Best Paper Award

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the “Insects 2024 Best Paper Award” for research and review articles published in Insects from 1 January to 31 December 2022. Three papers will receive an award each. The papers will be selected after a thorough evaluation by the journal Award Committee led by the Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Brian T. Forschler.

Eligibility for the Award:
– Papers published in Insects from 1 January to 31 December in 2022;
– Open to all career levels;
– Both regular and Special Issue submissions will be considered.

Selection Criteria:
The papers will be selected by the journal Award Committee according to the following criteria:
– Scientific merit and broad impact;
– Originality of the research objectives and/or the ideas presented;
– Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Citations and downloads.

The Prize:
– Each winner of the best paper award will receive CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Insects in 2024 after peer review;
– Each winner will also receive an electronic certificate.

The winners will be announced on the journal website on 30 April 2024.

Kind regards,
Insects Editorial Office

 
Insects 2024 Best Paper Award
 

Eligibility and Requirements

– All papers published in Insects will be eligible (Both regular and Special Issue submissions).
 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

Louis-Clément Gouagna
Maladies Infectieuses et Vecteurs : Écologie, Génétique, Évolution et Contrôledisabled, Montpellier, France
Vaclav Stejskal
Research Institute of Crop Production, Prague, Czech Republic
Sandra Skendžić
Department of Agricultural Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Svetosimunska 25, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Winner

Alexis Beaurepaire
1 Institute of Bee Health, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, 3003 Bern, Switzerland 2 Agroscope, Swiss Bee Research Center, 3003 Bern, Switzerland 3 UR Abeilles et Environnement, INRAE, 84914 Avignon, France
Cristina Menta
Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Viale delle Scienze 11/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
Byju N. Govindan
Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA

Award Committee

Prof. Brian Forschler Chairman
University of Georgia

Winner

Rik Clymans
1 Zoology/Pomology Department, Research Centre for Fruit Cultivation (pcfruit npo), Fruittuinweg 1, B-3800 Sint-Truiden, Belgium 2 Department of Plants and Crops, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Ghent, B
Tim Beliën
Zoology/Pomology Department, Research Centre for Fruit Cultivation (pcfruit npo), Fruittuinweg 1, B-3800 Sint-Truiden, Belgium
Michael Poulsen
Section for Ecology and Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, 2100 Copenhagen East, Denmark

Winner

Dara G. Stockton
Department of Entomology, Cornell AgriTech and New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456, USA
Christine T. Griffin
Department of Biology, Maynooth University, W23 A023 Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland
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