The editorial team would like to congratulate the winners of the JMSE 2023 Best Paper Award, who were chosen by a selection committee chaired by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Tony Clare. Following a review process by the Award Evaluation Committee, four winners were selected.

Articles:
First Prize: CHF 800 plus a paper free of charge after peer review

“Measuring Detection Efficiency of High-Residency Acoustic Signals for Estimating Probability of Fish–Turbine Encounter in a Fast-Flowing Tidal Passage”
by Brian Gavin Sanderson, Charles William Bangley, Louise Patricia McGarry and Daniel James Hasselman
Mar. Sci. Eng. 2023, 11(6), 1172; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11061172
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/11/6/1172

Second Prize: CHF 500 plus a paper free of charge after peer review.

“Methodological Design Optimization of a Marine LNG Internal Combustion Gas Engine to Burn Alternative Fuels”
by Ander Ruiz Zardoya, Iñigo Oregui Bengoetxea, Angel Lopez Martinez, Iñaki Loroño Lucena and José A. Orosa
Mar. Sci. Eng. 2023, 11(6), 1194; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11061194
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/11/6/1194

Reviews:
First Prize: CHF 800 plus a paper free of charge after peer review.

“Measuring Resilience to Sea-Level Rise for Critical Infrastructure Systems: Leveraging Leading Indicators”
by Lamis Amer, Murat Erkoc, Rusty A. Feagin, Sabarethinam Kameshwar, Katharine J. Mach and Diana Mitsova
Mar. Sci. Eng. 2023, 11(7), 1421; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11071421
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/11/7/1421

Second Prize: CHF 500 plus a paper free of charge after peer review.

“Southern Ocean Iron Limitation of Primary Production between Past Knowledge and Future Projections”
by Emma Bazzani, Chiara Lauritano and Maria Saggiomo
Mar. Sci. Eng. 2023, 11(2), 272; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11020272
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/11/2/272

Please join us in congratulating the winners of the JMSE 2023 Best Paper Award. We want to thank all of our authors for their continued support of JMSE.

JMSE Editorial Office