Cells 2023, 12(1), 184; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells12010184 - 2 Jan 2023
Best Paper Award
The Cells Best Paper Award is granted annually to highlight publications of high quality, scientific significance, and extensive influence. The evaluation committee members choose six 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:
– First prize (one research article and one review): CHF 500 and a voucher for a full discount on the article processing charge of one paper, valid for one year.
– Second prize (two research articles and two reviews): a voucher for a full discount on the article processing charge of one paper, valid for one year.
– Each winner will receive an electronic certificate.
Cells Best Paper Award
Winner announcement: 30 June 2026
Eligibility and Requirements
– All papers published in Cells 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 the presentation.
– Citations and downloads.
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Probiotics Mechanism of Action on Immune Cells and Beneficial Effects on Human Health
Doxorubicin—An Agent with Multiple Mechanisms of Anticancer Activity
Cells 2023, 12(4), 659; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells12040659 - 19 Feb 2023
Gut-Microbiota-Derived Metabolites Maintain Gut and Systemic Immune Homeostasis
Cells 2023, 12(5), 793; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells12050793 - 2 Mar 2023
SIRT3 Deficiency Enhances Ferroptosis and Promotes Cardiac Fibrosis via p53 Acetylation
Cells 2023, 12(10), 1428; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells12101428 - 19 May 2023
The RhoA-ROCK1/ROCK2 Pathway Exacerbates Inflammatory Signaling in Immortalized and Primary Microglia
Cells 2023, 12(10), 1367; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells12101367 - 11 May 2023
Award Committee
Dr. Alexander E. Kalyuzhny
Chairperson
University of Minnesota
Dr. Francisco Rivero
University of Hull
Dr. Changshun Shao
Prof. Dr. Ursula Stochaj
Winner
Advanced Glycation End-Products (AGEs): Formation, Chemistry, Classification, Receptors, and Diseases Related to AGEs
Cells 2022, 11(8), 1312; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11081312 - 12 Apr 2022
Microglia Phenotypes in Aging and Neurodegenerative Diseases
Cells 2022, 11(13), 2091; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11132091 - 30 Jun 2022
Interconnections between Inflammageing and Immunosenescence during Ageing
Cells 2022, 11(3), 359; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11030359 - 21 Jan 2022
S100A8/A9 Is a Marker for the Release of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps and Induces Neutrophil Activation
Cells 2022, 11(2), 236; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11020236 - 11 Jan 2022
Ex Vivo Generation of CAR Macrophages from Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells for Use in Cancer Therapy
Cells 2022, 11(6), 994; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11060994 - 15 Mar 2022
Extracellular Release of Mitochondrial DNA: Triggered by Cigarette Smoke and Detected in COPD
Cells 2022, 11(3), 369; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11030369 - 22 Jan 2022
Award Committee
Dr. Alexander E. Kalyuzhny
Chairperson
University of Minnesota
Dr. Alessandro Poggi
Molecular Oncology and Angiogenesis Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino
Dr. Francisco Rivero
University of Hull
Winner
Alterations in the Gut-Microbial-Inflammasome-Brain Axis in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease
Cells 2021, 10(4), 779; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10040779 - 1 Apr 2021
Butyrate and the Intestinal Epithelium: Modulation of Proliferation and Inflammation in Homeostasis and Disease
Cells 2021, 10(7), 1775; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10071775 - 14 Jul 2021
Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Exosomes: Applications in Regenerative Medicine
Cells 2021, 10(8), 1959; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10081959 - 1 Aug 2021
The Role of Macrophages in the Development of Acute and Chronic Inflammatory Lung Diseases
Cells 2021, 10(4), 897; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10040897 - 14 Apr 2021
Award Committee
Dr. Alexander E. Kalyuzhny
Chairperson
University of Minnesota
Prof. Hiroshi Miyamoto
University of Rochester Medical Center
Dr. Kay-Dietrich Wagner
iBV
Dr. Francisco Rivero
University of Hull
Prof. Christian Neri
Winner
Boosting the Biogenesis and Secretion of Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Exosomes
Cells 2020, 9(3), 660; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells9030660 - 9 Mar 2020
A Structural View of SARS-CoV-2 RNA Replication Machinery: RNA Synthesis, Proofreading and Final Capping
Cells 2020, 9(5), 1267; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells9051267 - 20 May 2020
Osteoblast-Osteoclast Communication and Bone Homeostasis
Cells 2020, 9(9), 2073; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells9092073 - 10 Sep 2020
Winner
Ferry Ossendorp
Leiden University Medical Center
Peter ten Dijke
Leiden University Medical Center
Dinender K. Singla
University of Central Florida
Michael Zhuo Wang
University of Kansas
Yanbo Zhang
China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University
Yuping Han
China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University
Fei Chang
The Second Hospital of Jilin University
Award Committee
Dr. Alexander E. Kalyuzhny
Chairperson
University of Minnesota
Winner
Benny Abraham Kaipparettu
Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA；Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/7/3/21
Irene Meyer
Department of Cell Biology, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/7/4/32
