Plants 2022, 11(2), 199; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11020199 - 13 Jan 2022
Best Paper Award
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the “Plants 2022 Best Paper Award” for research and review articles published in Plants from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022. One review and three research articles will receive the award, which will be selected after a thorough evaluation by the journal Award Committee led by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Dilantha Fernando.
Eligibility for the Award:
– Papers published in Plants from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022;
– Open to all career levels;
– Both regular and Special Issue submissions will be considered.
Candidates’ Requirements:
The papers will be selected by the journal Award Committee according to the following criteria:
– Scientific merit and broad impact;
– Originality of the research and/or the ideas presented;
– Creativity of the study design or the approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Citations and downloads.
Prizes:
– One review award: CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Plants in 2024 after peer review;
– Three research article awards: CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Plants in 2024 after peer review.
– Each winner will also receive a certificate.
The winners will be announced on the journal website in March 2024.
Kind regards,
Plants Editorial Office
Plants Best Paper Award
Eligibility and Requirements
– All papers published in Plants will be eligible (Both regular and Special Issue submissions).
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Potential Impacts of Climate Change on the Habitat Suitability of the Dominant Tree Species in Greece
Plants 2022, 11(12), 1616; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11121616 - 20 Jun 2022
Application of Biostimulants in Tomato Plants (Solanum lycopersicum) to Enhance Plant Growth and Salt Stress Tolerance
Plants 2022, 11(22), 3082; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11223082 - 14 Nov 2022
Plant Flavonoids in Mediterranean Species: A Focus on Flavonols as Protective Metabolites under Climate Stress
Plants 2022, 11(2), 172; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11020172 - 10 Jan 2022
Award Committee
Prof. Dilantha Fernando
Chairman
University of Manitoba
Dr. Nobuhiro Suzuki
Sophia University
Prof. Dr. Oscar Vicente
Universitat Politècnica de València
Dr. Chris Helliwell
Dr. Yong-Bi Fu
Plant Gene Resources of Canada
Winner
Winner
Fermín Morales
Instituto de Agrobiotecnología (IdAB), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)-Gobierno de Navarra, Av. Pamplona 123, 31192 Mutilva, Spain
Gabriella Pocsfalvi
Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, Research Division Naples, National Research Council, 80131 Naples, Italy
Elisa Garzo
Departamento de Protección Vegetal, Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias (ICA), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), 28006 Madrid, Spain
Cinzia Margherita Bertea
Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Torino, 10123 Turin, Italy
Winner
Khalid Mahmood Arif
Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, School of Food and Advanced Technology, Massey University, Auckland 0632, New Zealand
Branka Salopek-Sondi
Department of Molecular Biology, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička c. 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Katrin Fischer-Schrader
Institute of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Zülpicher Str. 47, University of Cologne, 50674 Cologne, Germany
Chiara Biselli
Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Genomics and Bioinformatics, via S. Protaso 302, 29017 Fiorenzuola d’Arda (PC), Italy
Winner
María Dolores Ibáñez and María Amparo Blázquez
Departament de Farmacologia, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de València, Avd. Vicent Andrés Estellés s/n, 46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/7/4/79
Lazar Novaković
La Trobe Institute for Agriculture and Food, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3086, Australia
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/7/4/89
