Best Paper Award

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the “Catalysts 2022 Best Paper Award” for research and review articles published in Catalysts from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022. Two review and two research articles will receive an award each. The papers will be selected after thorough evaluation by the journal Award Committee led by the Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Keith Hohn, and the winners will be announced in March 2024.

Eligibility for the award:
– Papers published in Catalysts from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022;
– Open to all career levels;
– Both regular and Special Issue submissions will be considered.

Selection Criteria:
The papers will be selected by the journal Award Committee according to the following criteria (data source: Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)):
– 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;
– Citation and download rates in 2023.

Prizes:
Two review and two research articles will be selected for this award. Each winner will receive the following prizes:
– 400 CHF;
– A chance to publish a paper free of charge in Catalysts in 2024 after peer review procedures;
– An electronic certificate.

The winners will be announced on the journal website on 31 March 2024.

Kind regards,
Catalysts Editorial Office

 
Catalysts 2022 Best Paper Award
 

Eligibility and Requirements

– All papers published in Catalysts will be eligible (Both regular and Special Issue submissions).
 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

25 pages, 3973 KB  
Article
CO2 Methanation over Nickel Catalysts: Support Effects Investigated through Specific Activity and Operando IR Spectroscopy Measurements
by Vigni V. González-Rangulan, Inés Reyero, Fernando Bimbela, Francisca Romero-Sarria, Marco Daturi and Luis M. Gandía
Catalysts 2023, 13(2), 448; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal13020448 - 20 Feb 2023
13 pages, 2845 KB  
Article
Photocatalytic Removal of Water Emerging Pollutants in an Optimized Packed Bed Photoreactor Using Solar Light
by M. E. Borges, H. de Paz Carmona, M. Gutiérrez and P. Esparza
Catalysts 2023, 13(6), 1023; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal13061023 - 20 Jun 2023
25 pages, 4827 KB  
Review
Molecular Catalysts for OER/ORR in Zn–Air Batteries
by Evgeny V. Rebrov and Peng-Zhao Gao
Catalysts 2023, 13(9), 1289; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal13091289 - 10 Sep 2023
30 pages, 9014 KB  
Review
Direct Catalytic Amidations from Carboxylic Acid and Ester Derivatives: A Review
by Armand Taussat, Renata Marcia de Figueiredo and Jean-Marc Campagne
Catalysts 2023, 13(2), 366; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal13020366 - 7 Feb 2023

Award Committee

Dr. Keith Hohn Chairperson
Kansas State University
Dr. Leonarda Francesca Liotta
CNR
Prof. Dr. Zhenfeng Bian
Shanghai Normal University
Prof. Kotohiro Nomura
Tokyo Metropolitan University

Winner

15 pages, 4990 KB  
Article
Heterogeneous Activation of Persulfate by LaMO3 (M=Co, Fe, Cu, Mn, Ni) Perovskite Catalysts for the Degradation of Organic Compounds
by Donatos Manos, Foteini Papadopoulou, Antigoni Margellou, Dimitrios Petrakis and Ioannis Konstantinou
Catalysts 2022, 12(2), 187; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12020187 - 2 Feb 2022
23 pages, 2342 KB  
Review
Agro-Industrial Food Waste as a Low-Cost Substrate for Sustainable Production of Industrial Enzymes: A Critical Review
by Vishal Sharma, Mei-Ling Tsai, Parushi Nargotra, Chiu-Wen Chen, Chia-Hung Kuo, Pei-Pei Sun and Cheng-Di Dong
Catalysts 2022, 12(11), 1373; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12111373 - 5 Nov 2022
28 pages, 6802 KB  
Review
g-C3N4-Based Direct Z-Scheme Photocatalysts for Environmental Applications
by Javier Fernández-Catalá, Rossella Greco, Miriam Navlani-García, Wei Cao, Ángel Berenguer-Murcia and Diego Cazorla-Amorós
Catalysts 2022, 12(10), 1137; https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12101137 - 28 Sep 2022

Award Committee

Dr. Keith Hohn Chairperson
Kansas State University
Prof. Guido Busca
Prof. Chia-Hung Kuo
National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology

Winner

Jakub Zdarta
Institute of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Technology, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
Yung-Jung Hsu
Center for Emergent Functional Matter Science, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Dario R. Dekel
The Wolfson Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Vignesh Kumaravel
Institute of Technology Sligo, Ash Lane, Co.Sligo, Ireland.

Winner

Wendi Sapp
University of South Dakota paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/6/3/34
Catherine Brookes
Cardiff University; Research Complex at Harwell (RCaH) paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/6/7/92
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