We are pleased to announce the winners of the Insects 2022 Best Paper Award. All papers published in 2022 in Insects (ISSN: 2075-4450) were considered for this award, and, after a thorough evaluation by the Award Committee composed of members of the Editorial Board, based on paper originality, significance, citations, and downloads, three winners were selected.

Articles:
“Utilization of Pomelo (Citrus maxima) Peel Waste into Bioactive Essential Oils: Chemical Composition and Insecticidal Properties”
by Naduvilthara U. Visakh, Berin Pathrose, Arunaksharan Narayanankutty, Ahmed Alfarhan and Varsha Ramesh
Insects 2022, 13(5), 480; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13050480
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/13/5/480

“Integrating Global Citizen Science Platforms to Enable Next-Generation Surveillance of Invasive and Vector Mosquitoes”
by Ryan M. Carney, Connor Mapes, Russanne D. Low, Alex Long, Anne Bowser, David Durieux, Karlene Rivera, Berj Dekramanjian, Frederic Bartumeus, Daniel Guerrero et al.
Insects 2022, 13(8), 675; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13080675
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/13/8/675

“Temperature-Specific and Sex-Specific Fitness Effects of Sympatric Mitochondrial and Mito-Nuclear Variation in Drosophila obscura”
by Pavle Erić, Aleksandra Patenković, Katarina Erić, Marija Tanasković, Slobodan Davidović, Mina Rakić, Marija Savić Veselinović, Marina Stamenković-Radak and Mihailo Jelić
Insects 2022, 13(2), 139; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13020139
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/13/2/139

Each winner will receive CHF 500 and the opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in Insects in 2024, following peer review.