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As Editor-in-Chief of Forests, I am pleased to announce the 2021 Outstanding Reviewer Award of Forests. Careful and timely peer reviews are the foundation of all successful journals. We are pleased to be able to recognize a few outstanding reviewers and offer them a nominal cash award for their exemplary service to Forests and, in turn, to the broader scientific community.
Four reviewers have been selected on the basis of the timeliness, quality, and speed of their review reports. They are:
– Dr. Tomasz Oszako, Forest Research Institute, Braci Leśnej 3, 05-090 Sękocin Stary, Poland. – Prof. Dr. Stelian Alexandru Borz, Department of Forest Engineering, Forest Management Planning and Terrestrial Measurements, Faculty of Silviculture and Forest Engineering, Transilvania University of Brasov, Şirul Beethoven 1, 500123 Brasov, Romania. – Dr. Maricar Aguilos, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA. – Dr. Narayan Bhusal, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Seoul National University, 1Gwanak ro, Gwanak gu 8826, Korea.
Each of them will receive the following:
– 500 CHF (Swiss Francs); – Opportunities to publish papers (no quantity limit) with 50% discount in 2022; – A certificate.
We thank them for their efforts in the review process. In addition, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to all the reviewers for their time and dedication in 2021.
If you are interested in reviewing articles for Forests, please register your contact details, including your ORCID identifier, institutional affiliation, a short CV, and 5–6 keywords in line with your expertise at the following link: https://susy.mdpi.com/volunteer_reviewer/step/1.
The managing editors will send you a notification once approved.
Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Timothy A. Martin
Forests 2021 Outstanding Reviewer Award
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Edgaras Linkevicius
Agriculture Academy, Faculty of Forest Sciences and Ecology, Vytautas Magnus University, Studentų 13, Akademija, LT-53362 Kaunas, Lithuania
Louis LEE Shing Him
Faculty of Design and Environment, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
George K. Rogers
Palm Beach State College, 33410 Jupiter, FL, United States
Kelly Cristina Tonello
Hydrology of Forest Ecosystems Lab (Hidrolef), Department of Environmental Sciences, Federal University of São Carlos, SP-310 São Carlos, Brazil
Award Committee
Dr. Giacomo Gerosa
Chairman
Catholic University of Brescia
Winner
Vasiliki Kamperidou
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Marek Wieruszewski
Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poland
Marcin Jakubowski
Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poland
Miroslava Rakocevic
Embrapa Florestas, Brazil
Award Committee
Dr. Cate Macinnis-Ng
Chairman
University of Auckland
Winner
Petr Pyszko
University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Narayan Bhusal
Seoul National University, Korea
Vasiliki Kamperidou
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Muhammad Adnan Akram
Lanzhou University, China.
Award Committee
Dr. Timothy A. Martin
Chairman
University of Florida
Dr. Cate Macinnis-Ng
University of Auckland
Winner
Tomasz Oszako
Forest Research Institute, Poland
Stelian Alexandru Borz
Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania
Maricar Aguilos
North Carolina State University, USA
Narayan Bhusal
Seoul National University, Korea
Winner
Miguel Girona
Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Canada
Vasiliki Kamperidou
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Maurizio Marchi
National Research Council Institute of Biosciences and BioResources (IBBR) Florence division, Italy
Maricar Aguilos
North Carolina State University, USA
Award Committee
Dr. Timothy A. Martin
Chairman
University of Florida
Ms. Kira Xu
MDPI
Winner
Ram P. Sharma
Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Czech Republic
Maurizio Marchi
Research Centre for Forestry and Wood, Italy
Miguel Montoro Girona
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Canada
Oscar Alfranca
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
Winner
Choonsig Kim
Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea
Ivo Machar
Department of Development and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science, Palacky University Olomouc, 17th Listopadu 12, 77146 Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Ram P. Sharma
Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Czech Republic
Winner
Dr. Norbert Kunert
University of Göttingen, German
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