Symmetry 2023, 15(7), 1298; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym15071298 - 22 Jun 2023
Best Paper Award
The Symmetry Best Paper Award is conferred annually to publications of high quality, scientific significance, and extensive influence. Members of the evaluation committee choose four articles of exceptional quality that were published in the journal two years prior and announce them online by the end of June.
The Prize:
– Each of the four winners (two research articles and two reviews) will receive CHF 400, a certificate, and a voucher granting a full discount on the Article Processing Charge, valid for one year.
Symmetry Best Paper Award
Winner announcement: 30 June 2026
Eligibility and Requirements
– All papers published in Symmetry are eligible (both regular and Special Issue submissions).
Selection Criteria
– Scientific merit and broad impact;
– Originality in research objectives and/or ideas presented;
– Creative study design or uniqueness in the approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– High citations and downloads.
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Tetraquarks and Pentaquarks from Quark Model Perspective
A Deep Learning Approach to Extracting Nuclear Matter Properties from Neutron Star Observations
Symmetry 2023, 15(5), 1123; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym15051123 - 20 May 2023
Jacobi and Lyapunov Stability Analysis of Circular Geodesics around a Spherically Symmetric Dilaton Black Hole
Symmetry 2023, 15(2), 329; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym15020329 - 24 Jan 2023
Metamaterial with Tunable Positive and Negative Hygrothermal Expansion Inspired by a Four-Fold Symmetrical Islamic Motif
Symmetry 2023, 15(2), 462; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym15020462 - 9 Feb 2023
Award Committee
Dr. Sergey Odintsov
Chairperson
ICE and ICREA, Barcelona
Prof. Dr. Calogero Vetro
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Palermo
Prof. Dr. György Keglevich
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Dr. Vasilis Oikonomou
Winner
TCAN-IDS: Intrusion Detection System for Internet of Vehicle Using Temporal Convolutional Attention Network
Symmetry 2022, 14(2), 310; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14020310 - 3 Feb 2022
Neutron Stars with Baryon Number Violation, Probing Dark Sectors
Symmetry 2022, 14(3), 518; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14030518 - 2 Mar 2022
Functional Chirality: From Small Molecules to Supramolecular Assemblies
Symmetry 2022, 14(2), 292; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14020292 - 1 Feb 2022
Why Sports Should Embrace Bilateral Asymmetry: A Narrative Review
Symmetry 2022, 14(10), 1993; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym14101993 - 23 Sep 2022
Award Committee
Dr. Sergey Odintsov
Chairperson
ICE and ICREA, Barcelona
Dr. Calogero Vetro
Prof. Dr. György Keglevich
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Dr. Vasilis Oikonomou
Winner
General Fractional Integrals and Derivatives of Arbitrary Order
Symmetry 2021, 13(5), 755; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13050755 - 27 Apr 2021
Higgs and BSM Physics at the Future Muon Collider
Symmetry 2021, 13(5), 851; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13050851 - 11 May 2021
Nanofluids for the Next Generation Thermal Management of Electronics: A Review
Symmetry 2021, 13(8), 1362; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13081362 - 27 Jul 2021
Collider Searches for Dark Matter through the Higgs Lens
Symmetry 2021, 13(12), 2406; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13122406 - 13 Dec 2021
Award Committee
Dr. Sergey Odintsov
Chairperson
ICE and ICREA, Barcelona
Winner
Are MCDA Methods Benchmarkable? A Comparative Study of TOPSIS, VIKOR, COPRAS, and PROMETHEE II Methods
Symmetry 2020, 12(9), 1549; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym12091549 - 20 Sep 2020
Empirical Consequences of Emergent Mass
Symmetry 2020, 12(9), 1468; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym12091468 - 7 Sep 2020
On the Remarkable Superconductivity of FeSe and Its Close Cousins
Symmetry 2020, 12(9), 1402; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym12091402 - 23 Aug 2020
Bilaterally Symmetrical: To Be or Not to Be?
Symmetry 2020, 12(3), 326; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym12030326 - 25 Feb 2020
Winner
CMB Tensions with Low-Redshift H0 and S8 Measurements: Impact of a Redshift-Dependent Type-Ia Supernovae Intrinsic Luminosity
Symmetry 2019, 11(8), 986; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym11080986 - 2 Aug 2019
Convenient Asymmetric Synthesis of Fmoc-(S)-6,6,6-Trifluoro-Norleucine
Symmetry 2019, 11(4), 578; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym11040578 - 21 Apr 2019
Hadronic and Hadron-Like Physics of Dark Matter
Symmetry 2019, 11(4), 587; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym11040587 - 23 Apr 2019
Role of Asymmetric Autocatalysis in the Elucidation of Origins of Homochirality of Organic Compounds
Symmetry 2019, 11(5), 694; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym11050694 - 20 May 2019
Winner
Symmetries in Classical and Quantum Treatment of Einstein’s Cosmological Equations and Mini-Superspace Actions
Symmetry 2018, 10(3), 70; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym10030070 - 16 Mar 2018
The Recalculation of the Weights of Criteria in MCDM Methods Using the Bayes Approach
Symmetry 2018, 10(6), 205; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym10060205 - 7 Jun 2018
Winner
Choong Sun Kim
Department of Physics and IPAP, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Korea
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/7/2/726
Kazuharu Bamba
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Leading Graduate School Promotion Center, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo 112-8610, Japan/Department of Physics, Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo 112-8610, Japan"
