Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Antibiotics 2021 Best Paper Award. All of the papers published in 2021 in Antibiotics were considered for the award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality as well as significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, the two winning papers, which were nominated by the journal’s Award Committee, have been selected.

pH-Responsive “Smart” Hydrogel for Controlled Delivery of Silver Nanoparticles to Infected Wounds
By Hanif Haidari, Zlatko Kopecki, Adam T. Sutton, Sanjay Garg, Allison J. Cowin and Krasimir Vasilev
Antibiotics 2021, 10(1), 49

Mechanisms of Antibiotic Resistance in Important Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Pathogens and Novel Antibiotic Solutions
By Loukas Kakoullis, Eleni Papachristodoulou, Paraskevi Chra and George Panos
Antibiotics 2021, 10(4), 415

Each winner will receive CHF 500 and a chance to publish a free paper in Antibiotics till the end of 2024. We believe the above papers represent valuable contributions to Antibiotics and the scientific literature. We warmly congratulate the winners.

Kind regards,
Antibiotics Editorial Office