Computers 2023, 12(1), 13; https://doi.org/10.3390/computers12010013 - 5 Jan 2023
Best Paper Award
The Computers Best Paper Award is granted annually to highlight exceptional publications of high quality, scientific significance and extensive influence. The evaluation committee members choose 2 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:
– One research article and one review will be selected.
– Each winner will receive CHF 500, a certificate, and a voucher to waive the article processing charges (APCs) for one submission in the journal (subject to peer review)—valid for one year.
Computers Best Paper Award
Winner announcement: 30 June 2026
Eligibility and Requirements:
– All papers published in Computers are eligible (both regular and Special Issue submissions).
Selection Criteria:
– The scientific merit and broad impact of the paper;
– The originality of the research objectives and/or the ideas presented;
– The creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
– The clarity of presentation;
– The number of citations and downloads.
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Multistage Spatial Attention-Based Neural Network for Hand Gesture Recognition
Artificial Intelligence and Sentiment Analysis: A Review in Competitive Research
Computers 2023, 12(2), 37; https://doi.org/10.3390/computers12020037 - 7 Feb 2023
Award Committee
Prof. Paolo Bellavista
Chairman
University of Bologna
Prof. Leandros Maglaras
De Montfort University
Dr. Fernando Bobillo
University of Zaragoza
Dr. Stamatios Papadakis
University of Crete, School of Education, Department of Preschool Education
Winner
A Critical Review of Blockchain Acceptance Models—Blockchain Technology Adoption Frameworks and Applications
Computers 2022, 11(2), 24; https://doi.org/10.3390/computers11020024 - 8 Feb 2022
Award Committee
Prof. Paolo Bellavista
Chairman
University of Bologna
Prof. Robertas Damaševičius
Dr. Aditya Kumar Sahu
Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham, Amaravati (Amrita University)
Dr. M. Ali Dewan
Winner
Automated Machine Learning for Healthcare and Clinical Notes Analysis
Computers 2021, 10(2), 24; https://doi.org/10.3390/computers10020024 - 22 Feb 2021
Gamification as a Strategy to Increase Motivation and Engagement in Higher Education Chemistry Students
Computers 2021, 10(10), 132; https://doi.org/10.3390/computers10100132 - 16 Oct 2021
Award Committee
Prof. Paolo Bellavista
Chairman
University of Bologna
Winner
Recommendations for Integrating a P300-Based Brain–Computer Interface in Virtual Reality Environments for Gaming: An Update
Computers 2020, 9(4), 92; https://doi.org/10.3390/computers9040092 - 14 Nov 2020
Improving Internet of Things (IoT) Security with Software-Defined Networking (SDN)
Computers 2020, 9(1), 8; https://doi.org/10.3390/computers9010008 - 7 Feb 2020
Award Committee
Prof. Paolo Bellavista
Chairman
University of Bologna
Winner
BlendCAC: A Smart Contract Enabled Decentralized Capability-Based Access Control Mechanism for the IoT
Computers 2018, 7(3), 39; https://doi.org/10.3390/computers7030039 - 13 Jul 2018
Mobile Educational Augmented Reality Games: A Systematic Literature Review and Two Case Studies
Computers 2018, 7(1), 19; https://doi.org/10.3390/computers7010019 - 3 Mar 2018
