Journal History
2011 | The inaugural issue was released. Membranes was published as a quarterly journal. |
2013 | Membranes was indexed in Ei Compendex/Engineering Village (Elsevier), INSPEC (IET), Polymer Library (Smithers Rapra), Scopus (Elsevier). |
2015 |
Membranes was indexed in PubMed, PubMed Central (NLM), and Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) - Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics). Membranes established the following sections: -Membrane Preparation and Characterization; -Membrane Applications in Water Treatment; -Membrane Applications in Industry and Chemical Analysis; -Membrane Transport Phenomena. |
2017 | Membranes announced the first edition of the Best Paper Awards. Membranes announced the first edition of the Travel Award. |
2018 | Membranes announced the second edition of the Travel Award. Membranes sponsored the following conferences:
Membranes received its CiteScore (2017) of 2.69. |
2019 |
Membranes adopted a monthly publication schedule. -Membrane Applications in Water Treatment was discontinued. |
2020 | Membranes announced the second edition of the Best Paper Awards. Membranes announced the fourth edition of the Travel Award. Membranes became an affiliated journal of the Membrane Society of Australasia (MSA) and Polish Membrane Society (PTMem). Membranes published its 1,000th paper. Membranes received its Impact Factor (2019) of 3.094. Membranes received its CiteScore (2019) of 3.5. |
2021 | Membranes announced the third edition of the Best Paper Awards. Membranes announced the first edition of the Best Cover Award. Membranes announced the second edition of the Young Investigator Award. Membranes established the following sections: -Polymeric Membranes; -Inorganic Membranes; -Membrane Chemistry; -Membrane Physics and Theory; -Membrane Analysis and Characterization; -Membrane Surface and Interfaces; -Membrane Processing and Engineering; -Membrane Applications; -Biological Membrane Functions; -Biological Membrane Dynamics and Computation; -Biological Membrane Composition and Structures; -Biofilms. -Membrane Preparation and Characterization was discontinued. -Fundamentals of Membrane Processes was discontinued. -Membrane Engineering and Applications was discontinued. -Membrane Modeling and Simulation was discontinued. -Membranes in Life Sciences was discontinued. Membranes received its Impact Factor (2020) of 4.106, was newly indexed in the category "Chemistry, Physical". Membranes ranked 21/88 (Q1) in the category "Polymer Science", 125/335 (Q2) in the category "Materials Science, Multidisciplinary", 45/143 (Q2) in the category "Engineering, Chemical" and 69/162 (Q2) in the category "Chemistry, Physical". Membranes received its CiteScore (2020) of 3.7. |
2022 | Membranes announced the fourth edition of the Best Paper Awards. Membranes received its Impact Factor (2021) of 4.562. Membranes ranked 21/90 (Q1) in the category "Polymer Science", 132/345 (Q2) in the category "Materials Science, Multidisciplinary", 47/142 (Q2) in the category "Engineering, Chemical" and 68/163 (Q2) in the category "Chemistry, Physical". Membranes received its CiteScore (2021) of 3.7. |
Editor-in-Chief
2011–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Spas D. Kolev |
Section Editor-in-Chief
2015–2018 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Clàudia Fontàs for the section on Membrane Applications in Industry and Chemical Analysis Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Angelo Basile for the section on Membrane Applications in Water Treatment Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Shiro Suetsugu for the section on Membrane Transport Phenomena Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Klaus Rätzke for the section on Membrane Preparation and Characterization |
2019–2020 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Shiro Suetsugu for the section on Membranes in Life Sciences Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Clàudia Fontàs for the section on Membrane Preparation and Characterization Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Wojciech Kujawski for the section on Fundamentals of Membrane Processes Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Benjamin S. Hsiao for the section on Membrane Engineering and Applications Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Giulio C. Sarti for the section on Membrane Modeling and Simulation |
2021–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Philippe Knauth for the section on Polymeric Membranes Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Efrem Curcio for the section on Membrane Surfaces and Interfaces Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Shiro Suetsugu for the section on Biological Membrane Composition and Structures Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Giulio C. Sarti for the section on Membrane Physics and Theory Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Benjamin S. Hsiao for the section on Membrane Applications Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Wojciech Kujawski for the section on Membrane Processing and Engineering Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Clàudia Fontàs for the section on Membrane Analysis and Characterization |