Best Paper Award

Thank you for your continuous support. We regret to inform you that the deadline for announcing the winners of the Societies 2022 Best Paper Award has been postponed to 31 May 2024.

The editorial office would like to apologize for any inconvenience caused. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.


Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the Societies 2022 Best Paper Award for research and review articles published in Societies from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022. Two winners will receive an award each. The papers will be selected after a thorough evaluation by the journal Award Committee.

Eligibility for the Award:
– Papers published in Societies from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022;
– Open to all career levels;
– Both regular and Special Issue submissions will be considered.

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.

The Prize:
– First prize: One winner will receive CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge after peer review in Societies before the end of December 2024;
– Second prize: One winner will receive CHF 300 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge after peer review in Societies before the end of December 2024.

The winners will be announced on the journal website by the end of May 2024.

 
Societies Best Paper Award
 

Eligibility and Requirements

– All papers published in Societies will be eligible (Both regular and Special Issue submissions).
 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

23 pages, 754 KiB  
Article
Diversity Competence in Healthcare: Experts’ Views on the Most Important Skills in Caring for Migrant and Minority Patients
by Sandra Ziegler, Camilla Michaëlis and Janne Sørensen
Societies 2022, 12(2), 43; https://doi.org/10.3390/soc12020043 - 9 Mar 2022
15 pages, 250 KiB  
Article
Doulas, Racism, and Whiteness: How Birth Support Workers Process Advocacy towards Women of Color
by Juan L. Salinas, Manisha Salinas and Megan Kahn
Societies 2022, 12(1), 19; https://doi.org/10.3390/soc12010019 - 30 Jan 2022

Award Committee

Dr. Gregor Wolbring Chairman
University of Calgary
Dr. José Carmelo Adsuar
University of Extremadura
Dr. Normand Boucher
Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Integration, Université Laval
Prof. Michael Bruter
LSE
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