Biomimetics 2024, 9(2), 87; https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics9020087 - 1 Feb 2024
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 that were published in the journal the year before the previous year and announce them online by the end of June.
The Prize:
– One research article and one review will be selected.
– Each 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.
Biomimetics Best Paper Award
Winner announcement: 30 June 2027
Eligibility and Requirements:
– All papers published in Biomimetics 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
Bioinspired Design and Experimental Validation of an Aquatic Snake Robot
Transforming Object Design and Creation: Biomaterials and Contemporary Manufacturing Leading the Way
Biomimetics 2024, 9(1), 48; https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics9010048 - 12 Jan 2024
Award Committee
Dr. Marc Weissburg
Chairperson
Prof. Yongmei Zheng
Beihang University
Dr. Antonio Concilio
CIRA
Winner
The Plant Leaf: A Biomimetic Resource for Multifunctional and Economic Design
Biomimetics 2023, 8(2), 145; https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics8020145 - 3 Apr 2023
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
Chairperson
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
