Coatings 2022, 12(4), 539; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings12040539 - 17 Apr 2022
Best Paper Award
The Coatings Best Paper Award is granted annually to highlight publications of high quality, scientific significance, and extensive influence. Evaluation committee members will choose two articles of exceptional quality published in the journal the year before last and announce the winnters online by the end of June.
The Prize:
– Two research articles and two reviews will be selected.
– The first prize (two winners): CHF 600 and a voucher to cover applicable article processing charges (valid for one year).
– The second prize (two winners): CHF 300 and a voucher to cover applicable article processing charges (valid for one year).
Coatings Best Paper Award
Winner announcement: 30 June 2025
Eligibility and Requirements
– All papers published in Coatings 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 presentation;
– Citations and downloads.
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Electrodeposition of Calcium Phosphate Coatings on Metallic Substrates for Bone Implant Applications: A Review
Comparative Study of Tribological Behavior of TiN Hard Coatings Deposited by Various PVD Deposition Techniques
Coatings 2022, 12(3), 294; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings12030294 - 22 Feb 2022
Durability of Acrylic Cataphoretic Coatings Additivated with Colloidal Silver
Coatings 2022, 12(4), 486; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings12040486 - 4 Apr 2022
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Wei Pan
Chairman
Tsinghua University
Dr. Torsten Brezesinski
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Dr. MICHELE FERRARI
Prof. Dr. Anton FICAI
University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest
Dr. James Kit Hon Tsoi
The University of Hong Kong
Prof. Dr. Emerson Coy
NanoBiomedical Centre
Winner
Structure and Applications of Pectin in Food, Biomedical, and Pharmaceutical Industry: A Review
Coatings 2021, 11(8), 922; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings11080922 - 1 Aug 2021
Fabrication of Thermal Plasma Sprayed NiTi Coatings Possessing Functional Properties
Coatings 2021, 11(5), 610; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings11050610 - 20 May 2021
