Best Paper Award

The Computers Best Paper Award is granted annually to highlight publications of high quality, scientific significance, and extensive influence. The evaluation committee members choose two 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:

– 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.

 
Computers Best Paper Award
 

Eligibility and Requirements

– All papers published in Computers 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

31 pages, 2116 KiB  
Review
A Critical Review of Blockchain Acceptance Models—Blockchain Technology Adoption Frameworks and Applications
by Hamed Taherdoost
Computers 2022, 11(2), 24; https://doi.org/10.3390/computers11020024 - 8 Feb 2022
17 pages, 3901 KiB  
Article
Comparison of On-Policy Deep Reinforcement Learning A2C with Off-Policy DQN in Irrigation Optimization: A Case Study at a Site in Portugal
by Khadijeh Alibabaei, Pedro D. Gaspar, Eduardo Assunção, Saeid Alirezazadeh, Tânia M. Lima, Vasco N. G. J. Soares and João M. L. P. Caldeira
Computers 2022, 11(7), 104; https://doi.org/10.3390/computers11070104 - 24 Jun 2022

Award Committee

Prof. Paolo Bellavista Chairman
University of Bologna
Prof. Robertas Damaševičius
Dr. Aditya Kumar Sahu
Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham, Amaravati (Amrita University)
Dr. M. Ali Dewan

Winner

31 pages, 580 KiB  
Review
Automated Machine Learning for Healthcare and Clinical Notes Analysis
by Akram Mustafa and Mostafa Rahimi Azghadi
Computers 2021, 10(2), 24; https://doi.org/10.3390/computers10020024 - 22 Feb 2021
24 pages, 33634 KiB  
Article
Gamification as a Strategy to Increase Motivation and Engagement in Higher Education Chemistry Students
by Guillermo M. Chans and May Portuguez Castro
Computers 2021, 10(10), 132; https://doi.org/10.3390/computers10100132 - 16 Oct 2021

Award Committee

Prof. Paolo Bellavista Chairman
University of Bologna

Winner

Abdullah Al-hayajneh
Department of Doctoral Programs, Capitol Technology University, Laurel, MD 20708, USA
Grégoire Cattan
IBM, Cloud and Cognitive Software, Department of SaferPayment, 30-150 Krakow, Poland

Award Committee

Prof. Paolo Bellavista Chairman
University of Bologna

Winner

Yu Chen
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Binghamton University, SUNY, Binghamotn, NY 13902, USA paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-431X/7/3/39
Teemu H. Laine
Department of Computer Science, Electrical and Space Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, 97187 Luleå, Sweden paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-431X/7/1/19
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