Coatings 2021, 11(8), 922; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings11080922 - 01 Aug 2021
Best Paper Award
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the “Coatings 2024 Best Paper Award” for research and review articles published in Coatings from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022. Four papers will receive an award each. The papers will be selected after a thorough evaluation by the journal Award Committee led by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Wei Pan.
Eligibility for the Award:
– Papers published in Coatings 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:
– 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.
Prizes:
– The first prize (two winners): CHF 600 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Coatings in 2024 after peer review;
– The second prize (two winners): CHF 300 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Coatings in 2024 after peer review;
– Each winner will also receive an electronic certificate.
The winners will be announced on the journal website in April 2024.
Kind regards,
Coatings Editorial Office
Coatings 2024 Best Paper Award
Eligibility and Requirements
– All papers published in Coatings will be eligible (Both regular and Special Issue submissions).
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Structure and Applications of Pectin in Food, Biomedical, and Pharmaceutical Industry: A Review
Fabrication of Thermal Plasma Sprayed NiTi Coatings Possessing Functional Properties
Coatings 2021, 11(5), 610; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings11050610 - 20 May 2021
Winner
Brenda Estefanía Llorente-García
Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Av. Universidad S/N Ciudad Universitaria, San Nicolás de los Garza C.P. 66455, Nuevo León, Mexico
Frank Simchen
Materials and Surface Engineering Group, Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemnitz University of Technology, 09107 Chemnitz, Germany
Award Committee
Dr. Alessandro Lavacchi
Chairman
Winner
Ana Luisa Fernando
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
Gabriella Santagata
Institute for Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials National Research Council (CNR) Via Campi Flegrei 34, 80078 Pozzuoli, Italy
Ashraf Uddin
Univ New S Wales, Sch Photovolta & Renewable Energy Engn, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Atieh Moridi
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA
Hosahalli S. Ramaswamy
Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Macdonald-Stewart Building, MS1-032, McGill University, Canada
Award Committee
Dr. Alessandro Lavacchi
Chairman
Winner
Mirosław Szala
Department of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Lublin University of Technology, Nadbystrzycka 36D, 20-618 Lublin, Poland
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/8/7/254
Masayuki Takashiri
Department of Materials Science, Tokai University, Hiratsuka 259-1292, Japan
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/8/1/22
Matteo Strozzi
Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Bologna, Viale del Risorgimento 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/8/2/73
Marco Laurenti
Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/8/2/67
Andresa Baptista
School of Engineering, Polytechnic of Porto (ISEP), 4200-072 Porto, Portugal
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/8/11/402
Winner
Dapeng Zhou
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute of Energy and Climate Research, Materials Synthesis and Processing (IEK-1), Jülich 52425, Germany
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/7/8/120
Kristin Pfeiffer
Institute of Applied Physics, Abbe Center of Photonics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Albert-Einstein-Str. 15, 07745 Jena, Germany
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/7/8/118
Morteza Eslamian
University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute, Shanghai 200240, China
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/7/3/42
Cedric Pardanaud
Laboratoire PIIM, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, UMR 7345, Marseille 13397, France
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/7/10/153
Winner
Clara Silvestre
Institute of Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IPCB/CNR) Via Campi Flegrei 34, Naples 80078, Italy
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/6/1/4
Cedric Vuye
EMIB Research Group, Faculty of Applied Engineering, University of Antwerp, Rodestraat 4, Antwerp B-2000, Belgium
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/6/2/21
Naba Kumar Dutta
Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, Mawson Lakes, Adelaide, SA 5095, Australia
paper link: https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/6/2/17
Maria-Beatrice Coltelli
Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa, Largo Lucio Lazzarino 1, Pisa 56122, Italy
paper link：https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/6/1/1
