews?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 7.14; CiteScore 16.1, h-index 75.
How long does peer review take at Separation and Purification Reviews?
Based on the dates recorded on 56 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 181 days (interquartile range 120–276 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Moderate”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 16%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What JCR quartile is Separation and Purification Reviews in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 2 of Engineering.
Which databases index Separation and Purification Reviews?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Separation and Purification Reviews is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, Web of Science, INSPEC and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Separation and Purification Reviews open access, and what is the APC?
Separation and Purification Reviews is a subscription journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .