Biomimetics 2023, 8(2), 145; https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics8020145 - 3 Apr 2023
Best Paper Award
Biomimetics Best Paper Award is granted annually to highlight publications of high quality, scientific significance, and extensive influence. The evaluation committee members choose two articles of exceptional quality from articles that were published in the journal the year before the previous and announce them online in March.
The Prize:
– One research article and one review are selected.
– Each winner receives CHF 500, a certificate, and a free voucher for article processing fees valid for one year.
Number of Winners: 2
Biomimetics Best Paper Award
Winner announcement: 31 March 2026
Eligibility and Requirements
– All papers published in Biomimetics are 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
The Plant Leaf: A Biomimetic Resource for Multifunctional and Economic Design
Development of a Lizard-Inspired Robot for Mars Surface Exploration
Biomimetics 2023, 8(1), 44; https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics8010044 - 18 Jan 2023
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Stanislav Gorb
Chairman
Department Functional Morphology and Biomechanics, Zoological Institute of the University of Kiel
Prof. Xiaojie Wang
Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dr. Ille C. Gebeshuber
Dr. Antonio Concilio
CIRA
Prof. Dr. Andrew Adamatzky
Dr. Marc Weissburg
Winner
Bio-Inspired Robots and Structures toward Fostering the Modernization of Agriculture
Biomimetics 2022, 7(2), 69; https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics7020069 - 29 May 2022
Nature as a Source of Inspiration for the Structure of the Sydney Opera House
Biomimetics 2022, 7(1), 24; https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics7010024 - 2 Feb 2022
Winner
James G. H. Whiting
Unconventional Computing Laboratory, University of the West of England, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-7673/3/2/5
