The WEVJ Best Paper Award is granted annually to highlight publications of high quality, scientific significance, and extensive influence. The evaluation committee members choose two articles of exceptional quality that were published in the journal the year before the previous year and announce them online by the end of June.
The Prize:
– One research article and one review will be selected.
– Each winner will receive CHF 500, a certificate, and a free voucher for article processing fees valid for one year.
Winner announcement: 30 June 2025
Eligibility and Requirements
– All papers published in WEVJ will be eligible (both regular and Special Issue submissions).
Selection 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.
Winner
Joeri Van Mierlo
Mobility, Logistics and Automotive Technology Research Centre (MOBI), Department of Electrical Engineering and Energy Technology (ETEC), Faculty of Engineering, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), 1050 Brussel, Belgium
Adrian König
Institute of Automotive Technology, Technical University of Munich, Boltzmannstraße 15, 85748 Garching, Germany
Winner
Stéphane Laporte
VEDECOM Institute, 23 bis allée des Marronniers, 78000 Versailles, France
Award Committee
Prof. Joeri Van Mierlo
Chairman
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Winner
Abhishek Das
WMG, The University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2032-6653/9/2/22
Andreas Podias
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Directorate for Energy, Transport and Climate, Energy Storage Unit, Westerduinweg 3, NL-1755 LE Petten, The Netherlands
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2032-6653/9/2/24
Jan Becker
Institute for Power Electronics and Electrical Drives (ISEA), RWTH Aachen University, Jaegerstr. 17/19, 52066 Aachen, Germany
paper link:https://www.mdpi.com/2032-6653/9/2/19
