Biomolecules Awards

The journal Biomolecules (ISSN 2218-273X) will offer a Best Poster and Talk Awards at the X-ZOMES Conference 2019 “The Broader Cellular Impact of PCI Complexes” (https://xzomes.net.technion.ac.il/), which will be held in February 2019 (from 4th to 7th) in Akko, Israel.

All attendees who complete a poster presentation and a talk on PCI Complexes will be eligible for these awards. Awards will be judged equally by a team of Scientific Advisors, and a prize of 300 CHF for best poster and 350 CHF for best talk will be granted on the basis of presentation clarity and scientific significance.

Dear Authors,

We are pleased to inform you that Biomolecules (ISSN 2218-273X) has been accepted for inclusion in Clarivate Analytics’ Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) (Web of Science). The first Impact Factor (IF) is expected to be published in the ‘2019 Journal Citation Reports (JCR)’ by Clarivate Analytics in June 2019.

To celebrate the progress our journal has made, and to acknowledge our authors’ continued support, we are pleased to announce the commencement of a Best Paper Award for research and review articles. All papers published in 2016 will be taken into account and their citation rate in 2018 according to Web of Science data. After a thorough evaluation by the journal award committee, two review papers and three research papers will receive an award.

Selection Criteria:

Articles will be selected by the journal award committee according to the following criteria:

    Originality and significance;
    Citation and download rates in 2018;
    Data Source: Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics).

Prizes:

Winners will receive a certificate and an offer to publish a paper free of charge in Biomolecules, after peer-review and processing. Each winner will additionally receive a bonus based on the award class:

    First Award (one for a review paper and one for a research paper): 300 CHF each
    Second Award (one for a review paper and two for research papers): 200 CHF each

The winners will be announced early in March 2019. For further details, please click here: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/biomolecules/awards

Kind regards.

Biomolecules has been recently indexed in the SCIE (Web of Science) and is being tracked for its first Impact Factor. The journal is also indexed in Scopus and its CiteScore is 5.72.

Biomolecules (ISSN 2218-273X) launched the Topical Collection on “Multi-Organ Alcohol-Related Damage: Mechanisms and Treatment” in 2015, and 36 papers have been published within the collection since then.

In our efforts to recognize and support excellence within this very relevant and critical area of research on alcohol-related damage, we are pleased to announce our first Best Paper Award. We encourage authors at all stages of their career to submit research articles or reviews in the field of multi-organ alcohol-related damage that clearly demonstrate how the harmful effects of alcohol contribute to disease initiation and progression in all organs and tissues of the body. Authors of the awarded publication will choose between:

• An 800 CHF (Swiss Francs) cash prize that will be granted early in 2019
• A waived publication fee for a paper submitted to this Topical Collection in 2019

The best paper will be selected after thorough evaluation by members of our Editorial Board based on originality, contribution to and advancement of the field, as well as the soundness of the scientific content.

What are the eligibility criteria?

• Only contributions to the Topical Collection on “Multi-Organ Alcohol-Related Damage: Mechanisms and Treatment” will be considered
• Papers must be submitted between 1 June 2018 and 31 December 2018
• Only research articles or reviews will be eligible

What should I do?

• Find out more about the Topical Collection at 
  https://www.mdpi.com/journal/biomolecules/special_issues/alcohol-damage and Submit your manuscript. The first 10 papers submitted by 30 October 2018 will receive a 20% discount!