Best Paper Award

Toxics Best Paper Award is granted annually to highlight publications of high quality, scientific significance, and extensive influence. The evaluation committee members choose one article and one review 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:
– One research article and one review will be selected.
– Each winner will receive CHF 500, a certificate, and a free voucher for article processing fees valid for one year.

 
Toxics Best Paper Award
 
Winner announcement: 31 March 2025

Eligibility and Requirements

– All papers published in the Toxics 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

11 pages, 2794 KiB  
Article
Perfluoroalkylated Substances (PFAS) Associated with Microplastics in a Lake Environment
by John W. Scott, Kathryn G. Gunderson, Lee A. Green, Richard R. Rediske and Alan D. Steinman
Toxics 2021, 9(5), 106; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics9050106 - 11 May 2021
30 pages, 7683 KiB  
Review
Microplastics in the Environment: Intake through the Food Web, Human Exposure and Toxicological Effects
by Concetta Pironti, Maria Ricciardi, Oriana Motta, Ylenia Miele, Antonio Proto and Luigi Montano
Toxics 2021, 9(9), 224; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics9090224 - 16 Sep 2021

Award Committee

Dr. Demetrio Raldúa Chairman
IDAEA-CSIC
Prof. Dr. Soterios Kyrtopoulos
National Hellenic Research Foundation
Dr. Eduardo V. Soares
Dr. Edwin Routledge

Winner

19 pages, 1583 KiB  
Article
Analysis of Cannabinoid-Containing Fluids in Illicit Vaping Cartridges Recovered from Pulmonary Injury Patients: Identification of Vitamin E Acetate as a Major Diluent
by Bryan Duffy, Lingyun Li, Shijun Lu, Lorie Durocher, Mark Dittmar, Emily Delaney-Baldwin, Deepika Panawennage, David LeMaster, Kristen Navarette and David Spink
Toxics 2020, 8(1), 8; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics8010008 - 24 Jan 2020
39 pages, 2126 KiB  
Review
Interaction of Environmental Pollutants with Microplastics: A Critical Review of Sorption Factors, Bioaccumulation and Ecotoxicological Effects
by Albert Menéndez-Pedriza and Joaquim Jaumot
Toxics 2020, 8(2), 40; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics8020040 - 2 Jun 2020

Award Committee

Dr. Demetrio Raldúa Chairman
IDAEA-CSIC

Winner

14 pages, 1132 KiB  
Article
Trace Element Uptake by Herbaceous Plants from the Soils at a Multiple Trace Element-Contaminated Site
by Obinna Elijah Nworie, Junhao Qin and Chuxia Lin
Toxics 2019, 7(1), 3; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics7010003 - 17 Jan 2019
28 pages, 2752 KiB  
Review
A Review of Biomonitoring of Phthalate Exposures
by Yu Wang, Hongkai Zhu and Kurunthachalam Kannan
Toxics 2019, 7(2), 21; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics7020021 - 5 Apr 2019

Award Committee

Dr. Demetrio Raldúa Chairman
IDAEA-CSIC

Winner

23 pages, 679 KiB  
Review
Dietary Cadmium Intake and Its Effects on Kidneys
by Soisungwan Satarug
Toxics 2018, 6(1), 15; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics6010015 - 10 Mar 2018
14 pages, 1792 KiB  
Article
Aldehydes in Exhaled Breath during E-Cigarette Vaping: Pilot Study Results
by Vera Samburova, Chiranjivi Bhattarai, Matthew Strickland, Lyndsey Darrow, Jeff Angermann, Yeongkwon Son and Andrey Khlystov
Toxics 2018, 6(3), 46; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics6030046 - 7 Aug 2018

Award Committee

Dr. Toxics MDPI Chairman
Toxics
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