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We are pleased to announce the winners of the Forests 2022 Best Paper Award. All papers published in 2022 in Forests were considered for the award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, four winners were selected.
Two Reviews:
Review of Wood Modification and Wood Functionalization Technologies By Samuel L. Zelinka, Michael Altgen, Lukas Emmerich, Nathanael Guigo, Tobias Keplinger, Maija Kymäläinen, Emil E. Thybring and Lisbeth G. Thygesen Forests2022, 13(7), 1004; doi:10.3390/f13071004
Recent Advances in Forest Insect Pests and Diseases Monitoring Using UAV-Based Data: A Systematic Review By André Duarte, Nuno Borralho, Pedro Cabral and Mário Caetano Forests2022, 13(6), 911; doi:10.3390/f13060911
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Global Wildfire Susceptibility Mapping Based on Machine Learning Models By Assaf Shmuel and Eyal Heifetz Forests2022, 13(7), 1050; doi:10.3390/f13071050
A Vision-Based Detection and Spatial Localization Scheme for Forest Fire Inspection from UAV By Kangjie Lu, Renjie Xu, Junhui Li, Yuhao Lv, Haifeng Lin and Yunfei Liu Forests2022, 13(3), 383; doi:10.3390/f13030383
Each winner will receive CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper in Forests in 2024 following peer review.
Please join us in congratulating the winners of the Forests 2022 Best Paper Award. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our authors for their continued support of Forests.
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Forests 2022 Best Paper Award
Eligibility and Requirements
– All papers published in Forests will be eligible (Both regular and Special Issue submissions).
Wildlife Research Unit, Dipartimento di Agraria, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Via Università n. 100, 80055 Portici, Napoli, Italy
Thomas Jung
Phytophthora Research Centre, Mendel University, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
Stéphane Maury
Laboratoire de Biologie des Ligneux et des Grandes Cultures (LBLGC), INRA, Université d’Orléans, EA1207 USC 1328, 45067 Orléans, France.
José Javier Peguero-Pina
Unidad de Recursos Forestales, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón (CITA), Avda. Montañana 930, 50059, Zaragoza, España
Award Committee
Dr. Timothy A. Martin
Chairman
University of Florida
Winner
Johan Gielis
Department of Biosciences Engineering, University of Antwerp, Antwerp B-2020, Belgium
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/9/11/714
Jude Ndzifon Kimengsi
Institute for Tropical Forestry & Forest Products, Technische Universität Dresden, 01737 Tharandt, Germany
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/10/2/81
Jacques Régnière
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, P.O. Box 10380 Stn Ste-Foy, Quebec, QC G1V-4C7, Canada
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/10/9/748
Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E7, Canada
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/10/5/443
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