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We are pleased to announce the “Insects 2022 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.
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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.
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Kind regards, Insects Editorial Office
Insects Best Paper Award
Eligibility and Requirements
– All papers published in Insects will be eligible (Both regular and Special Issue submissions).
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Ryan M. Carney, Connor Mapes, Russanne D. Low, Alex Long, Anne Bowser, David Durieux, Karlene Rivera, Berj Dekramanjian, Frederic Bartumeus, Daniel Guerrero, Carrie E. Seltzer, Farhat Azam, Sriram Chellappan and John R. B. Palmer
by
Pavle Erić, Aleksandra Patenković, Katarina Erić, Marija Tanasković, Slobodan Davidović, Mina Rakić, Marija Savić Veselinović, Marina Stamenković-Radak and Mihailo Jelić
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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