Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Applied Sciences 2021 Outstanding Reviewer Award. The Applied Sciences Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy dedicated by reviewers in checking the manuscripts submitted to Applied Sciences. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround are maintained.

Khaled Giasin
School of Mechanical and Design Engineering, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK

Jakub Krzysztof Grabski
Institute of Applied Mechanics, University of Technology, Poznań, Poland

Marcos Tostado-Véliz
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Jaén, Linares, Spain

Luigi Pugliese
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Calabria, Rende, Cosenza, Italy

Francesco Bennardo
Department of Health Sciences, University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy

Heriberto Perez-Acebo
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain

Each winner will receive CHF 500, a certificate, and an opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in 2022.

On behalf of the assessment committee, I would like to congratulate the winners on their accomplishments. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all winners for their contributions to Applied Sciences and the Award Committee for voting and helping with these awards.

Prof. Dr. Takayoshi Kobayashi
Editor-in-Chief, Applied Sciences