Best Paper Award

COVID Best Paper Award is granted annually to highlight 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:
– 1 research article and 1 review will be selected.
– Each winner will receive CHF 500, a certificate, and a free voucher for article processing fees valid for one year.

 
COVID Best Paper Award
 

Eligibility and Requirements:

– All papers published in the COVID will be 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

8 pages, 582 KiB  
Article
Onset of Mental Disorders Following Hospitalization for COVID-19: A 6-Month Follow-Up Study
by Jaime Chamorro-Delmo, Pablo Portillo De-Antonio, Alejandro Porras-Segovia, Santiago de León-Martínez, Marta Figuero Oltra, Pablo del Pozo-Herce, Adela Sánchez-Escribano Martínez, Irene Abejón Pérez, Constanza Vera-Varela, Teodor T. Postolache, Olatz Lopez-Fernandez, COVID-MH Collaboration Group and Enrique Baca-Garcia
COVID 2023, 3(2), 218-225; https://doi.org/10.3390/covid3020016 - 6 Feb 2023
19 pages, 1855 KiB  
Review
A Comprehensive Analysis of Structural and Functional Changes Induced by SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Mutations
by Aganze Gloire-Aimé Mushebenge, Samuel Chima Ugbaja, Nonkululeko Avril Mbatha, Rene B. Khan and Hezekiel M. Kumalo
COVID 2023, 3(9), 1454-1472; https://doi.org/10.3390/covid3090100 - 16 Sep 2023

Award Committee

Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Novelli Chairman
Tor Vergata University of Rome
Dr. Leyi Wang
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Dr. Timothy Henry
The Christ Hospital

Winner

16 pages, 335 KiB  
Article
Public Health Resources, Religion, and Freedom as Predictors of COVID-19 Vaccination Rates: A Global Study of 89 Countries
by Shadi Omidvar Tehrani and Douglas D. Perkins
COVID 2022, 2(6), 703-718; https://doi.org/10.3390/covid2060053 - 30 May 2022
20 pages, 462 KiB  
Review
Risk/Benefit Profiles of Currently Approved Oral Antivirals for Treatment of COVID-19: Similarities and Differences
by Suzana Corritori, Nikolay Savchuk and C. David Pauza
COVID 2022, 2(8), 1057-1076; https://doi.org/10.3390/covid2080078 - 28 Jul 2022
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