Forests 2020 Best Paper Award—Winners Announced

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Forests 2020 Best Paper Award. All papers published in the year 2020 (1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020) in Forests (ISSN: 1999-4907) were considered for the award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, the four winning papers have been selected.

Two Articles:

1. “Coastal Pine-Oak Glacial Refugia in the Mediterranean Basin: A Biogeographic Approach Based on Charcoal Analysis and Spatial Modelling”
by Gaetano Di Pasquale, Antonio Saracino, Luciano Bosso, Danilo Russo, Adriana Moroni, Giuliano Bonanomi and Emilia Allevato
Forests 2020, 11(6), 673; https://doi.org/10.3390/f11060673

2. “A Survey in Natural Forest Ecosystems of Vietnam Reveals High Diversity of both New and Described Phytophthora Taxa including P. ramorum”
by Thomas Jung, Bruno Scanu, Clive M. Brasier, Joan Webber, Ivan Milenković, Tamara Corcobado, Michal Tomšovský, Matěj Pánek, József Bakonyi, Cristiana Maia, Aneta Bačová, Milica Raco, Helen Rees, Ana Pérez-Sierra and Marília Horta Jung
Forests 2020, 11(1), 93; https://doi.org/10.3390/f11010093

Two Reviews:

1. “Living in Drylands: Functional Adaptations of Trees and Shrubs to Cope with High Temperatures and Water Scarcity”
by José Javier Peguero-Pina, Alberto Vilagrosa, David Alonso-Forn, Juan Pedro Ferrio, Domingo Sancho-Knapik and Eustaquio Gil-Pelegrín
Forests 2020, 11(10), 1028; https://doi.org/10.3390/f11101028

2. “Advances and Promises of Epigenetics for Forest Trees“
by Joana Amaral, Zoé Ribeyre, Julien Vigneaud, Mamadou Dia Sow, Régis Fichot, Christian Messier, Gloria Pinto, Philippe Nolet and Stéphane Maury
Forests 2020, 11(9), 976; https://doi.org/10.3390/f11090976

Each winner (corresponding author) will receive CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper in Forests free of charge (Article Processing Charge: CHF 2000) in 2022. On behalf of the assessment committee, we would like to congratulate the winners on their accomplishment. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all the nominated research groups of the above exceptional papers for their contributions to Forests and the Award Committee for voting and helping with this award.

Prof. Dr. Timothy A. Martin, Editor-in-Chief, on behalf of the Forests 2020 Best Paper Award Evaluation Committee