Quaternary 2024, 7(1), 8; https://doi.org/10.3390/quat7010008 - 6 Feb 2024
Best Paper Award
Quaternary Best Paper Award is granted annually to highlight publications of high quality, scientific significance, and extensive influence. The evaluation committee members choose one paper of exceptional quality that were published in the journal the year before the previous year and announce them online by the end of March.
The Prize:
– One paper will be selected.
– The winner will receive CHF 500, a certificate, and a voucher to waive the Article Processing Charges (APCs) for one submission in the journal (subject to peer review)— valid for one year.
Quaternary Best Paper Award
Winner announcement: 31 March 2026
Eligibility and Requirements:
– All papers published in the Quaternary 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
Award Committee
Prof. Jef Vandenberghe
Chairperson
Vrije Universiteit
Prof. Anna Maria Mercuri
Laboratorio di Palinologia e Paleobotanica, Dièartimento di Scienze dellla Vita, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia
Dr. Juan Manuel López-García
Dr. Xianyan Wang
School of Geographic and Oceanographic Sciences, Nanjing University
Winner
Reconstructing Paleoflood Occurrence and Magnitude from Lake Sediments
Quaternary 2022, 5(1), 9; https://doi.org/10.3390/quat5010009 - 1 Feb 2022
Award Committee
Prof. Jef Vandenberghe
Chairperson
Vrije Universiteit
Prof. Anna Maria Mercuri
Laboratorio di Palinologia e Paleobotanica, Dièartimento di Scienze dellla Vita, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia
Dr. Xianyan Wang
School of Geographic and Oceanographic Sciences, Nanjing University
Prof. Maria Rita Palombo
CNR-IGAG
Winner
The Late Quaternary Evolution of the Upper Reaches of Fluvial Systems in the Southern East European Plain
Quaternary 2020, 3(4), 31; https://doi.org/10.3390/quat3040031 - 13 Nov 2020
Comparison of Climate Model Simulations of the Younger Dryas Cold Event
Quaternary 2020, 3(4), 29; https://doi.org/10.3390/quat3040029 - 3 Oct 2020
Lake Sedimentary DNA Research on Past Terrestrial and Aquatic Biodiversity: Overview and Recommendations
Quaternary 2021, 4(1), 6; https://doi.org/10.3390/quat4010006 - 13 Feb 2021
Disentangling Domestication from Food Production Systems in the Neotropics
Quaternary 2021, 4(1), 4; https://doi.org/10.3390/quat4010004 - 28 Jan 2021
Award Committee
Prof. Jef Vandenberghe
Chairperson
Vrije Universiteit
Winner
Last Interglacial Climate in Northern Sweden—Insights from a Speleothem Record
Quaternary 2019, 2(3), 29; https://doi.org/10.3390/quat2030029 - 20 Aug 2019
Climatically-Controlled River Terraces in Eastern Australia
Quaternary 2018, 1(3), 23; https://doi.org/10.3390/quat1030023 - 16 Oct 2018
