Insects Best Paper Award—Winners Announced

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Insects 2023 Best Paper Award. All papers published from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023 in the Insects (ISSN: 2075-4450) were considered for this award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers and number of citations and downloads, five winners were selected, as seen below. 

• “Global Distribution of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in a Climate Change Scenario of Regional Rivalry”
  by Gabriel Z. Laporta, Alexander M. Potter, Janeide F. A. Oliveira, Brian P. Bourke, David B. Pecor and Yvonne-Marie Linton
  Insects 2023, 14(1), 49; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14010049
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/14/1/49
• “Mosquito-Borne Diseases and Their Control Strategies: An Overview Focused on Green Synthesized Plant-Based Metallic Nanoparticles”
  by Hudson Onen, Miryam M. Luzala, Stephen Kigozi, Rebecca M. Sikumbili, Claude-Josué K. Muanga, Eunice N. Zola, Sébastien N. Wendji, Aristote B. Buya, Aiste Balciunaitiene, Jonas Viškelis et al.
  Insects 2023, 14(3), 221; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14030221
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/14/3/221
• “Dynamic Roles of Insect Carboxyl/Cholinesterases in Chemical Adaptation”
  by Casey Cruse, Timothy Walter Moural and Fang Zhu
  Insects 2023, 14(2), 194; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14020194
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/14/2/194
• “Bioconversion of Different Waste Streams of Animal and Vegetal Origin and Manure by Black Soldier Fly Larvae Hermetia illucens L. (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)”
  by Somaya Naser El Deen, Klaas van Rozen, Hellen Elissen, Piet van Wikselaar, Istvan Fodor, Rommie van der Weide, Elise Federica Hoek-van den Hil, Arya Rezaei Far and Teun Veldkamp
  Insects 2023, 14(2), 204; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14020204
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/14/2/204
• “Isolation and Identification of Antioxidant Peptides Derived from Cricket (Gryllus bimaculatus) Protein Fractions”
  by Olumide Oluwatoyosi Fashakin, Pipat Tangjaidee, Kridsada Unban, Wannaporn Klangpetch, Tabkrich Khumsap, Korawan Sringarm, Saroat Rawdkuen and Suphat Phongthai
  Insects 2023, 14(8), 674; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14080674
  Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/14/8/674

Please join us in congratulating the winners of the Insects 2023 Best Paper Award. We would additionally like to thank all of our authors for their continued support of Insects.