Coatings has established the Best Paper Award to recognize its best published articles each year. The prize started in 2015 [1], and as of 2016, it has awarded in two categories: Best Original Research Article and Best Review Paper.
Nominations were selected by the Editorial Office of Coatings among the Papers published in 2015, with a selection process based on the number of citations and downloads from the website.
The selection committee—which consisted of three members of the Editorial Board and the Editor in Chief—examined each paper and expressed their preferences, releasing the ranking of the “Coatings Best Paper Award” 2016.
- Original Research Article Award:
- 1st PrizePerformance Testing of Suspension Plasma Sprayed Thermal Barrier Coatings Produced with Varied Suspension ParametersNicholas Curry, Kent VanEvery, Todd Snyder, Johann Susnjar and Stefan BjorklundCoatings 2015, 5(3), 338–356; doi:10.3390/coatings5030338Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/5/3/338
- 2nd PrizePreservation of Historical Stone Surfaces by TiO2 NanocoatingsGiovanni Battista Goffredo and Placido MunafòCoatings 2015, 5(2), 222–231; doi:10.3390/coatings5020222Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/5/2/222
- 3rd PrizeHigh Energy Radial Deposition of Diamond-Like Carbon CoatingsKonrad Suschke, René Hübner, Peter Paul Murmu, Prasanth Gupta, John Futter and Andreas MarkwitzCoatings 2015, 5(3), 326–337; doi:10.3390/coatings5030326Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/5/3/326
- Review Paper Award:
- Bio-Based Coatings for Paper ApplicationsVibhore Kumar Rastogi and Pieter SamynCoatings 2015, 5(4), 887–930; doi:10.3390/coatings5040887Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/5/4/887
These four outstanding papers are valuable contributions to Coatings. On behalf of the Prize Awarding Committee and the Editorial Board, we would like to congratulate these four teams for their excellent work. In recognition for their accomplishment, Dr. Nicholas Curry, Dr. Giovanni Battista Goffredo, Dr. Andreas Markwitz, and Dr. Pieter Samyn will received the privilege to publish an additional paper free of charge in open access format in Coatings after the usual peer-review procedure.
- Prize Awarding Committee
- Editor-in-ChiefDr. Alessandro LavacchiIstituto di Chimica dei Composti OrganoMetallici (ICCOM-CNR), Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
- Editorial Board MemberProf. Dr. Petri VuoristoSurface Engineering Laboratory, Department of Materials Science, Tampere University of Technology, FIN-33101 Tampere, Finland
- Editorial Board MemberProf. Dr. Philippe DuboisCenter of Innovation and Research in Materials & Polymers, University of Mons, Place du Parc, 23 7000 Mons, Belgium
- Editorial Board MemberProf. Dr. Robert B. HeimannAm Stadtpark 2A, D-02826 Goerlitz, Germany
Reference
- Lavacchi, A. Coatings Best Paper Award 2015. Coatings 2015, 5, 219–221. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
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