Life 2022, 12(4), 591; https://doi.org/10.3390/life12040591 - 15 Apr 2022
Best Paper Award
The Life Best Paper Award is granted annually to highlight publications of high quality, scientific significance, and extensive influence. The evaluation committee members choose three 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:
– Two research articles and one review will be selected.
– One review award: CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper free of chargein 2025 after peer review.
– Two research article awards:
a. The first prize: CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Life in 2025 after peer review.
b. The second prize: CHF 300 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Life in 2025 after peer review.
Life Best Paper Award
Winner announcement: 30 June 2025
Eligibility and Requirements
– All papers published in Life 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.
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
A Flavonoid on the Brain: Quercetin as a Potential Therapeutic Agent in Central Nervous System Disorders
Award Committee
Dr. Pabulo Henrique Rampelotto
Chairman
Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA)
Dr. Einar Ringø
Dr. Ke-Vin Chang
National Taiwan University Hospital, Bei-Hu Branch
Winner
Recent Progress and Opportunities for Nucleic Acid Aptamers
Life 2021, 11(3), 193; https://doi.org/10.3390/life11030193 - 28 Feb 2021
Bisphenol A, Bisphenol F, and Bisphenol S: The Bad and the Ugly. Where Is the Good?
Life 2021, 11(4), 314; https://doi.org/10.3390/life11040314 - 3 Apr 2021
Award Committee
Dr. Katalin Prokai-Tatrai
Chairman
Winner
Neuroprotection or Neurotoxicity of Illicit Drugs on Parkinson’s Disease
Life 2020, 10(6), 86; https://doi.org/10.3390/life10060086 - 11 Jun 2020
