Best Paper Award

Thank you for your continuous support. We regret to inform you that the deadline for announcing the winner of the Best Paper Award has been postponed to 15 July 2025.

The editorial office would like to apologize for any inconvenience caused. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.


Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the “Climate 2023 Best Paper Award” for research and review articles published in Climate in 2023. One review, one research article, and one paper with no restrictions on article types will each receive an award. The papers will be selected after a thorough evaluation by the journal Award Committee led by the Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Timothy G. F. Kittel.

The Prize:

– The first prize:

  • One review award: CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Climate in 2025 after peer review;
  • One research article award: CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Climate in 2025 after peer review.

– The second prize:

  • Honorary Mention: a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Climate in 2025 after peer review.

– Each winner will also receive a certificate.

The winners will be announced on the journal website in May 2025.

Kind regards,
Climate Editorial Office

 
Climate Best Paper Award
 

Eligibility for the Award

– Papers published in Climate in 2023;
– 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:
– 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

29 pages, 15892 KiB  
Article
Assessment of Precipitation and Hydrological Droughts in South America through Statistically Downscaled CMIP6 Projections
by Glauber Willian de Souza Ferreira, Michelle Simões Reboita, João Gabriel Martins Ribeiro and Christie André de Souza
Climate 2023, 11(8), 166; https://doi.org/10.3390/cli11080166 - 2 Aug 2023
22 pages, 1819 KiB  
Review
Viticultural Manipulation and New Technologies to Address Environmental Challenges Caused by Climate Change
by Qun Sun, Gabriel Granco, Leah Groves, Jully Voong and Sonet Van Zyl
Climate 2023, 11(4), 83; https://doi.org/10.3390/cli11040083 - 6 Apr 2023
14 pages, 2270 KiB  
Review
Generation Z Worries, Suffers and Acts against Climate Crisis—The Potential of Sensing Children’s and Young People’s Eco-Anxiety: A Critical Analysis Based on an Integrative Review
by Irida Tsevreni, Nikolaos Proutsos, Magdalini Tsevreni and Dimitris Tigkas
Climate 2023, 11(8), 171; https://doi.org/10.3390/cli11080171 - 14 Aug 2023

Award Committee

Dr. Timothy G. F. Kittel Chairman
University of Colorado Boulder
Prof. Dr. Rui A. P. Perdigão
Meteoceanics Institute for Complex System Science
Prof. Dr. Riccardo Buccolieri
University of Salento

Winner

17 pages, 1556 KiB  
Review
Early Drought Stress Warning in Plants: Color Pictures of Photosystem II Photochemistry
by Michael Moustakas, Ilektra Sperdouli and Julietta Moustaka
Climate 2022, 10(11), 179; https://doi.org/10.3390/cli10110179 - 18 Nov 2022
18 pages, 6261 KiB  
Article
Evaluation of the CMIP6 Performance in Simulating Precipitation in the Amazon River Basin
by Corrie Monteverde, Fernando De Sales and Charles Jones
Climate 2022, 10(8), 122; https://doi.org/10.3390/cli10080122 - 22 Aug 2022

Award Committee

Dr. Timothy G. F. Kittel Chairman
University of Colorado Boulder
Prof. Mst Santamouris
UNSW
Prof. Dr. Rui A. P. Perdigão
Meteoceanics Institute for Complex System Science

Winner

17 pages, 789 KiB  
Review
Temperature and Precipitation Extremes over the Iberian Peninsula under Climate Change Scenarios: A Review
by Susana C. Pereira, David Carvalho and Alfredo Rocha
Climate 2021, 9(9), 139; https://doi.org/10.3390/cli9090139 - 14 Sep 2021
22 pages, 4971 KiB  
Article
Hydroclimatic Variability in the Bilate Watershed, Ethiopia
by Yoseph Arba Orke and Ming-Hsu Li
Climate 2021, 9(6), 98; https://doi.org/10.3390/cli9060098 - 17 Jun 2021
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